Deadline: 2 May 2016
The Spencer Foundation is seeking applications for its Small Research Grants Program to support education research projects that aim to fund academic work that will contribute to the improvement of education, broadly conceived.
Focus Areas
- The Relation between Education and Social Opportunity
- Teaching, Learning, and Instructional Resources
- The New Civics
- Organizational Learning in Schools, School Systems, and Higher Education Systems
- Purposes and Values of Education
Benefits
- An experimental study of how college students use visual representations in solving math problems.
- A study exploring the process of racial and rural identity formation among African American high-school students who attend de facto segregated schools in the rural South.
- A mixed-methods study focusing on the different types of knowledge novice and experienced teachers draw on in teaching for reading comprehension.
Grant Information
Small Research Grant budgets are limited to $50,000.
Eligibility Criteria
- Proposals are accepted from the U.S. and internationally, however all proposals must be submitted in English and budgets must be proposed in U.S. Dollars.
- Principal Investigators (PIs) and Co-PIs applying for a research grant must have an earned doctorate in an academic discipline or professional field, or appropriate experience in an education research-related profession.
- The PI must be affiliated with a college, university, school district, non-profit research facility, or non-profit cultural institution that is willing to serve as the fiscal agent if the grant is awarded. The Spencer Foundation does not award grants directly to individuals.
How to Apply
Applicants must apply online via given website.
For more information, please visit Small Research Grant Program.