Spencer Foundation Racial Equity Research Grants 2026 (up to $75,000) – YOA

Deadline: May 4, 2026

Applications are open for the Spencer Foundation Racial Equity Research Grants 2026. The Racial Equity Research Grants program helps schooling analysis initiatives that may contribute to understanding and disrupting racial inequality in schooling and work to reimagine generative potentialities to advance instructional fairness, with budgets up to $75,000 for initiatives starting from one to 5 years.

They consider that instructional analysis can play an essential position in growing new types of schooling which can be humane, equitable, and simply. As such, there’s a urgent want for sturdy approaches to scholarship that may contribute consequentially to attaining fairness in schooling. They encourage a variety of methodological approaches to creatively and ambitiously have interaction in advancing racial fairness.  

This program is “field-initiated” in that proposal submissions aren’t required to concentrate on a selected analysis matter, self-discipline, design, or technique. They hope that students will establish probably the most compelling and wanted areas of analysis. They are interested by proposals in any respect ranges and in all settings of studying, together with early childhood, increased schooling, and in faculties, households, and communities the world over. 

Grants

• Proposed budgets for this program are restricted to $75,000 complete and should not embrace oblique value costs per Spencer’s coverage.

Eligibility

• Proposals to the Racial Equity Research Grants program should be for tutorial analysis initiatives that may contribute to understanding and ameliorating racial inequality in schooling, broadly conceived. Proposals for actions aside from analysis (e.g., program evaluations, skilled improvement, curriculum improvement, scholarships, capital initiatives) that don’t embrace a big analysis part, aren’t eligible. Additionally, proposals for analysis research centered on areas aside from schooling aren’t eligible.
• Principal Investigators (PIs) and Co-PIs making use of for a Racial Equity Research grant will need to have an earned doctorate in a tutorial self-discipline or skilled discipline. While graduate college students could also be part of the analysis crew, they will not be named the PI or Co-PI on the proposal.
• The PI should be affiliated with a non-revenue group or public/governmental establishment that’s keen to function the administering group if the grant is awarded. Examples embrace non-revenue or public faculties, universities, faculty districts, and analysis amenities, in addition to different non-revenue organizations with a 501(c)(3) dedication from the IRS (or equal non-revenue standing if the group is outdoors of the United States). The Spencer Foundation doesn’t award grants straight to people.
• Proposals are accepted from the U.S. and internationally, nevertheless, all proposals should be submitted in English and budgets should be proposed in U.S. Dollars.

Application

The application course of begins with an Intent to Apply type. Once submitted, you’ll robotically have entry to the Full Proposal application within the on-line portal. Intent to Apply kinds are due by 12:00pm Noon Central time, North America on the deadline date.

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For extra info, go to Racial Equity Research Grants.