NAEd/Spencer Dissertation Fellowship
Supports 35 doctoral candidates a year whose dissertation research focuses primarily on education, with funding plus two retreats and a senior-scholar mentor.
- Indicative award
- $30k (total award)$30,000 for one academic year, paid in two installments. Fellowship period runs nine to 24 months depending on the work plan.
- Timing
- Annual cycleAnnual cycle · OctPublished deadline: 2026-10-08 — 55 days awayApplications open August 1, 2026; deadline October 8, 2026 at 5:00 pm ET; earliest start September 1, 2027.
- Who can apply
- Doctoral candidate
- Eligibility
- Must be a doctoral candidate at a US graduate institution (non-US citizens are eligible) who will complete all pre-dissertation requirements by June 1, 2027, with a plan to finish the dissertation within one to two years. Research must be primarily about education.
- SSWR clusters
- Topics
- dissertation · education research · doctoral training
- Apply at
- https://naeducation.org/naed-spencer-dissertation-fellowship/
- This entry
- Curated by the working group. Written 2026-08-07. The funder link has not yet been machine-checked.
Amounts and dates on this page are indicative and are maintained by people rather than scraped. Funders change ceilings, windows and eligibility without notice; confirm all details at the source above before applying.
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