AERA Grants Program: Research Grants for US and non-US scholars 1146 views

American Educational Research Association (AERA) Grants Program invites proposals for Research Grants. The AERA Grants Program provides Research Grants to faculty at institutions of higher education, postdoctoral researchers, and other doctoral level scholars. The grants program is in association with the National Science Foundation (NSF). The program supports highly competitive studies using rigorous quantitative methods to examine large-scale, education-related data. This research and training program is designed to advance knowledge and build research capacity in education and STEM education and learning.

The Grants Program is open to field-initiated research and welcomes proposals that:

• develop or benefit from advanced statistical or innovative quantitative methods or measures;
• analyze more than one large-scale national or international federally funded data set, or more than one statewide longitudinal data system (SLDS) or incorporate other data enhancements;
• integrate, link, or blend multiple large-scale data sources; or
• undertake replication research of major findings or major studies using large-scale, federally supported or enhanced data

Duration: one-year or two-year, non-renewable award

Eligibility:

• The applications are open to faculty at institutions of higher education, postdoctoral researchers, and other doctoral level scholars.
• Proposals are encouraged from the full range of education research fields and other fields and disciplines engaged in education-related research, including Economics, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology, Demography, Statistics, Public Policy, and Psychometrics.
• Applicants must have received their doctoral degree at the start of the award.
• Applicants may be U.S. citizens or U.S. permanent residents.
• Non­U.S. citizens affiliated with a U.S. university or institution are also eligible to apply.
• Underrepresented racial and ethnic minority researchers as well as women, individuals with disabilities, and veterans are strongly encouraged to apply.

Research Grant Award value:

• up to $25,000 for 1­year projects
• up to $35,000 for 2­year projects

Project Dates

• AERA is flexible on research project start dates, depending on what is best for the applicant.
• The selected candidate may start earliest approximately three months following the application closing date.

Submission Information

• Applicants are recommended to enter the background information in the proposal submission portal.
• The information required includes the principal investigator’s contact and background demographic information. Also, enter the proposal title, amount of funding requested, and the start and end dates of the project.