FUNDING-Spencer
Foundation - Small Research Grants; November 1, 2017
Description
Established
in 1962, the Spencer Foundation is dedicated to the belief that research is
necessary to the improvement of education. To that end, the foundation supports
high-quality investigations of education through its research programs and to
the strengthening and renewal of the educational research community through its
fellowship/training programs and related activities.
To
that end, the foundation is accepting proposals through its Small Research
Grants Program from education research projects. In keeping with the
foundation's mission, the program aims to fund academic work that will
contribute to the improvement of education, broadly conceived. Examples of
previously funded projects include 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;
and a mixed-methods study focused on the different types of knowledge novice
and experienced teachers draw on in teaching reading
comprehension
The
program awards grants of up to $50,000.
Closing
Date:
Small Research Grant proposals are accepted 4 times per year. The next deadline is at 4:00pm CDT, November 1, 2017.
The
following deadlines will fall on February 1, 2018, May 1, 2018 and August 1,
2018.
Link
to Full Announcement
http://www.spencer.org/small-research-grants
Contact
Information
Doris
Fischer