Limited Submission Opportunity: William T. Grant Scholars Program
URL: https://wtgrantfoundation.org/funding/william-t-grant-scholars-program
OBJECTIVES:
The program supports career development for promising early-career researchers. The William T. Grant Scholars Program funds five-year research and mentoring plans that significantly expand researchers’ expertise in new disciplines, methods, and content areas. The foundation supports research in two distinct focus areas:
1) Reducing Inequality: In this focus area, the foundation supports studies that aim 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, especially on the basis of race, ethnicity, economic standing, language minority status, or immigrant origins.
2) Improving the Use of Research Evidence: In this focus area, the foundation supports research to identify, build, and test strategies to ensure that research evidence is used in ways that benefit youth. The foundation is particularly interested in research on improving the use of research evidence by state and local decision makers, mid-level managers, and intermediaries.
FUNDING INFORMATION: up to $350,000 over 5 years; 7.5% IDC
In the first 3 years of their awards, Scholars may apply for additional awards to mentor junior researchers of color.
ELIGIBILITY RESTRICTIONS:
Major divisions (e.g., College of Arts and Sciences, Medical School) of an institution may nominate only one applicant each year.
Applicants must have received their terminal degree within 7 years of submitting their application; in medicine, the 7-years’ requirement is dated from the completion of the first residency.
Applicants must be employed in career-ladder positions. For many applicants, this means holding a tenure-track position in a university. Applicants in other types of organizations should be in positions in which there is a pathway to advancement in a research career at the organization. The award may not be used as a postdoc fellowship.
INTERNAL SELECTION PROCESS:
Each college at BU may nominate a single applicant and will be managing its own internal submission process. Charles River Campus investigators may contact Joe Loftus, Director of Foundation Relations (joloftus@bu.edu) with any questions regarding the application process or opportunity. Medical Campus investigators may contact David Gillerman, Senior Director of Foundation Relations, Medical Campus (dgillerm@bu.edu).
The Office of Research will provide Letters of Independence (required by the foundation) if multiple major academic units are nominating individuals for this opportunity. As such, Office of Research (research@bu.edu) and Joe Loftus (joloftus@bu.edu) must be notified of ANY NOMINEES by Monday May 20, 2024.
NOTE that a sample successful Scholars Program application is available in the Proposal Library.
DEADLINES:
Sponsor Deadline:
- Mentor and reference letters are due by June 12, 2024, 3 PM EST
- Application Deadline: July 3, 2024, 3 PM EST