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Awarded Grants

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Mentoring and Career Development: 2018 Kraft West – Revised

Kraft will use this award to develop his ability to mentor junior scholars, help junior scholars make strategic choices between multiple research opportunities, and gain a stronger sense of the career development issues facing junior colleagues of color.
Matthew Kraft
Brown University
2018 – 2022
$51,285.26
Grant

Mentoring and Career Development: 2018 Hibel and Prim/Ivey

Hibel will use this award to improve his ability to “mentor the whole person” by providing academic supports, access to material resources, financial support for conferences, and opportunities to connect with other scholars
Jacob Hibel
University Of California, Davis
2018 – 2021
$59,892.55
Grant

Studying Hungry

This award will support production of a documentary film, tentatively titled Studying Hungry, which will explore solutions to the issue of food insecurity on college campuses.
Soledad O’Brien
Women Make Movies
2018 – 2018
$90,000
Grant

Research-practice Partnerships White Paper 2.0

How has the field of research-practice partnerships (RPPs) evolved, and what lessons can be learned about when and how RPPs promote the use of research evidence?
Caitlin Farrell
University Of Colorado
2018 – 2020
$50,000
Grant

American Sociological Association Sociology of Education Section Pre-Conference on Race, Racism, and Reducing Inequality

This grant will enable graduate students of color to attend the American Sociological Association Pre-Conference on Race, Racism, and Reducing Inequality organized by the Sociology of Education Section.
Jacob Hibel
University Of California, Davis
2018 – 2018
$14,893
Grant

Implementing State-Level Policy Reform to Eliminate School Discipline Disparities: A Mixed Methods Examination

Can a state-level policy initiative that targets school discipline disparities on the basis of race reduce inequality in student outcomes?
Jessika Bottiani
University Of Virginia
2018 – 2023
$150,403
Grant

School Climate: Responding to Latino Youth’s Educational and Socio-emotional Inequality

Which aspects of school climate hold promise for responding to educational and socio-emotional inequalities experienced by Latino youth?
Melissa Delgado
University Of Arizona
2018 – 2020
$49,995
Grant

Diffusing Research Evidence in Educational Systems

How can school districts leverage social networks among administrators and teachers to improve their use of research evidence?
Kara Finnigan
University Of Rochester
2018 – 2020
$339,982

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  •  Apr 9, 2018

Announcing the Foundation’s First Institutional Challenge Grantee

This grant challenges universities to reward faculty members whose research is directed to public service. The inaugural grantees will support research on one of our most vexing social problems, the opioid crisis, in a partnership that is poised to take ...
Foundation Staff
Announcing the Foundation’s First Institutional Challenge Grantee
News
  •  Mar 14, 2018

Webinar: Engaging English Learners with Rigorous Academic Content

Improving achievement for English learners by strengthening educational policy and practice would contribute meaningfully to reducing inequality in the outcomes of young people in the United States. In this webinar, Foundation president Adam Gamoran outlines lessons from the literature on ...
Foundation Staff
Webinar: Engaging English Learners with Rigorous Academic Content

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