We have a couple of exciting opportunities and important deadlines to share with you:
1. Kurt Fischer Award
The Kurt Fischer Award honors individuals whose career has clearly advanced the interdisciplinary conversation/work of neuroscience and education.
We encourage you to nominate an outstanding individual for this honor. Click here for detailed nomination instructions: Kurt Fischer Award Nomination Form
Nominations due date: December 15, 2025
2. 2026 AERA Annual Meeting Graduate Student Assistance Fund
The American Educational Research Association (AERA) invites applications for the Annual Meeting Graduate Student Assistance Fund (AMGSAF). This fund will provide support to enable Graduate Student members of AERA with demonstrated need to offset the cost of attending the 2026 AERA Annual Meeting in Los Angeles, California, April 8-12.
Award Details
Deadline: The deadline to apply for support from the Annual Meeting Graduate Student Assistance Fund is Wednesday, January 7, 2026.
Award: Awards will include up to $500 to cover registration and travel costs associated with attending the 2026 AERA Annual Meeting in Los Angeles.
To learn more about the Annual Meeting Graduate Student Assistance Fund access the Call for Applications.
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Please visit this web page for more information : AERA 2026 Call for Submissions
We look forward to convening in Los Angeles on April 8–12, 2026, and encourage your submissions. The AERA Annual Meeting offers a unique and vital opportunity to share your research and engage with scholars from across the country and around the world.
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to officially inform you that the 2026 AERA Annual Meeting Call for Submissions is now available on the AERA website. We encourage you to consider a paper or session submission to a division, special interest group (SIG), or committee that best aligns with your research interests. The deadline for submissions is 11:59 p.m. PT on July 25, 2025.
The 2026 Annual Meeting will be held in Los Angeles, California, April 8-12. Submitters will have the option of electing to submit a paper that, if accepted, will not be presented onsite, but instead will be presented only virtually through the AERA i-Presentation Gallery. There will be a registration fee for presenting authors who choose the virtual-only option.
The overall theme is “Unforgetting Histories and Imagining Futures: Constructing a New Vision for Education Research.” We hope that you will consider a submission in response to the Call. The theme advanced by AERA President Maisha Winn invites scholars “to imagine and plan for research agendas that bridge our histories, current struggles, and desired outcomes for education.”
We are looking forward to creating an Annual Meeting that will attract participants worldwide. This meeting will provide an opportunity to share research, assess the state of our knowledge, and explore how our work can become more relevant to diverse communities, publics, practitioners, and policy makers.
Please submit and join us in Los Angeles, April 8-12, 2026.
Cordially,
Felice J. Levine, PhD (she/her)
Executive Director
flevine@aera.net
Tune in to the Center for Educational Neuroscience recorded seminars and plan to join free, upcoming, digitally offered seminars with these titles on Thursdays.
Register for free here: https://tinyurl.com/tucbkoo
YouTube Channel Link: https://www.youtube.com/c/CentreforEducationalNeuroscience%20
When: Thursday (April 24); 8:50PM
Where: Convention Center
Meet Brianna Kennedy, author of Frame Shifting for Teachers: Developing a Conscious Approach to Solving Persistent Teaching Dilemmas, plus authors of Writing, Thinking, and the Brain: How Neuroscience Can Improve Writing Instruction; The Bloomsbury Handbook of Montessori Education and other scholars with new texts at the reception.