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Six New Research Grants to Build Theory and Evidence in our Focus Areas — Spring 2020

We are proud to announce six new research grants, including five to support studies on reducing inequality in youth outcomes and one to support a study on improving the use of research evidence....

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Grant Announcements

Five Early-Career Researchers Selected for the 2020 William T. Grant Scholars Program

We are pleased to announce the recipients of the 2020 William T. Grant Scholars awards. Launched in 1982, the Scholars Program supports the professional development of promising researchers in the...

Boston University School of Public Health, Brown University, Regents of the University of California, Berkeley, University of Chicago and University of Texas at Austin

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Applying for the Institutional Challenge Grant—Identifying and Supporting the Mid-Career Fellows

In this webinar Senior Program Officer Kim DuMont and President Adam Gamoran speak with Laura Tach and Juliana Garcia, research and practice fellows on the Foundation’s first-ever Institutional...

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Keeping the ‘Great Equalizer’ Fed: SNAP Access and Young Adults’ Educational Engagement

Would making SNAP benefits available to young adults with limited income improve their post-secondary educational attainment?

Sarah Hamersma

Syracuse University

2020 – 2022

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Sarah Hamersma

Syracuse University and Syracuse University, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Policy

Grant Announcements

Three New Institutional Challenge Grants to Encourage Partnerships Between Universities, School Districts, and Community Organizations

The William T. Grant, Spencer, and Doris Duke Charitable Foundations are delighted to announce the winners of the 2020 Institutional Challenge Grant competition. The newest grants are jointly funded...

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Grantee Voices

Fresh Insights on Measuring Research Use: Policymaker Perspectives on How Theory Falls Short

Empirical understanding of the “how” of policymakers’ research use can inform our theoretical explanations of the “why”.

Karen Bogenschneider

4/16/2020

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R3 Using Evidence to Increase Youth Employment in Puerto Rico: Optimizing WIOA funding through use of evidence and data

This grant supplements a prior Rapid Response Research grant to the Youth Development Institute in Puerto Rico and John Martinez of MDRC, titled: “Connecting Puerto Rican Youth to Employment:...

Maria Enchautegui and Amanda Rivera Flores

Instituto del Desarrollo de la Juventud

2020
$25,000.00

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Amanda Rivera Flores

Instituto del Desarrollo de la Juventud

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Maria Enchautegui

Instituto del Desarrollo de la Juventud

Grantee Voices

Close to the edge: Service workers and their children at the front lines of a crisis

As the shock of the current health and economic crisis takes a heavy toll on millions of Americans employed in the service sector, we must remember that millions of children are also vulnerable to...

Daniel Schneider and Kristen Harknett

4/2/2020

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Learning about Research Evidence Use and Reducing Inequality in Education and Child Welfare

The American Youth Policy Forum will organize forums, meetings, and tours that help connect Foundation-supported grantees and federal and state policymakers.

Stephanie McGencey

American Youth Policy Forum

2020 – 2023
$298,701.00

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The Learning Agenda-Reducing Inequality Convening 2020

This grant will support the fourth annual convening of grantees in the Foundation’s focus area on reducing inequality

Hillary Oravec

National Summer Learning Association

2020 – 2023

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Stephanie McGencey

American Youth Policy Forum and Grantmakers for Children, Youth & Families

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Hillary Oravec

National Summer Learning Association, The Bell Foundation and Youth Collaboratory

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Mara Christian Herrero

Puerto Rico Department of Education

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What Federal Agencies Can Learn from Research-Practice Partnerships at the State Level

Whether at the district, state, or federal level, successful efforts to produce and use research in policy decisions are often the result of cross-departmental collaboration. Given recent reforms,...

3/24/2020

Staff Perspectives

President’s Comment: A Message to Our Grantees

While the world grapples with the crisis of COVID-19, each of us faces challenges in our own lives. As a funder, we want to alleviate one sense of pressure you may feel: We intend to be as flexible...

3/18/2020

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Behind the Book Literacy Programs – Youth Capacity Grant

Behind the Book (BtB)’s plans enable students to interact with authors, read and explore selected books’ themes, and create capstone writing and art projects. Participants also take field trips that...

Andrew Frank

Behind the Book

2020 – 2023
$60,000.00

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Six New Research Grants to Build Theory and Evidence in our Focus Areas — Spring 2020

Five Early-Career Researchers Selected for the 2020 William T. Grant Scholars Program

Applying for the Institutional Challenge Grant—Identifying and Supporting the Mid-Career Fellows

Keeping the ‘Great Equalizer’ Fed: SNAP Access and Young Adults’ Educational Engagement

Kelly Becker

Sarah Hamersma

Three New Institutional Challenge Grants to Encourage Partnerships Between Universities, School Districts, and Community Organizations

Fresh Insights on Measuring Research Use: Policymaker Perspectives on How Theory Falls Short

R3 Using Evidence to Increase Youth Employment in Puerto Rico: Optimizing WIOA funding through use of evidence and data

Amanda Rivera Flores

Maria Enchautegui

Close to the edge: Service workers and their children at the front lines of a crisis

Learning about Research Evidence Use and Reducing Inequality in Education and Child Welfare

The Learning Agenda-Reducing Inequality Convening 2020

Stephanie McGencey

Hillary Oravec

Mara Christian Herrero

What Federal Agencies Can Learn from Research-Practice Partnerships at the State Level

President’s Comment: A Message to Our Grantees

Behind the Book Literacy Programs – Youth Capacity Grant

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