Recent academic grants include:

Tufts University’s Institute for Applied Research in Youth Development
A $1.2 million, two-year grant to review literature on the “how” of teaching goal management to youth. Grant includes development of a mentor manual & thriving measurement tools.

Stanford University’s Center on Adolescence
A $1 million, four-year grant to study purpose and how to grow purpose in youth.

Fuller University, Psychology Department, Dr. Jim Fuller
A $5,000, one-year grant and guidance in adapting Thrive’s Step-It-Up-2-Thrive tool for mental health practitioners’ use. Development of a model for training psychology graduate students to apply thriving concepts in one-to-one therapy, helping teenagers leaving street life and prostitution.

Search Institute
A $1 million, four-year grant to research thriving in youth, disseminate findings and develop intervention strategies.