AERA-NSF Grants Program
AERA-NSF Grants Program
 
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For over three decades, the National Science Foundation (NSF) has funded the Grants Program in support of AERA’s efforts to enhance the visibility and use of large-scale designed and administrative data through dissertation and research grants and statistical institutes aimed at building research capacity. Over 600 graduate students and early career scholars have received these grants as they launched their careers and developed their research agendas in STEM education research.

The AERA-NSF Grants Program offers small grants and training opportunities designed to achieve two primary objectives: (1) to enhance the capability of the education research community to conduct policy- and practice-relevant research using the rich, nationally and internationally representative data sets supported by NCES, NSF, and other federal agencies; and (2) to support and promote rigorous education research.

The small grants component is an open competition to support field-initiated research that is expected to produce high-quality policy- and practice-related studies on important and timely issues in education. Both Research Grants (for those who have earned a doctoral degree) and Dissertation Grants (for advanced doctoral students) are offered. Researchers who receive support come from a wide variety of disciplines, such as education, sociology, economics, statistics, demography, and psychology, with researchers often working across disciplines.

 
 
AERA-NSF Grants Program Governing Board
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George W. Bohrnstedt
American Institutes for Research
Member 2022 - 2025
Steven Andrew Culpepper
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Member 2020 - 2025
Kenneth A. Frank
Michigan State University
Member 2020 - 2025
Louis M. Gomez
University of California - Los Angeles
Member 2018 - 2025
Larry V. Hedges
Northwestern University
Member 2018 - 2025
Felice J. Levine
American Educational Research Association
Principal Investigator 2018 - 2025
Chandra Muller
University of Texas at Austin
Member 2018 - 2025
Laura W. Perna
University of Pennsylvania
Member 2018 - 2025
Barbara Schneider
Michigan State University
Chair 2018 - 2025
Laura Stapleton
University of Maryland, College Park
Chair 2018 - 2025
George L. Wimberly
American Educational Research Association
Co-Principal Investigator 2018 - 2025
 
 
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The proposal deadline for the Dissertation and Research Grants was May 30, 2024.

Dissertation Grants—Dissertation Grants are available for advanced doctoral students and are intended to support the student while analyzing data and writing the doctoral dissertation.

Research Grants—Research Grants are available for faculty at institutions of higher education, postdoctoral researchers, and other doctoral ­level scholars. 

 
 
Informational Webinar
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Applicants are encouraged to watch the recording of the informational webinar to learn more about the AERA-NSF Grants Program and the application process.