Posted on April 7, 2004

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William T. Grant Scholars Announced

The New York City-based William T. Grant Foundation has announced grants totaling $1.8 million to six researchers working in the health, social, and behavioral sciences.

Through its William T. Grant Scholars Program, the foundation supports the work of postdoctoral researchers from diverse disciplines pursuing research on young people and the various contexts in which youth interact. The annual award program, now in its twenty-fourth year, has funded 116 researchers since its inception.

"The goal of this program is to identify exceptional early career scholars and give them the financing, mentorship, and interdisciplinary experiences to make them even better," said foundation president Dr. Robert C. Granger.

This year's Grant Scholars, each of whom will receive $300,000 over five years, are Emma Adam, an assistant professor of education and social policy at Northwestern University; Robert Crosnoe, an assistant professor of sociology at the University of Texas, Austin; Lisa Diamond, an assistant professor of psychology at the University of Utah; Pamela Morris, a senior associate at MDRC in New York; Jacob Vigdor, an assistant professor at Duke University; and V. Robin Weersing, an assistant professor at Yale University.

“William T. Grant Foundation Announces Newest Class of William T. Grant Scholars.” William T. Grant Foundation Press Release 4/02/04.

Primary Subject: Education
Secondary Subject(s): Social Science, Higher Education, Health
Location(s): National

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