The Spencer Foundation is accepting LOIs due January 24, 2024 noon CST, 1pm EST for the Large Research Grants on Education Program. This program supports education research projects that will contribute to the improvement of education, broadly conceived, with budgets ranging from $125,000 to $500,000 for projects ranging from one to five years. 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. This program is field-initiated, meaning that the goal is to support rigorous, intellectually ambitious and technically sound research that is relevant to the most pressing questions and compelling opportunities in education, and not in response to a particular topic or methodology.
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.
Applications open in Early December for interested parties to view the requirements of the LOI. Those interested in submitting should still submit a PRA Form and the LOI will need to go through Mason’s university approval process via RAMP before submission. Your assigned RA will assist with this process.
November 09, 2023