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Assessing Black Reparations as a Policy Mechanism for Reducing Racial Inequality in Young Adult Outcomes

This award will support a nuanced examination of the potential for Black reparations to reduce racial inequality in youth outcomes in the United States.

William Darity

Howard University

2026 – 2027
$75,000.00

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The Long Run Effects of Cash Assistance on Children: Evidence from New York City

What are the long-term effects of receiving cash assistance on youth educational and socioeconomic outcomes?

Judd Kessler

University of Pennsylvania

2026 – 2028
$25,000.00

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A Living Evidence Map: What Works to Strengthen Evidence Use in Decision-Making

Evidence-informed policymaking (EIPM) is a critical pathway to more effective policies, programmes, and practices. EIPM is supported through interventions such as capacity-building, evidence...

Zafeer Ravat

4/27/2026

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What Higher Education Leaders are Doing in Times of Escalating Immigration Enforcement: Study Insights and Directions for Research

Federal actions in the second Trump administration have placed higher education institutions at a critical crossroads as they navigate how best to support undocumented and international students...

H. Kenny Nienhusser, Milagros Castillo-Montoya, Jillian Ives, Adam McCready and Franklin Tuitt

4/23/2026

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Milagros Castillo-Montoya

University of Connecticut

Grant Announcements

Seven Early-Career Researchers Selected for the William T. Grant Scholars Class of 2031

The Foundation is delighted to announce the newest class of William T. Grant Scholars: Tolani Britton, in the school of education at the University of California, Berkeley James Chu,in the department...

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President’s Comment: New Visions for Education Research at AERA 2026

I’m looking forward to seeing many of you at the 2026 Meeting of the American Education Research Association. Over the course of the week, staff and grantees of the Foundation will participate...

Adam Gamoran

4/1/2026

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Impacts of Changing Immigrant Eligibility for US Anti-Poverty Programs on Inequalities in Youth Outcomes

Do state income support policies that are inclusive of immigrant families improve parental employment and income outcomes and child health and education outcomes?

Rita Hamad

Harvard University

2026 – 2028
$299,999.00

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Reducing inequitable outcomes for Latino Youth with Intellectual and/or Developmental Disabilities: A multisite randomized controlled trial

Does a culturally-adapted advocacy program for parents improve outcomes for Latino, Spanish-speaking young adults with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities?

Meghan Burke

Vanderbilt University

2026 – 2029
$599,985.00

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Implementation and Impact of Access to Linguistic Inclusion in Oregon

How has a state policy designed to reduce structural barriers to high school graduation for immigrant-origin and language minority youth been implemented, and how has it impacted student outcomes?

Karen Thompson

Oregon State University

2026 – 2029
$599,999.00

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Building National Infrastructure for Improving the Use of Research Evidence For Children & Families

Can a model designed to strengthen infrastructure to support institutions in facilitating researcher–policy engagement improve research use in policymaking?

Daniel Crowley

Pennsylvania State University

2026 – 2029
$925,000.00

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Catherine Carter

University of Colorado

Grantee Voices

“We Want People to Thrive in the Academy”: Communities of Practice to Support Faculty Career Development

Career development is a cornerstone of the Foundation’s approach to grantmaking. One way we do this is through investing in efforts that foster supportive environments for scholars from groups...

Natalie De Rosa

3/9/2026

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Scaffolding for Change: How Two RPPs Approach Partnership Health and Effectiveness

Photo courtesy of San Francisco Unified School District-UC Berkeley RPP Improving outcomes for students, families, and communities increasingly depends on new forms of collaboration that bring...

Caitlin Farrell, Paula Arce-Trigatti, Emily Ozer, Elizabeth Farley-Ripple, Devin Corrigan, Brian Villa and Allison Firestone

3/9/2026

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Allison Firestone

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Brian Villa

University of California, Berkeley

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Assessing Black Reparations as a Policy Mechanism for Reducing Racial Inequality in Young Adult Outcomes

The Long Run Effects of Cash Assistance on Children: Evidence from New York City

A Living Evidence Map: What Works to Strengthen Evidence Use in Decision-Making

Zafeer Ravat

What Higher Education Leaders are Doing in Times of Escalating Immigration Enforcement: Study Insights and Directions for Research

Franklin Tuitt

Adam McCready

Jillian Ives

Milagros Castillo-Montoya

Seven Early-Career Researchers Selected for the William T. Grant Scholars Class of 2031

President’s Comment: New Visions for Education Research at AERA 2026

Impacts of Changing Immigrant Eligibility for US Anti-Poverty Programs on Inequalities in Youth Outcomes

Reducing inequitable outcomes for Latino Youth with Intellectual and/or Developmental Disabilities: A multisite randomized controlled trial

Implementation and Impact of Access to Linguistic Inclusion in Oregon

Building National Infrastructure for Improving the Use of Research Evidence For Children & Families

Catherine Carter

“We Want People to Thrive in the Academy”: Communities of Practice to Support Faculty Career Development

Scaffolding for Change: How Two RPPs Approach Partnership Health and Effectiveness

Allison Firestone

Brian Villa

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Five New Research Grants to Build Theory and Evidence in Our Focus Areas

Announcing the 2026 Institutional Challenge Grantees: Foundations Award $2.6 Million for Research-Practice Partnerships

Seven Early-Career Researchers Selected for the William T. Grant Scholars Class of 2031

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