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Welcoming Alexes Harris to the William T. Grant Scholars Selection Committee

We are delighted to welcome Alexes Harris, Presidential Term Professor and Professor of Sociology at the University of Washington, to the William T. Grant Scholars Selection Committee, effective July...

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Seven New Research Grants to Build Theory and Evidence in our Focus Areas

We are proud to announce seven new research grants, totaling over $2.8 million, in support of five studies on ways to reduce inequality in youth outcomes and two studies on strategies for improving...

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Empowering Latinx and Black Youth with School Discipline Referrals as Peer Coaches

How does training in peer coaching benefit Latinx and Black middle-school youth referred for disruptive behavior?

Stanley Huey

University of Southern California

2025 – 2028
$599,997.00

Grant

Enhancing the Capacity of State Educational Technology Leaders to Use Research Evidence to Translate Policy into Practice

Does engaging in a cross-state research-practice partnership facilitate state-level educational technology leaders’ use of research evidence to inform equitable use of education technology?

Beth Holland and Marianne Bakia

FullScale

2025 – 2028
$569,901.00

Grant

Developing and Evaluating Equitable Student Assignment Policies

Can a student assignment policy with both zones and controlled choice meaningfully reduce racial and economic segregation in public schools, thereby reducing inequality in academic outcomes?

Irene Lo

Stanford University

2025 – 2030
$425,000.00

Grant

School Based Health Centers and Health and Education Equity: Causal Evidence from the Largest US School District

Do school-based health centers (SBHCs) reduce inequalities in health and education outcomes for children from low-income families compared to children from higher-income families?

Maria Fitzpatrick

Cornell University

2025 – 2027
$346,103.00

Grant

Curbing Racial Inequality in Truancy with Critical Policy Research: A Mixed-Methods Investigation of Policy Rhetoric and Implementation

Do institutional responses to truancy reduce racial inequality in truancy, habitual truancy, and related educational outcomes for Black and Latinx students?

Ericka Weathers

University of Pennsylvania

2025 – 2030
$424,623.00

Grant

Disrupting and TRANSFORMing Race-Related Stressors to Address Psychosocial Inequalities and Promote Adolescent Adjustment

Does an intervention that equips youth to resist stress and trauma from racism improve short- and long-term academic outcomes?

Farzana Adjah

Stanford University

2025 – 2030
$425,000.00

Grant

Understanding Educational Gender- and Sexual-Diversity Reforms and the Use of Evidence in Politically Divisive Contexts

How do district administrators use gender- and sexual-diversity educational reform research to influence LGBTQ+ student outcomes?

Mollie McQuillan

University of Wisconsin, Madison

2025 – 2030
$424,957.00

Grant

Developing a School-Based Care Coordination Service Model to Support Youth with Asthma: A Systems Approach

Can a technology-enabled platform that coordinates care across medical and educational settings improve health and academic outcomes for Black youth with asthma?

Kelly Harris

Washington University in St. Louis

2025 – 2030
$425,000.00

Grant

Boundary Infrastructure and the Democratization of Research Use: The Case of Chicago Public Schools

How and under what conditions does boundary-spanning infrastructure connect researchers, practice leaders, and community leaders in ways that improve the use of research to inform equity-minded...

Angel (Xiao) Bohannon

National Opinion Research Center

2025 – 2028
$600,000.00

Grant

Improving Postsecondary Educational Outcomes for Transition-Age Youth in Foster Care

This grant will strengthen the partnership between Pennsylvania State University Social Science Research Institute Child Maltreatment Solutions Network and the Pennsylvania Office of Children, Youth,...

Deborah Ehrenthal and Laval Miller-Wilson

Pennsylvania Dept. of Human Services

2025 – 2028
$650,000.00

Grant

Promoting Innovative and Vital Opportunities for Transformation (PIVOT): A Prosecutor-Led Community Based Diversion Program for Youth and Young Adults To Reduce Ethnoracial Inequality

This grant will strengthen the partnership between The University of New Mexico and the First Judicial District Attorney’s Office in Santa Fe.

Jennifer Perillo and Jennifer Padgett Macias

First Judicial District Attorney's Office

2025 – 2028
$650,000.00

Grant

New Orleans Youth Equity Collaborative: As Research Practice Partnership to Reduce Youth Firearm Violence

This grant will strengthen the partnership between Tulane University’s Violence Prevention Institution in the School of Public Health, the Center for Restorative Approaches (CRA), and New Orleans...

Katherine Theall, Julia Fleckman, Troi Bechet and Lerone Crayton

Center for Restorative Approaches

2025 – 2028
$650,000.00

Grant

Mentoring and Career Development: 2025 Lenhoff and Spindle-Jackson

With this award, Lenhoff will expand her toolkit of structures to support scholarly writing, develop process models for training her research team, and strengthen her cultural competence to discuss...

Sarah Lenhoff

Wayne State University

2025 – 2027
$110,000.00

Grant

Roca Young Women’s Programming: Reducing Inequalities in the Incidence and Impact of Involuntary Systems Involvement for Young Minoritized Women Living in Poverty

Does an intensive, multi-level intervention disrupt the structural, community, and individual factors that lead to disproportionate interaction with and impact of the child welfare and criminal legal...

Rebecca Fauth

Tufts University

2025 – 2026
$45,015.00

Grant

Mentoring and Career Development: 2025 Samari and Albahsahli

With this award, Samari to obtain formal training in the mentorship of underrepresented junior scholars, develop practices to support skills-based mentorship in analysis and writing, cultivate...

Goleen Samari

University of Southern California

2025 – 2027
$59,997.00

Grant

Mentoring and Career Development: 2025 Anderson and Pham

With this award, Anderson will pursue formal mentorship training, implement a networked model of mentorship, and develop skills to prioritize slower paced productivity that supports healthy...

Riana Anderson

Columbia University

2025 – 2027
$110,000.00

Grant

Mentoring and Career Development: 2025 Ferguson and Barnes

With this award, Ferguson strengthen her ability to lead multiracial teams in ethnic-socialization research, mentor immigrant and native-born Black students, and support female graduate students of...

Gail Ferguson

University of Minnesota

2025 – 2027
$59,866.00

Grant

How Federal K-12 Education Programs May Reduce Inequality and Improve Student Outcomes

The Education Law Center, Research for Action, and Evidence Use in Action will partner to examine what role the U.S. Department of Education has played in the delivery of education opportunity.

Robert Kim and Danielle Farrie

Education Law Center

2025 – 2026
$149,763.00

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Welcoming Alexes Harris to the William T. Grant Scholars Selection Committee

Seven New Research Grants to Build Theory and Evidence in our Focus Areas

Empowering Latinx and Black Youth with School Discipline Referrals as Peer Coaches

Enhancing the Capacity of State Educational Technology Leaders to Use Research Evidence to Translate Policy into Practice

Developing and Evaluating Equitable Student Assignment Policies

School Based Health Centers and Health and Education Equity: Causal Evidence from the Largest US School District

Curbing Racial Inequality in Truancy with Critical Policy Research: A Mixed-Methods Investigation of Policy Rhetoric and Implementation

Disrupting and TRANSFORMing Race-Related Stressors to Address Psychosocial Inequalities and Promote Adolescent Adjustment

Understanding Educational Gender- and Sexual-Diversity Reforms and the Use of Evidence in Politically Divisive Contexts

Developing a School-Based Care Coordination Service Model to Support Youth with Asthma: A Systems Approach

Boundary Infrastructure and the Democratization of Research Use: The Case of Chicago Public Schools

Improving Postsecondary Educational Outcomes for Transition-Age Youth in Foster Care

Promoting Innovative and Vital Opportunities for Transformation (PIVOT): A Prosecutor-Led Community Based Diversion Program for Youth and Young Adults To Reduce Ethnoracial Inequality

New Orleans Youth Equity Collaborative: As Research Practice Partnership to Reduce Youth Firearm Violence

Mentoring and Career Development: 2025 Lenhoff and Spindle-Jackson

Roca Young Women’s Programming: Reducing Inequalities in the Incidence and Impact of Involuntary Systems Involvement for Young Minoritized Women Living in Poverty

Mentoring and Career Development: 2025 Samari and Albahsahli

Mentoring and Career Development: 2025 Anderson and Pham

Mentoring and Career Development: 2025 Ferguson and Barnes

How Federal K-12 Education Programs May Reduce Inequality and Improve Student Outcomes

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