Funding-Limited Submission – William T. Grant Foundation - Scholars Program; June 3, 2013

Description: The William T. Grant Scholars Program supports promising early-career researchers from diverse disciplines, who have demonstrated success in conducting high-quality research and are seeking to further develop and broaden their expertise. Proposed research plans must fit the Foundation’s research interests.

Foundation Research Interests: The Foundation currently supports research to understand and improve the everyday settings of youth ages 8 to 25 in the United States. Specifically, it funds studies that enhance understanding of:

· How youth settings work, how they affect youth development, and how they can be improved; and

· When, how, and under what conditions research evidence is used in policy and practice that affect youth, and how its use can be improved.

Amount: William T. Grant Scholars receive $350,000 distributed over a five-year period. At least half of the Scholar’s paid time must be spent conducting research.

Link to Guidelines: A description of the program is available here.

Eligibility/Limited Submission: Applicants must be nominated by their institutions. Major divisions (e.g., College of Arts and Sciences, Medical School) of an institution may nominate only one applicant each year. Candidates must have received their terminal degree within seven years of submitting their application. In medicine, the seven-year maximum is dated from the completion of the first residency.

·Applicants must be employed in career-ladder positions. For many applicants, this means holding a tenure-track position in a university.

·The award may not be used as a post-doctoral fellowship.

·Applicants outside the United States are eligible.

·Applicants of any discipline are eligible.

Internal Competition: Because the William T. Grant Foundation will accept only one application from each college, individuals interested in submitting an application should contact their Associate Dean for Research for information on their college’s internal deadlines and procedure.

All nominations from each college must be submitted by the Associate Dean for Research to the Office of the Vice President for Research at limitedsubmissions@uky.edu by June 3, 2013 to enable the Vice President for Research to prepare appropriate documentation as needed.

Foundation Deadline: July 8, 2013.

Questions about the submission process may be sent to Ms. Annette Evans in the Office of the Vice President for Research (alevan4@email.uky.edu or 257-1663).