The Grant Notification Service from the Wisconsin Center for Education Research (WCER) lists grant opportunities in education sciences. To submit a grant proposal, contact WCER Director Courtney Bell to receive permission to work through—and, if funded, have the project housed in—WCER. Include the following required information:
- Funding agency
- Name of competition and link to the request for proposal (RFP)
- Submission deadline
- Principal investigator (PI)
- Co-PI(s) (if any)
- Estimated length of project, and budget
- Indicate if WCER is the prime submitting institution or if this is a subcontract
- Short description of your project
Additional information is available on the MyWCER Grants & Contracts page. If you intend to pursue foundation opportunities and would like assistance, please contact Brenna Graham, the School of Education’s Director of Development for Foundation Relations.
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Catalyze Challenge – Round Three
Catalyze
Round Three of the Catalyze Challenge aims to reimagine the connections between K–12 education, higher education, and careers for young people—helping them to build their identities, self-efficacy, and career readiness. Grants (between $100,000 and $250,000) will be awarded to novel approaches and exploratory work aligned with one of two themes to advance career-connected learning: 1) career exploration for young adolescents, and 2) activating employer partnerships. Grantees work to plan, pilot, and implement innovations that provide learners aged 11–22 with learning opportunities and pathways into fulfilling careers.
Deadline: September 22, 2023
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American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS)
ACLS invites research proposals from scholars in all disciplines of the humanities and interpretive social sciences. ACLS will continue in the 2023–24 competition year to offer these fellowships solely to untenured scholars who have earned the PhD within 8 years of the application deadline. ACLS welcomes applications from scholars without faculty appointments and scholars off the tenure track. The goal of the project should be a major piece of scholarly work by the applicant, which can take the form of a monograph, articles, publicly engaged humanities project, digital research project, critical edition, or other scholarly resources. The fellowships support projects at any stage of development–beginning, middle, or end. Maximum award: $60,000.
Deadline: September 28, 2023
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Research Grants to Study Learning Disabilities
Learning Disabilities Foundation of America
Applications must be for projects that respond to an unmet need in the field of learning disabilities. Funds are granted for charitable, scientific, literary or educational purposes or for the identification, ongoing evaluation, education of and services for children and adults with learning disabilities. Examples of project areas that fall within this philosophy: Innovative research into the causes, the prevention and/or the alleviation of learning disabilities; Distinctive public awareness programs to advance public understanding of the needs of persons with learning disabilities; Innovative programs to advance the achievement of persons with learning disabilities, increase the support skills of their families, support academic and professional advisors, and enhance the understanding of learning disabilities by their colleagues and employer
Deadline: October 6, 2023
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Discovery Research PreK–12 (DRK–12)
National Science Foundation (NSF)
The goal of the DRK-12 program is to catalyze research and development that enhances all preK-12 teachers’ and students’ opportunities to engage in high-quality learning experiences related to the sciences, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). The program solicits proposals along two strands: (1) Learning and (2) Teaching.
Deadline: November 8, 2023