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University Reforms that Reward Engaged Research: What Does Change Look Like?

Commissioned by the Transforming Evidence Funders Network and facilitated by The Pew Charitable Trusts, a new report describes the growing momentum behind university reforms that encourage faculty to...

Adam Gamoran

12/14/2023

Around the Foundation

Maria Cancian, Novisi Nirschl, and William Hite Join the William T. Grant Foundation Board of Trustees

The Foundation is pleased to announce three new appointments to the Board of Trustees: Novisi Nirschl and William Hite, effective December 2023, and Maria Cancian, effective October 2024....

Foundation Staff

Grant Announcements

Nine Finalists Selected for the William T. Grant Scholars Class of 2029

The William T. Grant Foundation is pleased to announce the finalists for the William T. Grant Scholars Program Class of 2029. Nine early-career researchers were selected from a pool of 50 applicants...

Foundation Staff

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Emily Ozer

Regents of the University of California, Berkeley, University of California at Berkeley and University of California, Berkeley

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Rebecca Ryan

Georgetown University

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Jenny Irons

William T. Grant Foundation

Staff Perspectives

President’s Comment: Dual Enrollment Policy and Practice as a Potential Strategy for Reducing Inequality in Youth Outcomes

In October, the Dual Enrollment Research Collaborative, an initiative spearheaded by the Joyce Foundation and the Collaborative for Higher Education Research and Policy at the University of Utah,...

Adam Gamoran

11/15/2023

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Redesigning the Child Tax Credit to Reduce Economic Inequality: Changes to Benefits and Administration

How can the Child Tax Credit be redesigned to better meet the needs of Black, Latinx, and mixed-immigration-status families to reduce economic inequality?

Elaine Maag, Rebecca Quick and Theresa Anderson

Rutgers University

2023 – 2026
$497,580.00

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Theresa Anderson

Rutgers University and The Urban Institute

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Elaine Maag

Rutgers University and The Urban Institute

Staff Perspectives

The Foundation’s Approach to Career Development: Our Mentoring Philosophy

Mentoring is a cornerstone of the Foundation’s approach to supporting the career development of junior researchers. For instance, while applicants of the William T. Grant Scholars program must...

Foundation Staff

10/25/2023

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In Support of NPR’s Coverage of Children, Youth and Families

The grant will support National Public Radio’s (NPR) continuing coverage of trends and developments that affect children and youth in the United States.

Blair Gage

National Public Radio

2023 – 2025
$300,000.00

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Blair Gage

National Public Radio

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Increasing Teacher Diversity, Supply, and Retention through Grow Your Own Programs

Are programs that recruit local teachers from underrepresented backgrounds an effective way to build and retain teacher diversity and serve students of color?

Matthew Kraft

Brown University

2023 – 2027
$525,000.00

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Child Poverty Impacts of Safety Net Responses to COVID-19

Do policies that reduce administrative burden in social safety net programs reduce child poverty rates and narrow racial and ethnic disparities in benefit participation?

Rachel Ryley

Behavioral Ideas Lab, inc. (DBA ideas42)

2023 – 2026
$326,708.00

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