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Unconditional Cash Transfers and Child Maltreatment

Psychosocial interventions have proven effective in reducing child abuse, but they have been less effective at reducing child neglect. These disparate impacts may be because neglect is primarily...

William Schneider

University of Illinois at Urbana

2024 – 2027
$598,687.00

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Brokering Activities and Outcomes Among Embedded Versus Informal Liaisons in Education Research-Practice Partnerships

Does an embedded boundary spanner increase the use of research evidence when compared to an informal boundary spanner in an education research-practice partnership?

Ruth Turley

William Marsh Rice University

2024 – 2027
$641,497.00

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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

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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Regents of the University of California, Berkeley, University of California at Berkeley and University of California, Berkeley

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Home / Funding / Institutional Challenge Grant / Applicant Resources Institutional Challenge Grant / Applicant Resources Application: Currently closed The online application is now closed. The next...

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Rebecca Ryan

Georgetown University

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William T. Grant Foundation

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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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Unconditional Cash Transfers and Child Maltreatment

Brokering Activities and Outcomes Among Embedded Versus Informal Liaisons in Education Research-Practice Partnerships

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

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

Emily Ozer

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

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