Research Grants on Education: Small

The Spencer Foundation offers the Small Research Grants on Education Program, which funds education research projects aimed at enhancing educational practices. With budgets up to $50,000, these grants support initiatives that span one to five years. This field-initiated program encourages innovative research addressing critical educational questions, enabling researchers to explore various topics without a specific request. Applications are accepted three times annually, promoting diverse educational advancements.

Background
The Small Research Grants on Education Program supports 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. We accept applications three times per year.
This program is “field-initiated” in that proposal submissions are not in response to a specific request for a particular research topic, discipline, design, method, or location. Our 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.