Deadline: 9 January 2020
The William T. Grant Foundation has announced the Research Grants on Reducing Inequality to support high-quality field-initiated studies on reducing inequality to improve the lives of young people ages 5-25 in the United States.
The focus on reducing inequality grew out of their view that research can do more than help us understand the problem of inequality—it can generate effective responses. They believe that it is time to build stronger bodies of knowledge on how to reduce inequality in the United States and to move beyond the mounting research evidence about the scope, causes, and consequences of inequality.
Applications for research grants on reducing inequality must:
- Identify a specific inequality in youth outcomes, and show that the outcomes are currently unequal by engaging with the extant literature on the causes and consequences of inequality.
- Make a compelling case for the basis of inequality the study will address.
- Articulate how findings from applicants research will help build, test, or increase understanding of a specific program, policy, or practice to reduce the specific inequality that they have identified.
Funding Information
Major research grants on reducing inequality typically range between $100,000 and $600,000 and cover two to three years of support.
Where appropriate, they value projects that:
- harness the learning potential of mixed methods and interdisciplinary work;
- involve practitioners or policymakers in meaningful ways to shape the research questions, interpret preliminary and final results, and communicate their implications for policy and practice;
- combine senior and junior staff in ways that facilitate mentoring of junior staff;
- are led by members of racial or ethnic groups underrepresented in academic fields;
- generate data useful to other researchers and make such data available for public use; and
- demonstrate significant creativity and the potential to advance the field by, for example, introducing new research paradigms or extending existing measures.
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligible Organizations:
- Grants are made to organizations, not individuals. Grants are limited, without exception, to tax-exempt organizations. A copy of the Internal Revenue Service tax-exempt status determination letter is required from each applying organization.
- They do not support or make contributions to building funds, fundraising drives, endowment funds, general operating budgets, or scholarships.
- Eligible Principal Investigators:
- Please consult with their institution about their eligibility criteria regarding who can act as Principal Investigator (PI) or Co-Principal Investigator on a grant.
For more information, visit http://wtgrantfoundation.org/grants/research-grants-reducing-inequality