CLA Grants, Fellowships,
and Research Funding

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Grant (William T.) Foundation:
Scholars Program

  • http://www.wtgrantfoundation.org/info-url_nocat3042/info-url_nocat_show.htm?doc_id=76878&attrib_id=4398
  • Fund Type: Grant. Residential: No. Eligibility: Unrestricted/Multiple Eligibility; Applicants must have received their terminal degree within seven years of submitting their application. In many scholarly disciplines, this translates to a maximum of seven years following the award of the doctoral degree and includes time spent as a post-doctoral fellow. In medicine, the seven-year maximum is dated from the completion of the first residency. The award may not be used as a post-doctoral fellowship..
  • Award: $350,000 over five years
  • Deadline: 07/09/2008
  • Details: The Foundation supports research to understand and improve the settings of youth ages 8 to 25 in the United States. First, we fund studies that enhance our understanding of how settings work, how they affect youth development, and how they can be improved. Second, we are interested in studies that improve our understanding of how and under what conditions research is used to influence policies and practices that affect youth settings.
  • Keywords: youth studies, youth policy, youth settings
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