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Grant Foundation  \nSuggested Citation:  \nNeier, L. (2021). Forging connections: Grantee experiences reaching audiences beyond the academia. William T. Grant Foundation.  \nWilliam T. Grant Foundation  \nLast year, the William T. Grant Foundation took stock of our initiative to support research on reducing inequality in youth outcomes. We wanted to understand, in part, the pathways through which grantees’ research findings maybe reaching audiences including researchers, journalists, policymakers, and practitioners. Five years into the reducing inequality initiative, what evidence did we have of such reach, and what signs were there that the funded research was relevant and meaningful to subsequent research, policy, and practice?  \nTaking Stock  \nO  \nur review showed that we’re funding a diverse, highly accomplished group of researchers who are carrying out rigorous studies that span policy domains. Despite the relatively early stage of the initiative, several studies have  \nyielded causal information about programs or policies that reduce inequality. Others have identified promising mechanisms for reducing inequality that could be tested in future research. On a number of measures, grantees appear to be leading voices in their disciplines and research areas.  \nTo explore engagement with broader audiences, I reviewed the communication and outreach activities of all major research granteesand William T. Grant Scholars whose studies focused on reducing inequality (67 as of December 2019). On their annual reports,  \nnearly half reported forging connections beyond academia through communications activities such as writing op-eds, providing radio and television interviews, drafting policy and legal briefs, and participating in legislative meetings.  \nFor a deeper dive into these activities, I interviewed a subset of grantees who had reported outreach activities external to the research community. Because of the relatively early stage of the initiative, I  \nNeier 03  \nWilliam T. Grant Foundation  \ndidn’t necessarily assess direct use in policy or practice—rather, I sought evidence of steps along the way. I was especially attuned to indicators that the research we are supporting is connecting with people beyond research circles and that grantees are laying the groundwork for broader engagement.  \nRelevant and Meaningful Research  \nG  \nrantee reports of their experiences echoed what we’ve learned from research on conditions that facilitate the use of evidence (much of which has been funded by the Foundation in our use of research evidence focus area). For instance, we  \nknow that for research to be used, it needs to be relevant: It needs to illuminate questions and answers that matter. As my colleague Vivian Tseng has written, relevant research is “in dialogue with existing ways of defining problems and solutions, not in a separate academic dialogue”(2017). Although the researchers I spoke with are at different stages of their career and at different points in their grants, they all reported similar qualities and processes consistent with this approach to interacting with policy makers and practitioners, listening and responding even as they bring relevant evidence to light.  \nAwareness  \nBuilding awareness through media coverage can help shape the public’s understanding of issues that are central to the research. Importantly, among those grantees that are reaching wider audiences this way, media coverage is not as an end in itself, but as a means of opening avenues for future collaboration with stakeholders on the ground.  \n• “It was a great way to broadcast my findings more broadly and reach people I wouldn’t normally have access to. 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