Funder: National Academy of Education
Due Dates (Anticipated): October 2027 (Application deadline)
Funding Amounts: $80,000 for one academic year, or $40,000 annually for two contiguous years at half-time
Summary: Supports early-career education researchers through research funding, senior-scholar mentorship, and professional development.
Key Information: Fellows must take leave from full-time teaching and administrative duties and cannot receive concurrent project funding.
Description
The NAEd/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship is administered by the National Academy of Education with support from the Spencer Foundation. It supports early-career scholars working in critical areas of education research, helping them make significant scholarly contributions and strengthen their research careers. Applicants may come from any academic discipline or professional field, provided their research centrally concerns education.
Education is defined broadly: formal and non-formal learning, U.S. and international contexts, early childhood through adulthood, and school and non-school settings. The non-residential fellowship combines research funding with three professional development retreats and mentorship from an NAEd member or another distinguished scholar chosen by the fellow. Research may take place at the fellow’s home institution or another arranged research site.
