NAEd/Spencer Dissertation Fellowship Program
National Academy of Education / Spencer Foundation
One-year fellowship supporting doctoral candidates writing education-related dissertations, across disciplines including social work. Fellows receive $30,000 in two installments plus professional development.
- Indicative award
- $30k (total award)Page states fellows receive $30,000 for one academic year, distributed in two installments.
- Timing
- Annual cycleAnnual cycle · OctPublished deadline: 2026-10-08 — 55 days awayApplication opens Aug 1, 2026; deadline Oct 8, 2026, 5:00 pm ET. Earliest start date Sep 1, 2027. Annual fall cycle.
- Who can apply
- Doctoral candidate
- Eligibility
- Doctoral candidates at U.S. graduate schools; non-U.S. citizens are welcome to apply. All pre-dissertation requirements must be completed by June 1, 2027, and the applicant must supply a dissertation completion plan. Individual (not institutional) applications.
- SSWR clusters
- Topics
- education research · dissertation completion · doctoral training
- Apply at
- https://naeducation.org/professional-learning/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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