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Grants of up to $2,000 to USA high-school students and youth in community-based organizations for research projects on relevant problems or issues. Each project should involve a team of at least three students or youth, supported by 1–2 teachers or adults. The project should demonstrate the capacity to reflect, analyze, and create new knowledge that can improve schools and communities.
To be eligible for consideration, the project must:
-Target a problem or issue meaningful to the youth/school/community and that shows promise of having real impact.
-Lead participants through an extended period of research that includes a formulation of the problem, a research design, data collection and analysis, and the creation of a final product(s).
-Put youth in a leadership role, including being the primary authors of the grant proposal.
-Culminate in a community presentation and a plan for next steps.
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Youth research teams are expected to begin their work in early January 2015 and complete their final projects by June 30, 2015.
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