Early Career Research Fellowship and Funding Opportunities

Session Type: Invited Speaker Session

Abstract

Presenters in this session discuss fellowship and funding opportunities aimed at supporting advanced graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, and early career researchers and faculty as they develop studies in education research. The presenters represent the some of the leading Federal and private funders in education research including, AERA, the Foundation for Child Development, Fulbright Program, National Science Foundation, William T Grant Foundation, National Academy of Education, and the Spencer Foundation. Each presenter will provide a general overview of their funding opportunities, program goals, eligibility criteria, and application process. They will discuss the networking, professional development, and capacity building activities of each program. After the brief presentations, the presenters will answer specific questions about their program.

Sub Unit

• AERA Sessions

Chair

• Barbara Schneider, Michigan State University

Participants

• Leah A. Bricker, The Spencer Foundation

• Fabienne Doucet, New York University

• Maria Katherine Gahan, National Academy of Education

• Margret A. Hjalmarson, National Science Foundation

• Andrea Kent, Foundation for Child Development

• Julie Taylor, Institute of International Education

• George L. Wimberly, American Educational Research Association