Early Career Mini-Grant
Early Career Mini-Grant supports early-career researchers studying intelligence, creativity, and gifted education to build new knowledge and deepen understanding of intelligence and its applications.
Browse similar grants
Funder: Mensa Foundation
Due Dates: Not specified
Funding Amounts: $500–$2,500 per award; non-renewable
Summary: Supports early-career researchers conducting innovative studies of intelligence, creativity, and gifted education.
Key Information: Applicants must be postdoctoral researchers or early-career faculty within five years of earning their doctorate.
Description
The Mensa Foundation’s Early Career Mini-Grant supports postdoctoral researchers and early-career faculty studying intelligence, creativity, gifted education, and related fields. The program seeks to build new knowledge through innovative approaches, original research, or theoretical insights that contribute meaningful advances to these fields. Its broader goal is to deepen understanding of intelligence and its applications in education and beyond.
Alongside financial support, recipients receive recognition through Mensa Foundation channels and may have opportunities to present findings at Foundation events and engage with thought leaders in intelligence research. Supported projects have explored talent recognition in Indigenous communities, the effects of desegregation orders on gifted education, and Black honors students’ perceptions of their curiosity and creativity.
