Research Grants on Reducing Inequality
Supports descriptive and intervention studies of programs, policies or practices that reduce inequality in academic, social, behavioral or economic outcomes for US youth ages 5-25 — a frame that covers child welfare and foster care system research.
- Indicative award
- $25k–$600k (total award)Two tiers: Major Research Grants of $100,000-$600,000 over 2-3 years, and Officers' Research Grants of $25,000-$50,000 over 1-2 years. Both include up to 15% indirect costs.
- Timing
- Several times a yearNo specific published date recorded. This funder publishes a cycle rather than a date, and this database does not invent one.The page states the 2026 cycles are closed and that deadlines for 2027 will be posted in November. Multiple letter-of-inquiry cycles per year; invited full proposals follow. No future date published at time of retrieval.
- Who can apply
- Postdoctoral, Early-career faculty, Mid-career & senior, Any faculty rank
- Eligibility
- Grants are made to tax-exempt organizations, not to individuals. Studies must concern US young people ages 5-25 and inequality along race, ethnicity, economic status, sexual or gender minority status, language minority status or immigrant origin. Only one application per cycle as PI.
- SSWR clusters
- Topics
- reducing inequality · youth outcomes · intervention studies · descriptive studies
- Apply at
- https://wtgrantfoundation.org/funding/research-grants-on-reducing-inequality
- This entry
- Curated by the working group. Written 2026-08-07. The funder link has not yet been machine-checked.
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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