Office of Research

William T. Grant Scholars Program

Limited Submissions

The William T. Grant Scholars Program supports career development for promising early-career researchers. The program funds five-year research and mentoring plans that significantly expand researchers’ expertise in new disciplines, methods, and content areas.

Applicants should have a track record of conducting high-quality research and an interest in pursuing a significant shift in their trajectories as researchers. We recognize that early-career researchers are rarely given incentives or support to take measured risks in their work, so this award includes a mentoring component, as well as a supportive academic community. 

The Foundation supports research in two distinct focus areas: 1) Reducing inequality in youth outcomes, and 2) Improving the use of research evidence in decisions that affect young people. Proposed research must address questions that align with one of these areas.

Application Instructions

Please submit:

  1. A one‐page letter of intent with a description of proposed aims and approach.
  2. If the final application requires a diversity statement or statement of broader impacts, please summarize your plans to address the specific requirements on an additional page.
  3. CV (not biosketch) of the PI.

to limitedsubs@uw.edu by 5:00 PM Wednesday, May 1, 2024. Proposals are due to the sponsor 7/3/2024, so you will need to have your materials in to the Office of Sponsored Programs by 6/24/2024 if given the go‐ahead by the Limited Submissions review committee. Note: there is also a 6/12/24 sponsor deadline for mentor and reference letters.

Opportunity Details

Program web page

Program Announcement No.

2024

Deadlines
05/01/2024 UW Internal Deadline Closed
06/24/2024 OSP Deadline
07/03/2024 Sponsor Deadline
Sponsor

William T. Grant Foundation

Funding amount

$350,000 (over 5 years)

Maximum Number of Applications

1 (per major division, e.g. College of Arts & Sciences, School of Medicine))

Eligible groups
  • All campus

Inquiries and Contact Information

Investigators who identify a grant, award or fellowship program that restricts the number of applications that can be submitted from an Institution should immediately contact their Chairperson, Associate Dean for Research (or Dean, if no ADR) and the Office of Research (see below) if they intend to prepare a response. Failure to do so, or to meet the deadlines for submission of pre-proposal, will preclude submission of the application through the Office of Sponsored Programs.

For general inquiries, or to request a listing of a limited submission opportunity that should be but is not already listed, please email us at limitedsubs@uw.edu.