William T. Grant Foundation Research Grants on Reducing Inequality

Letter of Inquiry (LOI) Deadlines: Wednesday, January 11, 2023 - This deadline is for both of the program funding categories: Major research grants and Officers’ research grants. 

Wednesday, May 3, 2023 - This LOI deadline only applies to the Major research grants funding category - Letters of inquiry for Officers’ research grants are not accepted in May.

Wednesday, August 2, 2023 - This LOI deadline is for both of the program funding categories: Major research grants and Officers’ research grants.

Funding Range: $25,000-$600,000

Amounts vary by funding category - see solicitation attached in the portal announcement for more information, or follow the link to the program website below.

ABOUT: This program supports research to build, test, or increase understanding of programs, policies, or practices to reduce inequality in the academic, social, behavioral, or economic outcomes of young people ages 5-25 in the United States. We prioritize studies that aim to reduce inequalities that exist along dimensions of race, ethnicity, economic standing, language minority status, or immigrant origins.

The program welcomes descriptive studies that clarify mechanisms for reducing inequality or elucidate how or why a specific program, policy, or practice operates to reduce inequality. It also welcomes intervention studies that examine attempts to reduce inequality. Finally, it welcomes studies that improve the measurement of inequality in ways that can enhance the work of researchers, practitioners, or policymakers.

The William T. Grant Foundation invites studies from a range of disciplines, fields, and methods, and encourages investigations into various youth-serving systems, including justice, housing, child welfare, mental health, and education.

APPLY: For a detailed program description and the solicitation, please see the William T. Grant Foundation’s Research Grants on Reducing Inequality program page. 

NOTE: If you are interested in applying or have any questions, please contact our Pre-Award Specialists Pia Gabriel at pg12@humboldt.edu, Kaz Wegmuller at kaz.wegmuller@humboldt.edu, or Jocelyne Takatsuno at jt366@humboldt.edu before December 11, 2022.