The Office of Foundation Relations is pleased to share this open call for funding from the WT Grant Foundation.
UCSC Contact: Foundation Relations, Caroline Rodriguez | caroline@ucsc.edu
Funder: William T Grant Foundation
Program: Research Grants on Improving Use of Research Evidence
Please see opportunity guidelines here.
Foundation Relations will offer an Information Session on WT Grant: December 4, 2023 (12:00pm PT) Please register for the info session here.
Deadline: January 10, 2024 (12:00pm PT)
Overview
This program funds research studies that advance theory and build empirical knowledge on ways to improve the use of research evidence by policymakers, agency leaders, organizational managers, intermediaries, and other decision-makers that shape youth-serving systems in the United States.
Proposed studies must pursue one of the following aims:
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Building, identifying, or testing ways to improve the use of existing research evidence.
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Building, identifying, or testing ways to facilitate the production of new research evidence that responds to decision-makers’ needs.
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Testing whether and under what conditions using research evidence improves decision-making and youth outcomes.
This program supports research on strategies focused on improving the use, usefulness, and impact of evidence in ways that benefit young people ages 5-25 in the United States. WTGF welcomes impact studies that test strategies for improving research use as well as whether improving research use leads to improved youth outcomes. WTGF also welcomes descriptive studies that reveal the strategies, mechanisms, or conditions for improving research use. Finally, WTGF welcomes measurement studies that explore how to construct and implement valid and reliable measures of research use.
Funding
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Major research grants: $100,000 to $1,000,000 over 2-4 years, including up to 15% indirect costs.
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Officers’ research grants: $25,000–$50,000 over 1-2 years, including up to 15% indirect costs.
Eligibility
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The Foundation defers to the applying organization’s criteria for who is eligible to act as a Principal Investigator or Co-Principal Investigator on a grant. In general, we expect that all investigators will have the experience and skills to carry out the proposed work.
Eligible Studies
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Only studies that 1) align with the stated research interests of this program and 2) relate to the outcomes of young people between the ages of 5 and 25 in the United States are eligible for consideration.
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William T Grant does not support non-research activities such as program implementation and operational costs, or make contributions to building funds, fundraising drives, endowment funds, general operating budgets, or scholarships.
Please review past grant awardees
Please see Frequently Asked Questions
Timeline
- LOI Deadline: January 10, 2024 (12:00pm PT)
- Letter of Inquiries Due
- Letters of inquiry are accepted on three deadlines each year.
- Successful letters of inquiry for major research grants will result in invitations to submit full proposals.
- Foundation Relation will offer an Information Session on WT Grant: December 4, 2023 (12:00pm PT)
Please register for the info session here.
Special Instructions
Please notify the Office of Foundation Relations if you are interested in applying to this opportunity (cfr@ucsc.edu). For support developing your LOI, please contact the Research Development Specialist assigned to your unit or send a request to resdev@ucsc.edu.
Call sent: November 27, 2023
The Office of Foundation Relations is a unit of University Relations. The FR team creates and maintains mutually beneficial, long-term relationships with private organizations, matching grant initiatives with educational and research programs and centers. FR supports faculty and staff to identify and approach these and other private foundations and corporations for funding, to assist in strategic positioning of the grant application, and to facilitate funder campus visits.
For a list of recent funding opportunities, please visit the FR website. FR Calls for Funding