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Issue 9: Winter 2023-24

The ninth issue of the Digest features an update on the Institutional Challenge Grant program five years after its launch, with insights from a Foundation stock-taking effort and reflections from two grantee teams. We also share new thinking on the use of research evidence, including ways for researchers to leverage existing findings to bolster studies of effective strategies to improve research use.

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Recent Updates

Blog Post

“Lifting Up Diverse Language Communities”: Three Grantees on Improving Outcomes for English Learners

Natalie De Rosa
“Lifting Up Diverse Language Communities”: Three Grantees on Improving Outcomes for English Learners
News
  •  Sep 16, 2024

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

Foundation Staff
Six New Research Grants to Build Theory and Evidence in our Focus Areas
News
  •  Sep 10, 2024

A Note on Adam Gamoran’s Nomination as Director of the Institute of Education Sciences

Foundation Staff
A Note on Adam Gamoran’s Nomination as Director of the Institute of Education Sciences
Blog Post

ICYMI: Four Takeaways from Our Youth Service Capacity-Building Grants Office Hour

Foundation Staff
ICYMI: Four Takeaways from Our Youth Service Capacity-Building Grants Office Hour
Blog Post

Resource Spotlight: Annotated Proposals for the Institutional Challenge Grant

Foundation Staff
Resource Spotlight: Annotated Proposals for the Institutional Challenge Grant
Blog Post

President’s Comment: Foundation Grantees at ASA 2024

Adam Gamoran
President’s Comment: Foundation Grantees at ASA 2024
News
  •  Jul 15, 2024

Announcing $1.4 Million in Continuation Funding for Four Institutional Challenge Grantees

Foundation Staff
Announcing $1.4 Million in Continuation Funding for Four Institutional Challenge Grantees
News
  •  Jul 2, 2024

Welcoming Anne Gregory to the William T. Grant Scholars Selection Committee

Foundation Staff
Welcoming Anne Gregory to the William T. Grant Scholars Selection Committee
Blog Post

“Much more can be done to protect Native families”: Expanding tribal sovereignty to reduce family separation

Frank Edwards
“Much more can be done to protect Native families”: Expanding tribal sovereignty to reduce family separation

Recent Grants

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New York City Reducing Inequality Network (RIN)

This grant will provide an additional five years of funding to the Reducing Inequality Network, which supports sociology and social work doctoral students from underrepresented backgrounds whose research focuses on reducing inequality.
Dale Maglalang
New York University
2024 – 2029
$50,000
Grant

How State Policy Affects Racial/Ethnic and Gender Equity in Advanced Course-taking

Do state high school course-level graduation requirements reduce racial, ethnic, and gender inequalities in students’ advanced course-taking?
Jamie Carroll
Tulane University
2024 – 2027
$340,757
Grant

Reducing Administrative Burdens in Special Education and Re-Imagining Engagement of Im/migrant Multilingual Families to Enhance Equity for Students with Disabilities

How do special education policies and practices contribute to patterns of administrative burden faced by immigrant and migrant multilingual families and their children with disabilities?
Adai Tefera
University Of Arizona
2024 – 2026
$50,000
Grant

How do Mixed-Income Neighborhood Initiatives Reduce Educational Inequality for Low-Income Black Youth?

How do mixed-income neighborhood initiatives improve educational opportunities and outcomes for Black youth from low-income families
Sarah Lenhoff
Wayne State University
2024 – 2027
$600,000
Grant

Detecting Preventable Childhood Vision Loss and Barriers to Care in the Navajo Nation to Reduce Vision Health Disparities

Will assessing preventable childhood vision loss in the Navajo nation reveal inequalities that are amenable to targeted screening interventions?
Julius Oatts
University Of California, San Francisco
2024 – 2029
$350,000
Grant

Strategies And Conditions Facilitating And Hindering Education Law Attorneys’ Use of Research Evidence

How do professional networks shape evidence use among lawyers engaged in holistic legal youth advocacy?
Raquel Muñiz Castro
Boston College
2024 – 2029
$349,880.40
Grant

Child Policy Connect

This grant will enable the Society for Research in Child Development to establish Child Policy Connect, a program to improve evidence-based policymaking by building reliable and trusted relationships between researchers and policymakers in the United States.
Lindsay Trammell
Society For Research In Child Development
2024 – 2025
$80,000
Grant

Exploring the Role of Youth Advocacy in State Policymakers’ Use of Research Evidence for Eating Disorders Prevention

Does youth-led legislative advocacy improve evidence use in eating disorder prevention policy?
Amanda Raffoul
University Of Toronto
2024 – 2029
$349,749
Grant

Mentoring and Career Development: 2024 Weitzman and Turcios-Villalta

With this award, Weitzman will strengthen her ability to effectively mentor junior researchers of color, expand her instructional toolkit to better support student writing goals, and create routines to support timely responses to student inquiries and requests.
Abigail Weitzman
University Of Texas At Austin
2024 – 2026
$60,000
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From the Digest

Digest, Issue 9: Winter 2023-24

Studying the use of research evidence: In conversation with Program Officer Anupreet Sidhu

Lenore Neier
Studying the use of research evidence: In conversation with Program Officer Anupreet Sidhu
Digest, Issue 9: Winter 2023-24

Sustainable change: Reflections on the inaugural Institutional Challenge Grant

Laura Tach
 and Anna Steinkraus
Sustainable change: Reflections on the inaugural Institutional Challenge Grant
Digest, Issue 9: Winter 2023-24

Interview with an Institutional Challenge Grantee: How can you support community-engaged scholarship within an academic discipline?

Foundation Staff
Interview with an Institutional Challenge Grantee: How can you support community-engaged scholarship within an academic discipline?
Digest, Issue 9: Winter 2023-24

Doing better by children: Studying ways to fully leverage ideas and findings from research

Kim DuMont
Doing better by children: Studying ways to fully leverage ideas and findings from research
Digest, Issue 9: Winter 2023-24

Community-engaged research to reduce inequality: The Institutional Challenge Grant

Institutional Challenge Grant Task Force
 and Adam Gamoran
Community-engaged research to reduce inequality: The Institutional Challenge Grant
Digest, Issue 8: Winter 2022-23

Learning Across Contexts: Bringing Together Research on Research Use and Implementation Science

Lauren Supplee
,
Allison Metz
,
and Annette Boaz
Learning Across Contexts: Bringing Together Research on Research Use and Implementation Science
Digest, Issue 8: Winter 2022-23

Reducing Educational Inequality After the COVID-19 Pandemic: What Do We Know, and What Research Do We Need?

Adam Gamoran
 and Richard Murnane
Reducing Educational Inequality After the COVID-19 Pandemic: What Do We Know, and What Research Do We Need?
Digest, Issue 8: Winter 2022-23

Building Evidence Systems to Integrate Implementation Research and Practice in Education

Norma Ming
Building Evidence Systems to Integrate Implementation Research and Practice in Education
Digest, Issue 8: Winter 2022-23

Emergency Exits: Avenues for New Research to Improve Youth Outcomes After COVID

Anya Kamenetz
Emergency Exits: Avenues for New Research to Improve Youth Outcomes After COVID
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Recent Updates

Blog Post

“Lifting Up Diverse Language Communities”: Three Grantees on Improving Outcomes for English Learners

Natalie De Rosa
“Lifting Up Diverse Language Communities”: Three Grantees on Improving Outcomes for English Learners
News
  •  Sep 16, 2024

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

Foundation Staff
Six New Research Grants to Build Theory and Evidence in our Focus Areas
News
  •  Sep 10, 2024

A Note on Adam Gamoran’s Nomination as Director of the Institute of Education Sciences

Foundation Staff
A Note on Adam Gamoran’s Nomination as Director of the Institute of Education Sciences
Blog Post

ICYMI: Four Takeaways from Our Youth Service Capacity-Building Grants Office Hour

Foundation Staff
ICYMI: Four Takeaways from Our Youth Service Capacity-Building Grants Office Hour
Blog Post

Resource Spotlight: Annotated Proposals for the Institutional Challenge Grant

Foundation Staff
Resource Spotlight: Annotated Proposals for the Institutional Challenge Grant
Blog Post

President’s Comment: Foundation Grantees at ASA 2024

Adam Gamoran
President’s Comment: Foundation Grantees at ASA 2024
News
  •  Jul 15, 2024

Announcing $1.4 Million in Continuation Funding for Four Institutional Challenge Grantees

Foundation Staff
Announcing $1.4 Million in Continuation Funding for Four Institutional Challenge Grantees
News
  •  Jul 2, 2024

Welcoming Anne Gregory to the William T. Grant Scholars Selection Committee

Foundation Staff
Welcoming Anne Gregory to the William T. Grant Scholars Selection Committee
Blog Post

“Much more can be done to protect Native families”: Expanding tribal sovereignty to reduce family separation

Frank Edwards
“Much more can be done to protect Native families”: Expanding tribal sovereignty to reduce family separation
News
  •  Jun 5, 2024

Announcing the Newest Institutional Challenge Grantees: $2.6 Million for Partnerships Addressing Social Issues

Foundation Staff
Announcing the Newest Institutional Challenge Grantees: $2.6 Million for Partnerships Addressing Social Issues
News
  •  May 29, 2024

Five Early-Career Researchers Selected for the William T. Grant Scholars Class of 2029

Foundation Staff
Five Early-Career Researchers Selected for the William T. Grant Scholars Class of 2029
Blog Post

Ending Well: Bringing Mentoring Relationships to a Close

Richard Reddick
Ending Well: Bringing Mentoring Relationships to a Close
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