JFEW supports research that addresses systemic issues impacting women with financial need in their pursuit of a college degree.
Addressing Systemic Issues
Since 2015, JFEW has supported research and non-lobbying advocacy projects on food and housing insecurity, student parents, single-mother education, student success innovation, and financial aid advising. We issue a Call for Proposals biennially. The next Call will be issued September 2024, with grant awards announced in the spring of 2025. Please check back for updates.
Learn about Our Past Research Grants
Macaulay Honors College, CUNY (2023)
Assessing Jewish Student Success and Inclusion at Macaulay Honors College
Support to study the financial, academic and social needs of Jewish students at Macaulay Honors College and how these impact college completion trajectories and feelings of belonging on campus for these students.
Cohen Center for Modern Jewish Studies (2023)
The Impact of Financial Need on College Success among American Jewish Young Adults
Funding for comprehensive research on how financial insecurity affects the academic and professional experiences of Jewish young adults across the country. Click here for the full research report.
University of Buffalo, SUNY (2022)
The Role of Institutional Support in Shaping Student-Mothers’ Success in Higher Education
Support for research on the experience of student-mothers across 6 SUNY 2-year and 4-year institutions, and on what campuses can do to be more welcoming for student-parents. Click here for research findings.
Graduate NYC! (2020)
College Completion Innovation Fund (CCIF)
A public-private partnership between City University of New York, the Department of Education, the Mayor’s office and private foundations seeking to double the number of New York City students completing college degrees by 2020. Click here for research findings.
Temple University HOPE Center for College, Community and Justice (2018)
Survey of Students’ Basic Needs in SUNY and CUNY Systems
Funding for a comprehensive survey of student needs across New York’s public college campuses. The project assessed food and housing insecurity across the SUNY and CUNY systems and informed structural and policy changes to better support the basic needs of low-income students. Click here for research findings.
Institute for Women’s Policy Research (2018)
Investing in Single Mothers’ Education: Costs and Benefits to Individuals, Families, and Society
Support for NYC convening and two interim publications regarding IWPR’s cost/benefit analysis of single mothers in higher education (study funded by the ECMC Foundation). Click here for research findings.
CUNY School of Public Health (2017)
CUNY Campaign for Food Security
A program to foster student advocacy on the campuses of John Jay College and Hostos Community College around food insecurity and hunger among CUNY students. Program trained student advocates to raise awareness of campus resources and to reduce stigma and food insecurity. Click here for research findings.
Goddard Riverside Community Center (2016)
Options Center for College Access and Success
To create workshops for student advisors on how to maintain financial aid while in college.