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Adam Gamoran

Adam Gamoran provides leadership for the William T. Grant Foundation’s strategic direction and shapes its agenda and tactics as President. He partners with the Board of Trustees to advance its...

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Anna Steinkraus

Cornell Cooperative Extension, Tompkins County and Cornell University

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Announcing the 2024 Institutional Challenge Grant Finalists

The William T. Grant Foundation is very pleased to announce six finalists for the 2024 Institutional Challenge Grant competition. The Institutional Challenge Grant encourages research institutions to...

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Reducing Structural Barriers in a School-based System of Food Assistance to Reduce Inequality in Food Security and Child Outcomes

Food insecurity, or inconsistent access to the quantity and quality of food needed to fuel a healthy life, is an important source of socioeconomic and racial inequality in youth outcomes. “Backpack”...

Rebecca Ryan

Georgetown University

2024 – 2026
$599,869.00

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Research-Practice Partnerships (RPPs) and Racial Equity in School Discipline: An Exploration of the Functioning of Equity-Centered RPPs and the Use of Research Evidence

How does an equity-centered research practice partnership navigate issues of race and power and influence research use to inform decision-making on school discipline policies and practices?

Richard Welsh

Vanderbilt University

2024 – 2026
$474,178.00

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Understanding the Potential of Youth Participatory Action Research to Improve African American Youth Mental Health Outcomes

How do Black youth experience a youth participatory action research intervention meant to improve mental health outcomes?

Briana Woods-Jaeger

Emory University

2024 – 2026
$579,998.00

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Commission on Opportunities After High School

What policies and practices can improve economic and educational post-secondary opportunities for low-income students and students of color?

Catherine Van Ness

American Academy of Arts and Sciences

2024
$50,000.00

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2024 Annual Membership

This grant supports the Foundation’s 2024 membership in the Council on Foundations.

Kathleen Enright

Council on Foundations

2024
$19,000.00

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Briana Woods-Jaeger

Emory University

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Richard Welsh

Vanderbilt University

From the Field

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

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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....

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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...

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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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Announcing the 2024 Institutional Challenge Grant Finalists

Reducing Structural Barriers in a School-based System of Food Assistance to Reduce Inequality in Food Security and Child Outcomes

Research-Practice Partnerships (RPPs) and Racial Equity in School Discipline: An Exploration of the Functioning of Equity-Centered RPPs and the Use of Research Evidence

Understanding the Potential of Youth Participatory Action Research to Improve African American Youth Mental Health Outcomes

Commission on Opportunities After High School

2024 Annual Membership

Briana Woods-Jaeger

Richard Welsh

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

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

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

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Rebecca Ryan

Jenny Irons

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

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