William T. Grant Scholars Program

Award: $425,000 over five years
Deadline: June 30, 2026
Interested? Please complete the Sponsored Programs Administration (SPA) Proposal Request Form ASAP to be assigned a research administrator. Please contact the Office of Corporate and Foundation Relations ([email protected]) for a proposal worksheet which will be due no later than Jun 23.

Link to full Request for Proposal

Overview

Funder seeks to support early-career researchers, funding five-year research and mentoring plans that significantly expand researchers’ expertise in new disciplines, methods, and content areas.

Applicants must have received their terminal degree within 7 years of application and hold a tenure-track position.

Funder is focused on reducing inequality and seeks to fund research studies that examine 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 (e.g., LGBTQ+ youth), language minority status, or immigrant origins.

Only 4-6 scholars are chosen each year.

Important Information

Funding is over five years and includes 7.5% indirect costs. 
While the deadline is June 30, funder asks that letters from mentors and references be submitted by June 10.

Process

This is a single step application process.

• Interested parties should immediately complete the SPA Proposal Request Form to be assigned a research administrator.
• The application will be managed by SPA, and you will work with your assigned research administrator
• All required information, in final form, needs to be submitted to SPA no later than June 23, five business days before submission deadline.