The William T. Grant Foundation has announced that it is now accepting applications for its William T. Grant Scholars Program. Young researchers or professionals pursuing research and employed in a nonprofit organization within or outside United States can apply for this opportunity. As William T. Grant Scholars, the selected candidates will each receive a grant of $350,000 which will be distributed over a period of five years. Early-career researchers in the field of social, behavioral or health sciences can apply for this program. The Program prefers to support “applicants who already have a promising track record, but seek a qualitative shift in their trajectory as researchers.” The Scholars should be ambitious in their research endeavors to tackle important questions that will advance theory, policy and practice for youth (8-25 years) and they use different methods, disciplinary perspectives and content knowledge in their studies.
Grants will be made available to organizations where the selected young researchers are working. Only tax-exempt nonprofit organizations or NGOs are eligible to receive these grants. The eligibility criteria includes:
- Applicants must have received their terminal degree within seven years of submitting their application. We calculate this by adding six years to the date the doctoral degree was conferred. In medicine, the seven-year maximum is dated from the completion of the first residency.
- Applicants must be employed in career-ladder positions at nonprofit institutions. For many applicants, this means holding a tenure-track position in a university. Applicants in other types of organizations should be in positions in which there is a pathway to advancement in a research
career at the organization and the organization is fiscally responsible for the applicant’s position. The award may not be used as a post-doctoral fellowship. - Applicants outside the U.S. are eligible, but as with U.S. applicants, they must be pursuing research that has clear, compelling theory and either policy or practice implications for the settings of young people ages 8 to 25 in the United States.
- Applicants of any discipline are eligible.
The deadline to apply for this opportunity is 7 July 2010. For more information, visit this link.
