This program funds education research projects with budgets up to $50,000 and durations from one to five years. It supports rigorous, intellectually ambitious research from diverse disciplinary perspectives including education, anthropology, philosophy, psychology, sociology, law, economics, history, and neuroscience. Proposals must be related to education research and exclude program evaluations, professional development, curriculum development, scholarships, capital projects, and software development. Eligible PIs must hold doctorates or relevant experience and be affiliated with non-profit
Eligible applicants are PIs and Co-PIs with doctorates or relevant experience in education research-related fields, affiliated with non-profit or governmental institutions. Graduate students cannot be PIs or Co-PIs. Grants are not awarded to individuals. Proposals must focus on education research.