Education Conference Grants
Posted by Spencer Foundation on December 7, 2015
Spencer Foundation Accepting Proposals for Education Conference Grants
The Spencer Foundation is accepting proposals for its Conference Grants program.
The program supports efforts to bring together scholars whose knowledge, theoretical insight, and methodological expertise can be assembled in ways that build on and reach beyond familiar modes of thinking concerning problems in education research, specifically those related to the area of teaching and learning. Through the program, the foundation aims to encourage the research community to advance new and rigorous research in this subfield and to ultimately increase collaboration within the educational research community.
Conferences should include a broad set of perspectives on topics or problems in education as they relate to the profession and practice of teaching or how students learn in formal and informal spaces. The foundation is particularly interested in proposals that seek to bridge disciplines, subtopics, or contexts that address how and what people learn, including fields related to teaching and learning. For example, scholars of English education might seek to engage in conversations with science, social studies, mathematics, arts, or additional discipline specific education researchers in an effort to foster greater cross-fertilization within the field. Likewise, scholars who explore themes of culturally relevant or culturally sustaining pedagogy might seek to collaborate with scholars in content-specific fields in ways that support the development of research in both areas.
The program will support conference proposals with budgets of up to $50,000.
Applicants must have earned a doctorate in an academic discipline or professional field, or be able to demonstrate appropriate experience in an education research-related profession. In addition, applicants must be affiliated with a college, university, school district, nonprofit research facility, or nonprofit cultural institution willing to serve as fiscal agent.
For complete program guidelines, an FAQ, and proposal submission instructions, visit the Spencer Foundation website.
DEADLINE: JANUARY 11, 2016
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