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Institutional Challenge Grant

William T. Grant Foundation

TraditionalTraining & capacityExpired · for reference only

Funds a university research institute, school or center to build a long-term research-practice partnership with a public agency or nonprofit serving youth, including salary for mid-career fellows who lead the partnership research.

Indicative award
$650k (total award)$650,000 over three years covering planning, fellowship support, research costs and capacity building, with a 15% indirect cost allowance.
Timing
Annual cycleAnnual cycle · SepPublished deadline: 2026-09-09 — passed. Kept for reference; check the funder's page for the next cycle.The page lists the next deadline as September 9, 2026 at 3:00 PM EST.
Who can apply
Mid-career & senior, Any faculty rank
Eligibility
Applicant must be a university-based research institute, school or center partnering with a public agency or nonprofit serving youth ages 5-25. The grant requires appointing mid-career fellows whose terminal degree was earned 8-20 years prior; the university must fund a third fellow's FTE year. HBCUs and Hispanic-serving institutions are encouraged.
SSWR clusters
Topics
research-practice partnerships · youth inequality · institutional change · child welfare · workforce development
Apply at
https://wtgrantfoundation.org/funding-opportunity/institutional-challenge-grant
This entry
Curated by the working group. Written 2026-08-07. Funder link last confirmed to resolve on 2026-09-25.

Amounts and dates on this page are indicative and are maintained by people rather than scraped. Funders change ceilings, windows and eligibility without notice; confirm all details at the source above before applying.

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