Research-Practice Partnerships: Collaborative Research for Educational Change
Funds established researcher-practitioner partnerships doing collaborative education research with districts, agencies, or community organisations, with a stated priority on educational inequality.
- Indicative award
- up to $400k (total award)Maximum project budget $400,000 over up to 3 years, indirect costs capped at 15%. No published minimum.
- Timing
- Annual cycleAnnual cycle · Jul, OctPublished deadline: 2026-10-28 — 75 days away2026 cycle: applications opened May 12, 2026; pre-proposal deadline July 10, 2026 (noon CT); full proposal deadline October 28, 2026 (noon CT).
- Who can apply
- Early-career faculty, Mid-career & senior, Any faculty rank, Community organisation
- Eligibility
- PI needs an earned doctorate or relevant professional experience; administering organisation must be a non-profit or public institution (501(c)(3) in the US); a documented history of collaboration between the research and practice partners is required. International applicants accepted.
- SSWR clusters
- Topics
- research-practice partnerships · education research · educational inequality · school districts
- Apply at
- https://www.spencer.org/grant_types/research-practice-partnerships
- 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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