post_year

2024

Awarded Grants

Grant

Utilizing Research Evidence to Improve Policymaking on Youth Mental Health in Schools

This grant will support the Children’s Defense Fund in organizing a Capitol Hill Forum on evidence-based strategies to address the mental health crisis among American adolescents.
Sheri Brady
Children's Defense Fund
2024 – 2025
$50,000
Grant

Assessing the Effectiveness of School District Safe-Zone Policies in Narrowing Achievement Gaps among Minority Students: Evidence from California

Do school district safe zone policies improve academic outcomes for Hispanic and other marginalized students?
Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes
University Of California, Merced
2024 – 2026
$138,286
Grant

Collateral Benefits of Prison Education: A Randomized, Family-Level Impact Evaluation

Do the benefits of prison education programs (PEPs) extend to family members, including youth, of people who are currently incarcerated?
Ashley Barr
Research Foundation For The State University Of New York
2024 – 2026
$50,000
Grant

Support for the Book “Next Generation Evidence: Strategies for More Equitable Social Impact”

This grant supports the launch and engagement activities for Next Generation Evidence: Strategies for More Equitable Social Impact, a book highlighting the importance of engaged research.
Kelly Fitzsimmons
Project Evident Inc.
2024 – 2025
$15,000
Grant

Growing and sustaining a URE Methods Repository

This grant will support the revitalization and continuation of the Use of Research Evidence (URE) Methods Repository, a database which houses research methods pertaining to the URE field.
Annette Boaz
University Of London
2024 – 2026
$295,801

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Webinars

2024 Webinar: Research Grants on Reducing Inequality, An Overview of the Program and How to Apply

Hosted by Senior Program Officer Jenny Irons and President Adam Gamoran on April 17, 2024, this webinar provides an overview of our research grants on reducing inequality. Jenny and Adam provide an ...
2024 Webinar: Research Grants on Reducing Inequality, An Overview of the Program and How to Apply
Webinars

2024 Webinar: Research Grants on Improving the Use of Research Evidence, An Overview of the Program and How to Apply 

Hosted by Program Officer Anupreet Sidhu and Vice President Kim DuMont on April 19, 2024, this webinar provides an overview of our research grants on improving the use of research evidence. Anu ...
2024 Webinar: Research Grants on Improving the Use of Research Evidence, An Overview of the Program and How to Apply 
News
  •  Apr 26, 2024

“There are steps we can take to reduce inequality”: Why universities should invest in public-interest research

In March, Rice University hosted William T. Grant Foundation President Adam Gamoran as the featured speaker at the Kinder Institute Forum, a lecture series bringing thought leaders from around the ...
Foundation Staff
“There are steps we can take to reduce inequality”: Why universities should invest in public-interest research
Blog Post

The Power of Networks: Mentoring Beyond the Dyad

I’m drafting this post in January, which has been National Mentoring Month since 2002. It’s as good a time as any to reflect on the developmental networks that have advanced our professional and personal growth. Often, we think about ...
Richard Reddick
The Power of Networks: Mentoring Beyond the Dyad
Blog Post

“Nobody is listening to us”: Latinx immigrant youth perspectives on race, discrimination, and racial equity in schools

Immigration and U.S. Public Schools As U.S. schools grow more diverse, districts across the country have initiated racial equity plans to create inclusive environments for all students. I ...
Sophia Rodriguez
“Nobody is listening to us”: Latinx immigrant youth perspectives on race, discrimination, and racial equity in schools

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