AERA is taking legal action, advocating on Capitol Hill, mobilizing association members, and coordinating with the scientific community to work to protect the integrity of federal research and data. Learn more and take action 

To document the consequences of NSF grant terminations in April and May, AERA is partnering with other scientific societies to build a comprehensive database. Since June 6, AERA has been reaching out to all principal investigators (PIs) and co-PIs of affected NSF grants from across fields of science and types of awards to gather information on the impacts. Survey responses are requested as soon as possible and ideally by July 10. Learn more

Three AERA Nominating Committees are seeking recommendations for candidates in the 2026 election—AERA-wide elected officers, SIG Executive Committee member-at-large, and Graduate Student Council. The deadline for each is September 9.

Time is running short for the Education Department to finalize the Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) for the 2025-26 school year. AERA and 10 other education research organizations urge immediate action in order to implement this essential data collection. Read more

James A. Banks, the Kerry and Linda Killinger Endowed Chair in Diversity Studies Emeritus and founding director of the Center for Multicultural Education (now the Banks Center for Educational Justice) at the University of Washington, has been selected by AERA to present the 2025 Brown Lecture in Education Research. Read more

AERA—in partnership with the American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U), American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT), American Association of University Professors (AAUP), Women in Engineering ProActive Network (WEPAN), and United Auto Workers (UAW)—has filed a lawsuit challenging DOGE’s unlawful mass terminations of grants at the National Science Foundation (NSF), and the consequent harms to AERA, many of our members, and America’s scientific research enterprise.