DID YOU KNOW?

Funding opportunity: Applications are now open for Spencer Foundation’s Large Research Grants on Education.

From the program statement: “Our goal for this program is to support rigorous, intellectually ambitious and technically sound research that is relevant to the most pressing questions and compelling opportunities in education. We seek to support scholarship that develops new foundational knowledge that may have a lasting impact on educational discourse. ... We value work that fosters creative and open-minded scholarship, engages in deep inquiry, and examines robust questions related to education.”

The Large Research Grants Program supports education research projects with budgets ranging from $125,000 to $500,000 ranging from one to five years.

Intent to Apply forms are due January 26, 2022. 

>>To learn more about this funding opportunity and the application process, go to Spencer Foundation's program description here.

VIRTUAL BROWN BAGS

WHEN: Wednesday, December 15, at 3 pm ET / 2 pm CT / 12 pm PT

PRESENTERS: Lila Goldstein, Northwestern-Evanston Education Research Alliance, and Chelsea Farley, Research Alliance for New York City Schools

TOPIC: When working on “sensitive” projects, RPPs encounter a number of tensions: on the one hand, how to maintain transparency, openly share findings and work, and learn from each other; and, on the other hand, how to conduct research in service to partners, respect their need for confidentiality, and navigate complex political realities.

This brown bag conversation concludes a three-part series in which Lila Goldstein and Chelsea Farley invite you to consider how partnerships can navigate sensitive partnership work. Designed both for people who attended the first two conversations in this series and those who did not, the brown bag will explore targeted strategies for managing different dimensions of sensitivity in partnership work. We hope you join us!