Institutional Challenge Grant

Sponsor: Grant (William T.) Foundation (WTG)
Solicitation Title: Institutional Challenge Grant
Funding Amount: 650,000 over three years
Sponsor Deadline: Thursday, September 10, 2020
Solicitation Link: http://wtgrantfoundation.org/grants/institutional-challenge-grant

Overview

The Institutional Challenge Grant encourages university-based research institutes, schools, and centers to build sustained research-practice partnerships with public agencies or nonprofit organizations in order to reduce inequality in youth outcomes. To do so, research institutions will need to shift their policies and practices to value collaborative research. They will also need to build the capacity of researchers to produce relevant work and the capacity of agency and nonprofit partners to use research. Applications are welcome from partnerships in youth-serving areas such as education, justice, child welfare, mental health, immigration, and workforce development. We especially encourage proposals from teams with African American, Latinx, Native American, and Asian American members in leadership roles. The partnership leadership team includes the principal investigator from the research institution and the lead from the public agency or nonprofit organization. The award supports research institutions to build sustained research-practice partnerships with public agencies or nonprofit organizations in order to reduce inequality in youth outcomes. Research institutions will need to address four important goals: <ul> <li>Build a sustained institutional partnership with a public agency or nonprofit organization that serves young people ages 5-25 in the United States.</li> <li>Pursue a joint research agenda to reduce inequality in youth outcomes.</li> <li>Create institutional change within the research institution to value the partnership and its work.</li> <li>Develop the capacity of the partners to collaborate on producing and using research evidence. </li> </ul> Recipients of the award will have the opportunity to apply for a funded two-year continuation grant in order to solidify the partnership and institutional changes. At the end of the five years, we expect the following results: <ul> <li>The research institution has established a set of strategies that facilitate sustained research collaborations with public agencies or private nonprofit organizations.</li> <li>The public agency or private nonprofit organization has increased its capacity to use research evidence.</li> <li>Participating researchers have improved partnership skills.</li> <li>The research generated has been used in decision making and is likely to lead to improved outcomes for youth.</li> </ul>

Solicitation Limitations: The principal investigator should be a leader at the research institution. Other Information:The award will provide $650,000 over three years. This includes: <ul> <li>Up to $50,000 for up to 9 months of joint planning activities (e.g., refining protocols for partnering, selecting fellows, finalizing partnership and data sharing agreements, etc.).</li> <li>Fellowship support for the equivalent of one full-time or two half-time mid-career fellows per year for two years. In addition, universities are required to commit to a 1-for-2 match on the mid-career fellows: the grant pays for two full-time equivalent (FTE) fellows, and universities are required to fund one additional FTE fellow. All fellows must be mid-career (as described on page 12).</li> <li>Up to three years of support for the partnership to conduct and use research to reduce inequality in youth outcomes.</li> <li>Resources to advance the proposed institutional shifts and capacities of both partners.</li> <li>Indirect cost allowanceof up to 15 percent of total direct costs. </li> </ul> Webinars and resources: <ol> <li>Register <a href="https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/3668707869336386573?source=La… </a>for Applying for the Institutional Challenge Grant: Identifying and Supporting the Mid-Career Fellows, Tuesday, April 28, 2020, 11:00am-12:00pm EST</li> <li><a href="http://wtgrantfoundation.org/applying-for-the-institutional-challenge-g…; target="_blank">Applying for the Institutional Challenge Grant: Proposing Strategies to Foster Institutional Change</a> (2019)</li> <li><a href="http://wtgrantfoundation.org/partnering-for-community-change-how-the-in…; target="_blank">Partnering for Community Change: How the Institutional Challenge Grant Has Shaped Our Work</a></li> <li><a href="https://rpp.wtgrantfoundation.org/" target="_blank">What is a research practice partnership?</a></li> </ol> <div class="canvasWrapper"></div>

Last Updated: 04/17/2020

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