Research Western
Funding Opportunites - Research
Further details regarding this announcement can be found at:
https://www.spencer.org/grant_types/large-research-grant
Sponsor/Award: SPENCER FOUNDATION - LARGE RESEARCH GRANTS - 2020 COMPETITION

Grant Amount: BETWEEN $125,000 AND $500,000
Deadline: Dean's: Contact your Faculty Research Office for deadline details.
Internal: Jul 07, 2020
Sponsor's: Jul 14, 2020

Subject Areas: Education
Description:

The Large Research Grants on Education Program supports education research projects that will contribute to the improvement of education, broadly conceived, with budgets ranging from $125,000 to $500,000 for projects ranging from one to five years.

Principal Investigators (PIs) and Co-PIs applying for a Research Grant must have an earned doctorate in an academic discipline or professional field, or appropriate experience in an education research-related profession. Proposals are accepted from the U.S. and internationally, however all proposals must be submitted in English and budgets must be proposed in U.S. Dollars.

Application Details:

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.

Proposals must be submitted electronically using the Spencer Foundation's online system. Please see sponsor website for details.

FOUNDATION WILL PAY INDIRECT COSTS (IDC) UP TO 15%

NOTE: All Letters of Intent and Full Applications must be processed through Research Development & Services for institutional approval. Requests for Institutional approvals should be received no less than 3 days prior to the posted Sponsor deadline. A ROLA Proposal (bearing applicant, Chair and Dean electronic approvals) is required for each submission.
Western Contacts: Latinovich,Cessandra
Kilianski,Louise
Hancock,Jennifer Anne

Sponsor Contacts:

LARGEGRANTS@SPENCER.ORG
900 NORTH MICHIGAN AVENUE
CHICAGO, Illinois, United States
(312) 337-7000