Student Upward Mobility Initiative

We’re seeking grant proposals to better measure and understand the drivers of PK–12 students’ later success. Funded projects will develop, identify, and validate skills and competencies in PK–12 education that drive students’ economic mobility.

We expect to fund $3 million in research grants, ranging from $50,000 to $500,000, through our 2024 request for proposals (RFP). To broaden and diversify the field of education-to-economic-mobility researchers, this RFP seeks to promote racial, ethnic, gender, disciplinary, institutional, and geographic diversity and will prioritize applications from scholars who are underrepresented in the social sciences.