Education
April, 2007
Fellowship/Scholarship |
Foundation |
Focus |
Eligibility |
Amount |
Deadlines |
Website |
| Adolescent & Youth Dissertation Award Program | Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University | Youth & Adolescent development | Enrolled in Dr. program | $5,000 | March | http://www.radcliffe.edu/murray_redirect/index.php |
| AECT Dean and Sybil McClusky Research Award | Association for Educational Communications and Technology | doctoral research proposal in educational technology | Enrolled in Dr. program | $500 | July | http://www.aect.org/Foundation/Awards/McClusky.asp |
| AECT Masters Scholarship Award | Association for Educational Communications and Technology | Education. Communications & Technology | Enrolled in a Masters Program | $1,000 | July | http://www.aect.org/Foundation/Awards/masters.asp |
| AERA Dissertation Grants Program | American Educational Research Association | Educational Policy | Grad students writing their dissertations. Must utilize 1 NSF or NCES data set in their dissertation. | $15,000 | Jan, Mar, or Sept | http://www.aera.net/grantsprogram/res_training/diss_grants/DGFly.html |
| AERA/IES Dissertation Grants Program | American Educational Research Association | Educational Policy-specifically math & literacy education & education of the poor, urban, or minority students. | Grad students writing their dissertations. | $15,000 | April or Oct. | http://www.aera.net/fellowships/?id=87 |
| AERA/Spencer Dissertation Fellowship Program | American Educational Research Association | Educational Research | US citizens & permanent residents. 2nd & 3rd year of doctoral program. Cannot be used for writing. | $16,000 + $4,500 for professional development | April | http://www.aera.net/ |
| AIR Dissertation Fellowships | Association for Institutional Research | Postsecondary Education | Conduct research using the NSF & NCES databases. | $15,000 | January | http://www.airweb.org/ |
| American Association of University Women Dissertation fellowships | American Association of University Women | Any discipline accept Engineering. | Women. US Citizens or permanent residents. | $20,000 | November | http://www.aauw.org/ |
| American Educational Research Association Minority Fellowship Program | American Educational Research Association | Educational Research | Underrepresented minority doctoral students. U.S. citizens. Advanced to candidacy. | $12,000 | March | http://www.aera.net/fellowships/?id=88 |
| David L Boren Graduate Fellowships | National Security Education Program | Study of languages, cultures, & world regions that are critical to US interests. | US Citizen. Service Requirement | $30,000 | January | http://www.iie.org/programs/nsep/graduate/default.htm |
| Elva Knight Research Grant | International Reading Association | Research on reading/literacy research & practice. | Members of IRA. Planning or beginning dissertations. | $10,000 | January | http://www.reading.org/ |
| Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowships for Achieving Excellence | The National Academies | increase the diversity of the college and univ. faculties by increasing their ethnic and racial diversity, to maximize the educational benefits of diversity, and to increase the number of professors who can and will use diversity as a resource for enriching the education of all students. | US Citizens & US Nationals | $20,000 | November | http://www7.nationalacademies.org/fellowships/ |
| Gates Millennium Scholars | Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation | Earn masterŐs and doctoral degrees in disciplines in which their ethnic and racial groups are currently underrepresented. | African-American, Hispanic American, Native American/Alaskan Native and Asian Pacific Islander American students | See Web Site | January | http://www.gmsp.org/ |
| Geography Education National Implementation Project | Association of American Geographers | Geographic education in grades K-12 | Masters and doctoral students. | Varies | February or August | http://www.aag.org/ |
| Graduate Research Fellowships | NSF | fellowships for graduate study leading to research-based master's or doctoral degrees in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics | US Citizens, nationals & permanent residents | See Web Site | November | http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2006/nsf06592/nsf06592.htm |
| Helen M Robinson | International Reading Association | Research on reading/literacy and understanding of instructional interventions. | Early stages of research | $1,500 | January | http://www.reading.org/ |
| Herman Kahn Fellowships | Hudson Institute | Education, political theory & institutions, domestic political economy, international security studies. | Formally admitted to candidacy for the Ph.D. | $18,000 | March | http://www.hudson.org/ |
| Hollingworth Award | National Association for Gifted Children | Research studies of potential benefit to the gifted and talented. | Graduate students, faculty, professionals, etc. | $2,000 | January | http://www.nagc.org/index.aspx?id=1120 |
| Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation Dissertation Fellowships | UCSD | Research on the causes of international conflict | UC Doctoral students. Advanced to candidacy for their Ph.D. | $12,000 | January | http://igcc.ucsd.edu/ |
| Jacob K Javits Fellowship Program | Department of Education | to undertake graduate study in selected fields in the arts, humanities, and social sciences | US Citizen or permanent resident. Have not completed 1st year of masters or dr. | See website | October | http://www.ed.gov/programs/jacobjavits/index.html |
| Jeanne S. Chall Research Fellowship | International Reading Association | Research in an area related to reading. | Members of IRA. Planning or beginning dissertations. | $6,000 | October | http://www.reading.org/ |
| Knowles Research Fellows Program | Knowles Science Teaching Foundation | Research related to science education. | All levels | $40,000 | Varies | http://www.kstf.org/ |
| Lindbergh Grants | Lindbergh Foundation | Balance between the advance of technology and the preservation of the natural/human environment. | Must be working on a research or education project | $10,580 | June | http://www.lindberghfoundation.org/grants/ |
| Lydia Donaldson Tutt-Jones Memorial Research Grant | African American Success Foundation | Research that identifies attitudinal and behavioral contributions to academic success | Graduate students & Professionals. | $2,000 | See web site | http://blacksuccessfoundation.org/lcdtj%20research%20grant.htm |
| Nila Banton Smith Research Dissemination Support Grant | International Reading Association | Dissemination of research to the education community. | Members of IRA. Planning or beginning dissertations. | $5,000 | January | http://www.reading.org/ |
| Promotion of Excellence Grants Program | Phi Kappa Phi | Design & implement programs & activities that promote the goal of excellence in education | Members of Phi Kappa Phi | $2,000-10,000 | January | http://www.phikappaphi.org/Web/Scholarships/peggrants.html |
| Research Fellowships of the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research | Department of Education | Research projects related to disabilities & rehabilitation. | Graduate students & experienced researchers. | $45,000-55,000 | October | http://www.ed.gov/ |
| Ruth Crymes TESOL Fellowship for Graduate Study | Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages, Inc. | Teaching English as a second/foreign language | Members who are enrolled in a TESL or TEFL graduate program. | $1,500 | October | http://www.tesol.org/s_tesol/index.asp |
| Sexuality Research Program Dissertation Fellowships | Social Science Research Council | Sexuality topics | Completed all of the course work requirements for the Ph.D. | $28,000 | December | http://www.ssrc.org/ |
| Spencer Dissertation Fellowships | Spencer Foundation | Research related to education | Candidates for doctoral degree | $20,000 | October | http://www.spencer.org/programs/fellows/dissertation.htm |
| Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Dissertation Research Grants | Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation | Breast Cancer research | Completed all of the course work requirements for the Ph.D. | September | $15,000 | http://cms.komen.org/komen/index.htm |
| Jacob K Javits Fellowship Program | Department of Education | to undertake graduate study in selected fields in the arts, humanities, and social sciences | US Citizen or permanent resident. Have not completed 1st year of masters or dr. | See website | October | |
| Sidney and Janet Bijou Fellowship | Society for the Advancement of Behavior Analysis | The object of the Sidney W. and Janet R. Bijou Fellowship Program is to enable doctoral students to study child development from a behavior-analytic perspective. The fellowship provides grants for two students per year in a doctoral program in psychology or education to conduct research in behavioral child development. | Grad student in psychology or education department | $5000 | September | http://www.abainternational.org/saba/grantsfund/sjbf.asp |