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American Educational Research Association (AERA) Dissertation Grant

With support from the National Science Foundation, the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Grants Program seeks proposals for Dissertation Grants. The AERA Grants Program provides advanced graduate students with research funding and professional development and training. The program supports highly competitive dissertation research using rigorous quantitative methods to examine large-scale, education-related data. The aim of the program is to advance fundamental knowledge of relevance to STEM education policy, foster significant science using education data, promote equity in STEM, and build research capacity in education and learning. Since 1991, this AERA Program has been vital to both research and training at early career stages.   

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.

The Grants Program encourages proposals across the life span and contexts of education and learning of relevance to STEM policy and practice. The research may focus on a wide range of topics, including but not limited to such issues as student achievement in STEM, analysis of STEM education policies, contextual factors in education, educational participation and persistence (pre-kindergarten through graduate school), early childhood education and development, postsecondary education, and the STEM workforce and transitions. Studies that examine issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion across STEM topics and/or for specific racial and ethnic groups, social classes, genders, or persons with disabilities are encouraged.

Dissertation Grant Award

Award Component 1, $27,500 Stipend .  AERA will award each grantee up to a $27,500 stipend to study education, teaching, learning, or other education research topics using one or multiple large-scale databases. The funds can be used for research-related expenses such as tuition, living expenses, travel to secure data enclaves or scholarly conferences, books, computer equipment, and other expenses directly related to conducting this research. 

Award Component 2, AERA Research Conference.  Grantees will participate in an AERA research conference held in Washington, DC. During this 2-day conference grantees will participate in seminar-type sessions on substantive, methodological, and professional issues. The award will cover all travel and lodging expenses for grantees to participate in the conference.

Award Component 3, AERA Annual Meeting Capstone Research Institute.  Each spring AERA holds its Annual Meeting which brings together over 15,000 researchers, scholars, and policy leaders to present their research, share knowledge, and build research capacity through over 2,000 substantive sessions. Grantees will take a data analysis or appropriate methods course while attending the AERA Annual Meeting. The grantees will present their research in an invited poster session along with other graduate students who received dissertation support from AERA and other prestigious fellowship programs. Finally, grantees will participate in a Capstone conference directly after the Annual Meeting that will address issues such as building a research agenda, searching for a faculty appointment, and publishing research. Grantees must include travel and lodging expenses to the Annual Meeting in their budget.

Eligibility Requirements

Applicants must be:

  • Advanced doctoral students and are intended to support the student while analyzing data and writing the doctoral dissertation. 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 for this one-year, non-renewable award should be advanced doctoral students at the dissertation writing stage, usually the last year of study.
  • Applicants may be U.S. citizens or U.S. permanent residents enrolled in a doctoral program.
  • Non-­U.S. citizens enrolled in a doctoral program at an U.S. 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.

Dissertation Grants

With support from the National Science Foundation, the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Grants Program seeks proposals for Dissertation Grants. The AERA Grants Program provides advanced graduate students with research funding and professional development and training. The program supports highly competitive dissertation research using rigorous quantitative methods to examine large-scale, education-related data. The aim of the program is to advance fundamental knowledge of relevance to STEM education policy, foster significant science using education data, promote equity in STEM, and build research capacity in education and learning. Since 1991, this AERA Program has been vital to both research and training at early career stages.   

The Grants Program encourages the use of major data sets from multiple and diverse sources. It emphasizes the advanced statistical analysis of data sets from the U.S. Department of Education’s National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), the National Science Foundation (NSF), and other federal agencies. The program also supports studies using large-scale international data systems (e.g., PISA, PIRLS, or TIMMS) that benefit from U.S. federal government support. In addition, statewide longitudinal administrative data systems (SLDS) enhanced through federal grants are also eligible for consideration. The inclusion of federal or state administrative information that further expands the analytic capacity of the research is permissible. The thrust of the analysis needs to be generalizable to a national, state, or population or a subgroup within the sample that the dataset represents.

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.

Deadlines:  May 30, 2024

Dissertation Grants are available for advanced doctoral students and are intended to support the student while analyzing data and writing the doctoral dissertation. 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 for this one-year, non-renewable award should be advanced doctoral students at the dissertation writing stage, usually the last year of study. Applicants may be U.S. citizens or U.S. permanent residents enrolled in a doctoral program. Non­U.S. citizens enrolled in a doctoral program at an U.S. 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.

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With support from the National Science Foundation, the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Grants Program seeks proposals for Dissertation Grants. The AERA Grants Program provides advanced graduate students with research funding and professional development and training. The program supports highly competitive dissertation research using rigorous quantitative methods to examine large-scale, education-related data. . 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. International PhDs at UChicago may apply.

Eligible Research

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.

The Grants Program encourages the use of major data sets from multiple and diverse sources. It emphasizes the advanced statistical analysis of data sets from the U.S. Department of Education’s National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), the National Science Foundation (NSF), and other federal agencies. The program also supports studies using large-scale international data systems (e.g., PISA, PIRLS, or TIMMS) that benefit from U.S. federal government support. In addition, statewide longitudinal administrative data systems (SLDS) enhanced through federal grants are also eligible for consideration. The inclusion of federal or state administrative information that further expands the analytic capacity of the research is permissible. The thrust of the analysis needs to be generalizable to a national, state, or population or a subgroup within the sample that the dataset represents.

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American Educational Research Association (AERA) Dissertation Grant

The American Educational Research Association (AERA) Dissertation Grant Program seeks to stimulate research on U.S. education issues using data from the large-scale, national and international data sets supported by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), NSF, and other federal agencies. Grants of up to $20,000 are available for advanced doctoral students in education, sociology, economics, psychology, demography, statistics and psychometrics.

Eligibility Requirements

Applicants must:.

  • Be a U.S. citizen or U.S. permanent resident, or a non-U.S. citizen enrolled in a doctoral program at a U.S. institution.
  • Be in an education research field or other field engaged in education-related research, including economics, political science, psychology, sociology, demography, statistics, public policy and psychometrics.
  • Be an advanced doctoral student at the dissertation writing stage.

How to Apply

Apply online on the AERA website .

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Dissertation grants program, american educational research association, deadline date: may 15, 2019, program objectives.

The American Educational Research Association (AERA) seeks proposals for Dissertation Grants. The AERA Grants Program provides advanced graduate students with research funding and professional development and training. The program supports highly competitive dissertation research using rigorous quantitative methods to examine large-scale, education-related data. The aim of the program is to advance fundamental knowledge of relevance to STEM policy, foster significant science using education data, and build research capacity in education and learning. Since 1991, this AERA Program has been vital to both research and training at early career stages.

The Grants Program encourages the use of major data sets from multiple and diverse sources. It emphasizes the advanced statistical analysis of data sets from the U.S. Department of Education’s National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), the National Science Foundation (NSF), and other federal agencies. The program also supports studies using large-scale international data systems (e.g., PISA, PIRLS, or TIMMS) that benefit from U.S. federal government support. In addition, statewide longitudinal administrative data systems (SLDS) enhanced through federal grants are also eligible for consideration. The inclusion of federal or state administrative information that further expands the analytic capacity of the research is permissible. The thrust of the analysis needs to be generalizable to a national, state, or population or a subgroup within the sample that the dataset represents.

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.

The Grants Program encourages proposals across the life span and contexts of education and learning of relevance to STEM policy and practice. The research may focus on a wide range of topics, including but not limited to such issues as student achievement in STEM, contextual factors in education, educational participation and persistence (pre-kindergarten through graduate school), early childhood education and development, postsecondary education, and the STEM workforce and transitions. Studies that examine issues of specific racial and ethnic groups, social classes, genders, or persons with disabilities are encouraged.

Eligibility Requirements

Dissertation Grants are available for advanced doctoral students and are intended to support the student while analyzing data and writing the doctoral dissertation. 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 for this one-year, non-renewable award should be advanced doctoral students at the dissertation writing stage, usually the last year of study. Applicants may be U.S. citizens or U.S. permanent residents enrolled in a doctoral program. Non-U.S. citizens enrolled in a doctoral program at an U.S. 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.

Funding Guidelines

Award Component 1, $25,000 Stipend:   AERA will award each grantee up to a $25,000 stipend to study education, teaching, learning, or other education research topics using one or multiple large-scale databases. The funds can be used for research-related expenses such as tuition, living expenses, travel to secure data enclaves or scholarly conferences, books, computer equipment, and other expenses directly related to conducting this research. As part of the proposal, applicants provide a budget that outlines anticipated research-related expenses. AERA encourages cost sharing from universities in the form of tuition assistance, office space, university fees, and other expenses. In accordance with AERA’s agreement with NSF, institutions cannot charge overhead or indirect costs to administer the grant funds. In addition to the funding, grantees will be paired with a Governing Board member who will serve as a resource and provide advice and feedback to grantees and monitor grantees’ progress.

In addition to the dissertation grant award, grantees will participate in an AERA research conference held in Washington, DC. During this 2-day conference grantees will participate in seminar-type sessions on substantive, methodological, and professional issues. Also, they will have the opportunity to network and interact with the Grants Program Governing Board, senior scholars and researchers, other graduate students who use large-scale datasets in their research, and representatives from key federal agencies such as the National Center for Educational Statistics, the National Science Foundation, and the U.S. Department of Education. The award will cover all travel and lodging expenses for grantees to participate in the conference.

Each spring AERA holds its Annual Meeting which brings together over 15,000 researchers, scholars, and policy leaders to present their research, share knowledge, and build research capacity through over 2,000 substantive sessions. Grantees will take a data analysis or appropriate methods course while attending the AERA Annual Meeting. The grantees will present their research in an invited poster session along with other graduate students who received dissertation support from AERA and other prestigious fellowship programs. Finally, grantees will participate in a Capstone conference directly after the Annual Meeting that will address issues such as building a research agenda, searching for a faculty appointment, and publishing research. Grantees must include travel and lodging expenses to the Annual Meeting in their budget.  (kww)

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AERA Grants Program 1430 K Street NW, Suite 1200 Washington, DC 20005 United States Phone: 202-238-3200 Fax: 202-238-3250 E-Mail:  [email protected] Program URL:  http://www.aera.net/Professional-Opportunities-Funding/AERA-Funding-Opportunities/Grants-Program/Dissertation-Grants

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Funding available: aera-nsf grants program, aera-nsf grants program, proposal deadline: october 5, 2021.

The AERA-NSF Grants Program is currently accepting proposals for both its Dissertation and Research Grants. With support from the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Program provides dissertation grants to graduate students and small research grants to doctoral level scholars using large-scale data sets in their research.

The AERA-NSF Grants Program emphasizes the advanced statistical analysis of data sets from the U.S. Department of Education’s National Center for Education Statistics, NSF, and other federal agencies. The program also supports studies using large-scale international data systems (e.g., PISA, PIRLS, or TIMMS) that benefit from U.S. federal government support. In addition, statewide longitudinal administrative data systems enhanced through federal grants are also eligible for consideration. Proposals are encouraged from a variety of disciplines, such as, but not limited to, education, sociology, economics, psychology, demography, statistics, and psychometrics.

AERA Dissertation Grants

AERA provides dissertation support for advanced doctoral students to undertake doctoral dissertations using data from large-scale data sets. The award provides professional development, training, and networking opportunities for students. The selection process is competitive. AERA-NSF Dissertation Grants are awarded for one-year for an amount of up to $25,000. Please click  HERE  for more information and to read the Call for Proposals.

AERA Research Grants

AERA provides small grants for faculty members, postdoctoral researchers, and other doctoral-level scholars to undertake quantitative research using data from large-scale data sets. The selection process is competitive. AERA-NSF Research Grants are awarded for one or two years, for an amount of up to $35,000. Please visit the AREA website for more information and to read the Call for Proposals.

The proposal deadline is Tuesday,  October 5, 2021  (11:59PM PT). Please reach out to the AERA-NSF Grants Program via email ( [email protected] ) or phone (202-238-3200) if you have any questions regarding the program.

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Proposal Deadline: March 23, 2020

The AERA-NSF Grants Program is currently accepting proposals for both its Dissertation and Research Grants. With support from the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Program provides dissertation grants to graduate students and small research grants to doctoral level scholars using large-scale data sets in their research.

The AERA-NSF Grants Program emphasizes the advanced statistical analysis of data sets from the U.S. Department of Education’s National Center for Education Statistics, NSF, and other federal agencies. The program also supports studies using large-scale international data systems (e.g., PISA, PIRLS, or TIMMS) that benefit from U.S. federal government support. In addition, statewide longitudinal administrative data systems enhanced through federal grants are also eligible for consideration. Proposals are encouraged from a variety of disciplines, such as, but not limited to, education, sociology, economics, psychology, demography, statistics, and psychometrics.

AERA Dissertation Grants . AERA provides dissertation support for advanced doctoral students to undertake doctoral dissertations using data from large-scale data sets. The award provides professional development, training, and networking opportunities for students. The selection process is competitive. AERA-NSF Dissertation Grants are awarded for one-year for an amount of up to $25,000.

AERA Research Grants . AERA provides small grants for faculty members, postdoctoral researchers, and other doctoral-level scholars to undertake quantitative research using data from large-scale data sets. The selection process is competitive. AERA-NSF Research Grants are awarded for one or two years, for an amount of up to $35,000.

The next proposal deadline is  Monday, March 23, 2020 . Please the AERA-NSF Grants Program via email ( [email protected] ) or phone (202-238-3200) if you have any questions regarding the program.

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Jennifer Timmer Receives 2017 AERA Dissertation Grant

by Gianina Baker / Jan 18, 2017

Jennifer Timmer, a Ph.D. student in Educational Psychology, recently was awarded an AERA Dissertation Grant for her scholarly achievements, quality of proposed research, and potential to contribute to education research. The AERA Dissertation Grant awards a one-year, $20,000 stipend to assist in completion of dissertation research using a large scale data set. Other requirements include participation in AERA's Fall Research Conference and AERA Annual Meeting. More information on the award can be here:  http://www.aera.net/Professional-Opportunities-Funding/AERA-Funding-Opportunities/Grants-Program/Dissertation-Grants

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IHE doctoral candidate Hee Jung Gong has been awarded a dissertation grant by the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Grants Program, which is funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF). The grant of $25,000 will enable Hee Jung to complete research on her dissertation titled "The Iron Triangle of College Admission: The Impact of Early Admission Policies on Organizational Outcomes at Four-year Colleges and Universities in the U.S.”

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AERA-NSF Grant Proposals DUE January 25, 2022

AERA-NSF Grants Program

Proposal Deadline: January 25, 2022

The AERA-NSF Grants Program is currently accepting proposals for both its Dissertation and Research Grants. With support from the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Program provides dissertation grants to graduate students and small research grants to doctoral level scholars using large-scale data sets in their research.

The AERA-NSF Grants Program emphasizes the advanced statistical analysis of data sets from the U.S. Department of Education’s National Center for Education Statistics, NSF, and other federal agencies. The program also supports studies using large-scale international data systems (e.g., PISA, PIRLS, or TIMMS) that benefit from U.S. federal government support. In addition, statewide longitudinal administrative data systems enhanced through federal grants are also eligible for consideration. Proposals are encouraged from a variety of disciplines, such as, but not limited to, education, sociology, economics, psychology, demography, statistics, and psychometrics.

AERA Dissertation Grants . AERA provides dissertation support for advanced doctoral students to undertake doctoral dissertations using data from large-scale data sets. The award provides professional development, training, and networking opportunities for students. The selection process is competitive. AERA-NSF Dissertation Grants are awarded for one-year for an amount of up to $27,500. 

AERA Research Grants. AERA provides small grants for faculty members, postdoctoral researchers, and other doctoral-level scholars to undertake quantitative research using data from large-scale data sets. The selection process is competitive. AERA-NSF Research Grants are awarded for up to $35,000 for a maximum of 2-years.

The proposal deadline is Tuesday, January 25, 2022 (11:59PM PT). Please reach out to the AERA-NSF Grants Program via email (grantsprogram@aera.net) or phone (202-238-3200) if you have any questions regarding the program.

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AERA has announced 12 recipients of its Dissertation and Research Grant Awards. The recipients are studying salient and relevant topics in education research that directly address or indirectly inform STEM, such as science course-taking trajectories, student achievement gaps, and access to higher education. The recipients are selected through and supported by the AERA-NSF Grants Program, which has been funded by the National Science Foundation since 1990.

These scholars are using federal data sets or federally funded data sets such as from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, the High School Longitudinal Study,  the Add Health Study, the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study, the Common Core of Data, and the Civil Rights Data Collection. Also,  Statewide Longitudinal Data Systems (SLDS) such as the SLDS data from Tennessee, North Carolina, or Texas are used by awardees. These studies use rigorous quantitative methods and advanced statistical techniques to examine topics and issues in education research.

The grants provide advanced graduate students with $25,000 for one year as they write up their research; early career scholars receive up to $35,000 for a two-year study. In addition, scholars participate in professional development and training activities aimed at building their research capacity and encouraging the use large-scale data in education research.

Since 1990, the AERA-NSF Grants Program has supported over 600 graduate students and early career scholars as they launched their careers and developed their research agendas in STEM education research.

“The AERA-NSF Grants Program supports some of the most promising STEM education research that draws from large-scale data sets and state longitudinal administrative data,” said Barbara Schneider (Michigan State University), chair of the program’s governing board. “The program supports new and early career scholars who are expanding how we use large-scale data to understand and inform education practices and policies.”

Current and former AERA-NSF Grants Program grantees will present their research in poster sessions during the 2022 AERA Annual Meeting in San Diego. For more information about the Grants Program, visit the . The next proposal deadline for Dissertation and Research Grant Awards will be October 5. The tables below list the dissertation and research grant recipients who will begin their research this summer.


Tennessee HOPE Access: A Regression Discontinuity of Student Enrollment, Persistence, and Completion


Racial Economic Segregation among U.S. Public Schools


Selling College: The Effect of TV Advertising on the Demand for Higher Education


The Relationship Between School Racial Composition and Out-of-School Suspensions


The Best and Brightest, Investigating Florida's Teacher Scholarship Impact on Teacher Recruitment and Retention


Evidence on Interventions for Disadvantaged Children in Early Childhood Education


The Effects of Wisconsin's Universal 4K Program on Academic Achievement Gaps

     

Trust in Teachers: The Role of Teacher Experience and Relational Trust in Schools

              

Here to Stay: Assessing the Relationship Between Pre-College Access Programs and College Enrollment and Persistence


Urban Public School Closures and School District Segregation in the United States


The War on Poverty and Higher Education Access: Educational Attainment and Intergenerational Effects of Upward Bound


No Merit in the Meritocracy: The Ostensible Conservatism of Affirmative Action Bans


Performance-based Compensation Systems and Principal Job Performance

    

Co-Development of Reading Ability and Science Content Knowledge for Elementary-Grade English Learners: The Impact of Language Instruction Educational Program (LIEP)

          

The Incidence and Effects of School Mobility on Educational Achievement

      

High School Mathematics and Science Coursetaking Trajectories: Understanding Coursetaking, Its Relationship to Outcomes, and the Potential for Information to Affect Change


Painting the Landscape of Rural Racial Achievement Gaps: Locale, Race, and Achievement


Gender Bias in Item Formats for Large-Scale Assessment: New Evidence and Considerations for State Accountability Testing

The AERA Grants Program is funded by the National Science Foundation under NSF award NSF-DRL #1749275.

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  1. Dissertation Grants

    Dissertation Grant Application Guidelines AERA Grants Program. Application Deadline All applications for the AERA Grants Program must be completed using the AERA online application portal by 11:59pm Pacific time on May 30, 2024. An applicant may submit only one proposal to the AERA Grants Program for review at any one time.

  2. Research Grants

    However, applicants who have received an AERA Dissertation Grant are eligible to apply for a Research Grant. Dissertation Grant recipients must complete the Dissertation Grant before applying for a Research Grant. Data Set Eligibility The research project must include the analysis of large-scale data. The data set can originate from one or ...

  3. AERA Funding Opportunities

    AERA Funding Opportunities. The AERA Grants Program, with support from the National Science Foundation, provides small grants for conducting studies of education policy and practice using federally-funded, large-scale data sets. The Fellowship Program aims to provide support for doctoral dissertation research, to advance education research by ...

  4. AERA 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. Applications are encouraged from the full range of education research fields and other fields and disciplines engaged in education-related research, including economics, political ...

  5. American Educational Research Association (AERA) Dissertation Grant

    Dissertation Grant Award Award Component 1, $27,500 Stipend . AERA will award each grantee up to a $27,500 stipend to study education, teaching, learning, or other education research topics using one or multiple large-scale databases.

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    The AERA Grants Program provides advanced graduate students with research funding and professional development and training. The program supports highly competitive dissertation research using rigorous quantitative methods to examine large-scale, education-related data. The aim of the program is to advance fundamental knowledge of relevance to ...

  7. American Educational Research Association (AERA)-NSF Dissertation Grant

    The AERA Grants Program provides advanced graduate students with research funding and professional development and training. The program supports highly competitive dissertation research using rigorous quantitative methods to examine large-scale, education-related data. .

  8. American Educational Research Association (AERA) Dissertation Grant

    The American Educational Research Association (AERA) Dissertation Grant Program seeks to stimulate research on U.S. education issues using data from the large-scale, national and international data sets supported by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), NSF, and other federal agencies.

  9. AERA-NSF Grant Proposals DUE January 25, 2022

    The selection process is competitive. AERA-NSF Research Grants are awarded for up to $35,000 for a maximum of 2-years. The proposal deadline is Tuesday, January 25, 2022 (11:59PM PT). Please reach out to the AERA-NSF Grants Program via email ( [email protected]) or phone (202-238-3200) if you have any questions regarding the program.

  10. AERA Dissertation Grants

    With support from the National Science Foundation (NSF), the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Dissertation Grants competition seeks to stimulate research on U.S. education issues using data from the large-scale, national and international data sets supported by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), NSF, and other federal agencies, and to increase the number of ...

  11. AERA-NSF Grant Proposals DUE MAY 12, 2021

    The selection process is competitive. AERA-NSF Dissertation Grants are awarded for one-year for an amount of up to $25,000. AERA Research Grants. AERA provides small grants for faculty members, postdoctoral researchers, and other doctoral-level scholars to undertake quantitative research using data from large-scale data sets. The selection ...

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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 ...

  13. AERA Dissertation Grants Program

    The AERA Grants Program provides advanced graduate students with research funding and professional development and training. The program supports highly competitive dissertation research using rigorous quantitative methods to examine large-scale, education-related data.

  14. Funding Available: AERA-NSF Grants Program

    AERA-NSF Grants Program Proposal Deadline: October 5, 2021 The AERA-NSF Grants Program is currently accepting proposals for both its Dissertation and Research Grants. With support from the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Program provides dissertation grants to graduate students and small research grants to doctoral level scholars using large-scale data sets in their research.

  15. AERA-NSF Grants Program

    Proposal Deadline: March 23, 2020. The AERA-NSF Grants Program is currently accepting proposals for both its Dissertation and Research Grants. With support from the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Program provides dissertation grants to graduate students and small research grants to doctoral level scholars using large-scale data sets in their research.

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  17. Jennifer Timmer Receives 2017 AERA Dissertation Grant

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  18. AERA Announces Dissertation and Research Grant Awardees

    February 2022. AERA has announced 15 recipients of its Dissertation and Research Grant Awards. Their research encompasses relevant and innovative topics in education research that addresses or ultimately informs STEM, education policy, and equity and inclusion in education. The grant recipients are selected from a highly competitive applicant ...

  19. Hee Jung Gong Awarded AERA Dissertation Grant

    Image: IHE doctoral candidate Hee Jung Gong has been awarded a dissertation grant by the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Grants Program, which is funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF). The grant of $25,000 will enable Hee Jung to complete research on her dissertation titled "The Iron Triangle of College Admission: The ...

  20. Aera Dissertation Grant

    The document discusses the challenges of dissertation writing and describes the Aera Dissertation Grant which provides financial assistance to doctoral candidates in education. It notes that writing a dissertation requires dedication, perseverance, and intellectual rigor. It also discusses balancing academic rigor with originality and meeting deadlines. The grant aims to alleviate pressures ...

  21. AERA-NSF Grant Proposals DUE January 25, 2022

    The selection process is competitive. AERA-NSF Research Grants are awarded for up to $35,000 for a maximum of 2-years. The proposal deadline is Tuesday, January 25, 2022 (11:59PM PT). Please reach out to the AERA-NSF Grants Program via email ([email protected]) or phone (202-238-3200) if you have any questions regarding the program.

  22. AERA Announces Recipients of Dissertation and Research Grant Awards

    October 2022. AERA has announced 15 recipients of its Dissertation and Research Grant Awards. Grant recipients are studying salient issues in STEM education and policy as well as topics in early childhood development, teacher and student school experiences, and outcomes of education policies and practices. The recipients are selected through ...

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  24. AERA Announces Recipients of Dissertation and Research Grant Awards

    July 2021. AERA has announced 12 recipients of its Dissertation and Research Grant Awards. The recipients are studying salient and relevant topics in education research that directly address or indirectly inform STEM, such as science course-taking trajectories, student achievement gaps, and access to higher education.