William T. Grant Scholars Program

Overview

<div>The William T. Grant Scholars Program is for early-career researchers in the social, behavioral, and health sciences. We encourage Scholars to tackle important questions that will advance theory, policy, and practice for youth. Applicants identify new methods, disciplines, or content they want to learn, and propose five-year research plans that foster their growth in those areas. We recognize that early-career researchers are rarely given incentives or support to take such risks, so this award includes a mentoring component. Potential Scholars should have a promising track record of conducting high-quality research, but want to pursue a significant shift in their trajectories as researchers.</div> <div></div> <div>RESEARCH FOCUS AREAS</div> <ul> <li>We are focused on youth ages 5 to 25 in the United States. We fund research that increases our understanding of:</li> <li>Programs, policies, and practices that reduce inequality in youth<br>outcomes, and</li> <li>Strategies to improve the use of research evidence in ways that benefit<br>youth.</li> </ul> <div>We seek research that builds stronger theory and empirical evidence in thesetwo areas. We intend for the research we support to inform change. Whilewe do not expect that any one study will create that change, the researchshould contribute to a body of useful knowledge to improve the lives of young people.</div>