Proposals are now being
accepted for Small Research Grants Program on Education
About Spencer Foundation Grant
The Spencer Foundation
is pleased to announce the Small Research Grants Program to
support education research projects that will contribute to the
improvement of education, broadly conceived, with budgets up to $50,000 for
projects ranging from one to five years.
The goal for this
program is to support rigorous, intellectually ambitious and technically sound
research that is relevant to the most pressing questions and compelling
opportunities in education.
The Small ResearchGrants Program supports proposals from multiple disciplinary and
methodological perspectives, both domestically and internationally, from
scholars at various stages in their career.
Funding Information
- Proposed budgets for this program
are limited to $50,000 total.
- Duration:
Projects proposed may not be longer than 5 years in duration.
Small Grant Proposal Elements
- Within the online application,
there are detailed guidelines for each section. Is an overview of the
elements you’ll be expected to complete.
- Project Personnel- As the person
creating the draft application, you will automatically be assigned to the
proposal as the Principal Investigator. If there are Co-PIs on the
proposal, they can be added to the application in this section. They must
first follow Steps 1 and 2 before being added to the application.
- In this section you are also asked
to confirm that neither the PI nor the Co-PIs currently have another
research proposal under review at Spencer.
- Proposal Summary– Information about
the project is requested, such as the project title, start and end dates,
the central research question(s), and a 200-word project summary.
- Budget and Budget Justification
-The budget form is divided into the following categories and each
category has a pulldown menu of the line item choices listed in
parentheses:
- Salaries (PI, Co-PI, Postdoctoral
Research Assistant, Graduate Student, Researcher, Undergraduate
Researcher, Other Research Staff, Other Staff, Supplemental PI Course
Release, Supplemental Co-PI Course Release)
- Benefits (PI Benefits, Co-PI
Benefits, Researcher Benefits, Other Staff Benefits, Tuition/Fees,
Supplemental Course Release Benefits)
- Other Collaborator (Independent
Consultant, Advisor)
- Travel (Project
Travel, Conference or
Dissemination Travel)
- Equipment and Software (Equipment,
Software)
- Project Expenses (Supplies,
Participant Stipends/Costs, Communication, Transcription)
- Other (This should only be used
for expenses not covered in the choices)
- Subcontracts (Information is
pulled from the subcontract budget forms)
- Each expense for your project
should be added and the budget narrative field should be completed,
providing a description of that specific expense. Detailed guidelines are
available within the application form.
- Subcontracts: If your project will
have subcontracts, a separate subcontract budget form will need to be
completed for each. The subcontract form has the same categories and line
item choices listed.
Eligibility Criteria
- Proposals to the Research Grants on
Education program must be for academic research projects that aim to study
education. Proposals for activities other than research are not eligible
(e.g., program evaluations, professional development, curriculum
development, scholarships, capital projects). Additionally, proposals for
research studies focused on areas other than education, are not eligible.
- 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
non-profit organization or public/governmental 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. Examples include non-profit or public colleges,
universities, school districts, and research facilities, as well as other
non-profit organizations with a 501(c)(3) determination from the IRS (or
equivalent non-profit status if the organization is outside of the United States).
- 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.
Restrictions
- Proposed budgets for this program
are limited to $50,000 total and may not include indirect cost charges per
Spencer’s policy. Eligible investigators may also request additional
supplemental funds for a course release. See the Optional Supplemental
Course Release section for details.
- Projects proposed may not be longer
than 5 years in duration.
- PIs and Co-PIs may only hold one
active research grant from the Spencer Foundation at a time. (This
restriction does not apply to the administering organization;
organizations may submit as many proposals as they like as long as they
are for different projects and have different research teams.)
- PIs and Co-PIs may not submit more than
one research proposal to the Spencer Foundation at a time. This
restriction applies to the Small Grants Program, Large Grants Program,
Racial Equity Research Grants Program, and Research-Practice Partnership
Program. If the PI or any of the Co-PIs currently have a research proposal
under consideration in any of these programs, they are required to wait
until a final decision has been made on the pending proposal before they
can submit a new proposal.
How
to Apply
The application process
begins with a full proposal; there is no requirement to submit a letter of
intent or intent to apply form.
For more information,
visit Research Grants on Education. Application deadline: 5th April, 2023.
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