Officers’ Research Grants on Reducing Inequality

The Officers’ Research Grants on Reducing Inequality support studies aimed at understanding and addressing inequalities affecting youth ages 5-25 in the U.S. This initiative funds descriptive, intervention, and measurement development studies focused on academic, social, behavioral, and economic outcomes. The William T. Grant Foundation encourages research that identifies specific inequalities and explores effective programs or policies to mitigate these disparities while addressing systemic issues such as racism and structural inequality.

NOTE: For information about the William T. Grant Foundation Major Research Grant on Reducing Inequality, click here.
Synopsis
We fund:
Descriptive studies that describe, explore, or explain how programs, practices, or policies reduce inequalityIntervention studies that provide causal evidence on the effectiveness of pro- grams or policies for reducing inequalityMeasurement development studies that can enhance the work of researchers, practitioners, or policymakers to reduce inequality.
Research Interests
Our research interests center on studies that examine ways to reduce inequality in youth outcomes. We welcome descriptive studies that clarify mechanisms for reducing inequality or elucidate how or why a specific program, policy, or practice operates to reduce inequality. We also welcome intervention studies that examine attempts to reduce inequality. Finally, we welcome studies that improve the measurement of inequality in ways that can enhance the work of researchers, practitioners, or policymakers.
Recognizing that findings about programs and practices that reduce inequality will have limited societal impact until the structures that create inequality in the first place have been transformed, the Foundation is particularly interested in research to uproot systemic racism and the structural foundations of inequality that limit the life chances of young people
Applications for research grants on reducing inequality must:
Identify a specific inequality in youth outcomes.We are especially interested in research to reduce inequality in academic, social, behavioral, or economic outcomesMake a convincing case for the dimension(s) of inequality the study will address.We are especially interested in research to reduce inequality along the dimensions of race, ethnicity, economic standing, sexual or gender minority status, language minority status, or immigrant origin status.Articulate how findings from your research will help build, test, or increase understanding of a program, policy, or practice to reduce the specific inequality that you have identified.
$25,000–$50,000 over 1-2 years, including up to 15% indirect costs.Studies may be stand-alone projects or may build off larger projects. The budget should be appropriate for the activities proposed.