The Spencer Foundation is seeking applications for its Small Research Grants Program that supports education research projects.  In keeping with the Spencer Foundation’s mission, this program aims to fund academic work that will contribute to the improvement of education, broadly conceived. The Small Research Grants program is intended to support education research projects with budgets of $50,000 or less.

The major areas of interest are broadly organized as follows:

1. Field-Initiated
2. The Relation between Education and Social Opportunity
3. Teaching, Learning, and Instructional Resources
4. The New Civics
5. Organizational Learning in Schools, School Systems, and Higher Education Systems
6. Purposes and Values of Education

The deadline for submitting applications is February 1st 2019. The review process for the Small Research Grants program takes approximately 5 months following the deadline date. PIs will be notified via email of the final decision regarding their proposal.

The research must be focused on improving the quality of education high-quality investigation of educational practices and accountability and improvement globally.

The research grant scheme is open and can be spanning across a range of topics and disciplines, including education, psychology, sociology, economics, history, and anthropology, and has the scope employ a wide range of research methods.

The budget for this grant is $50,000 or less.

Interested candidates can apply based on the guidelines given here.

The Spencer Foundation was established in 1962 by Lyle M. Spencer. The Foundation is intended, by Spencer’s direction, to investigate ways in which education, broadly conceived, can be improved around the world. From the first, the Foundation has been dedicated to the belief that research is necessary to the improvement in education. The Foundation is thus committed to supporting high-quality investigation of education through its research programs and to strengthening and renewing the educational research community through its fellowship and training programs and related activities. The Foundation received its major endowment upon Spencer's death in 1968 and began formal grantmaking in 1971. Since that time, the Foundation has made grants totalling nearly $500 million.