Officers’ Research Grants on Reducing Inequality

The William T. Grant Foundation's Major Research Grant on Reducing Inequality focuses on supporting studies aimed at understanding and decreasing inequalities in youth outcomes. The grant supports three types of studies: descriptive studies that explore how various programs, practices, or policies are effective in reducing inequality; intervention studies that provide causal evidence of programs or policies’ effectiveness in reducing inequality; and measurement development studies aimed at enhancing the ability to reduce inequality. The foundation is particularly interested in research that addresses systemic racism and the structural foundations of inequality. Research proposals should identify a specific inequality in youth outcomes, particularly in academic, social, behavioral, or economic areas, and should prioritize dimensions of inequality like race, ethnicity, economic standing, language minority status, or immigrant origin status. Officers’ research grants range from $25,000 to $50,000 over 1-2 years, allowing for up to 15% in indirect costs, and can be stand-alone projects or extensions of larger projects.