{"id":417,"date":"2018-01-30T14:08:00","date_gmt":"2018-01-30T14:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/research\/?p=417"},"modified":"2018-01-30T14:48:33","modified_gmt":"2018-01-30T14:48:33","slug":"william-t-grant-foundation-research-grants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/research\/2018\/01\/30\/william-t-grant-foundation-research-grants\/","title":{"rendered":"FUNDING OPPORTUNITY: William T. Grant Foundation Research Grants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/wtgrantfoundation.org\/grants\/research-grants\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-418 size-medium aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/82\/2018\/01\/logo-4-300x46.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"46\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/82\/2018\/01\/logo-4-300x46.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/82\/2018\/01\/logo-4-150x23.png 150w, https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/82\/2018\/01\/logo-4.png 470w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>By Ali, Leila &#8211; Grants Resource Center<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/wtgrantfoundation.org\/\">William T. Grant Foundation\u00a0<\/a>awarded six grants to support research on reducing inequality in youth outcomes and improving the use of research evidence in decisions that affect young people.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/wtgrantfoundation.org\/six-new-research-grants-build-theory-evidence-focus-areas\">Awarded topics<\/a>\u00a0ranged from reevaluating prison-based education systems\u00a0to the effects of food scholarships on academic performance among community college students. \u00a0Topics awarded were:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wtgrantfoundation.org\/browse-grants#grant\/187516\">Reducing Child Poverty<\/a><br \/>\n<em>How can the United States reduce child poverty by half in 10 years?<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wtgrantfoundation.org\/browse-grants#\/grant\/187283\">Course Corrections: Assessing the Value of Prison-Based Education for Incarcerated Youth in Washington State<\/a><br \/>\n<em>Does youth participation in education programs during incarceration raise earning and education outcomes and reduce recidivism after release?<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wtgrantfoundation.org\/browse-grants#\/grant\/187178\">Connected Scholars: A Mixed-Methods Investigation of a Social Capital Intervention for First-Generation College Students<\/a><br \/>\n<em>Does a mentoring intervention improve academic outcomes for racial\/ethnic minority and low-income college students whose parents did not graduate from college?<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wtgrantfoundation.org\/browse-grants#grant\/187656\">Can Food Scholarships Reduce Inequality by Improving College Persistence Among Community College Students?\u00a0<\/a><br \/>\n<em>Do food scholarships improve academic performance and persistence among low-income community college students?<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wtgrantfoundation.org\/browse-grants#\/grant\/187931\">Community Academic Partnership for Translational Use of Research Evidence (CAPTURE) in Policy and Practice\u00a0<\/a><br \/>\n<em>What strategies enable research-practice partnerships to improve the use of research evidence by child welfare agencies?<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wtgrantfoundation.org\/browse-grants#grant\/186936\">Diffusing Research Evidence in Educational Systems<\/a><br \/>\n<em>How can school districts leverage social networks among administrators and teachers to improve their use of research evidence?<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The foundation is currently accepting applications for its new\u00a0research grants. Approximately $100,000 to $600,000 is available for grants\u00a0on reducing inequality, and $100,000 and $1 million for grants on\u00a0improving the use of research evidence. Letters of inquiry are due<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>May 2<\/strong>, and\u00a0<strong>August 1<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>2018<\/strong>. See William T. Grant Foundation&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/wtgrantfoundation.org\/grants\/research-grants\">Funding Opportunities\u00a0<\/a>for more details.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Ali, Leila &#8211; Grants Resource Center The\u00a0William T. 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