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Research grants on education

Spencer Foundation

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Education research at several scales, from small grants through large field-initiated studies, with a standing willingness to fund qualitative and historical work that federal panels find hard to score.

Indicative award
$50k–$500k (total award)Tiered by programme: small grants sit near the bottom of this band, large field-initiated studies near the top.
Timing
Several times a yearNo specific published date recorded. This funder publishes a cycle rather than a date, and this database does not invent one.Several competitions a year with programme-specific deadlines.
Who can apply
Doctoral candidate, Postdoctoral, Early-career faculty, Mid-career & senior, Any faculty rank
Eligibility
Applicant must hold a doctorate and be affiliated with an eligible non-profit; dissertation fellowships run on their own track with their own rules.
SSWR clusters
Special Interest Groups
Topics
education research · qualitative · small grants · field-initiated
Apply at
https://www.spencer.org/grant_types
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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