Spencer Foundation’s Small Research Grant Program to Support Education Research Projects

The Spencer Foundation is accepting applications for it’s Small Research Grants Program to support education research projects that will contribute to the improvement of education, broadly conceived.

The Spencer Foundation has been a leading funder of education research since 1971 and is the only national foundation focused exclusively on supporting education research.

Funding Information

The budgets up to $50,000 for projects ranging from one to five years.

Eligibility Criteria

• Principal Investigators (PIs) and Co-PIs applying for a Small Research Grant on Education must have an earned doctorate in an academic discipline or professional field or appropriate experience in an education research-related profession. While graduate students may be part of the research team, they may not be named the PI or Co-PI on the proposal.
• 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 administering organization if the grant is awarded. The Spencer Foundation does not award grants directly to individuals.
• 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.

Deadline: 1 July 2019

How to Apply

Applications must be submitted via given website.