Applicants must be nominated by their institutions. Major
divisions (e.g., College of Arts and Sciences, Medical School) of an
institution may nominate only one applicant each year.

The William T. Grant Scholars Program supports career
development for promising early-career researchers. The program funds five-year
research and mentoring plans that significantly expand researchers’ expertise
in new disciplines, methods, and content areas.

Focus Areas:

Reducing Inequality In this focus area, we fund research
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, along dimensions of race, ethnicity, economic standing, sexual or
gender minority status, language minority status, or immigrant origins.

Research Interests Our research interests in this focus
area center on studies that examine ways to reduce inequality in youth
outcomes. We welcome descriptive studies that clarify mechanisms for reducing
inequality or elucidate how or why a specific program, policy, or practice
operates to reduce inequality. We also welcome intervention studies that
examine attempts to reduce inequality. Finally, we welcome studies that improve
the measurement of inequality in ways that can enhance the work of researchers,
practitioners, or policymakers.

Award recipients are designated as William T. Grant
Scholars. Each year, four to six Scholars are selected. Each Scholar receives
exactly $425,000 over five years, including up to 7.5% indirect costs.

Eligibility:

Applicants must have received their doctoral degree
within seven years of submitting their application.

Applicants must be employed in career-ladder positions.