Research Grants on Education: Large

Overview

<p>The Spencer Foundation supports work that fosters creative and open-minded scholarship, engages in deep inquiry, and examines robust questions related to education. The program supports proposals with multiple disciplinary and methodological perspectives, both domestically and internationally, and from scholars at various stages in their career.</p> <p>Proposals may span a wide range of topics and disciplines that creatively investigate questions central to education, including anthropology, philosophy, psychology, sociology, law, economics, history, and neuroscience. Researchers may incorporate data from multiple and varied sources spanning a sufficient length of time as to achieve a depth of understanding and/or work closely with practitioners or community members over the life of the project. Research may utilize a wide array of research methods and techniques, including quantitative, qualitative, mixed, ethnographic, design-based, participatory, and historical. Projects that thoughtfully consider the trajectories, implications, and potential impacts of their findings, including how the knowledge may be shared and utilized across the field, in practice, in policy making, and/or with the broader public, are encouraged.</p>