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Visit funder's website →Standard Research Grants Program is a competitive grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) of Canada that funds original research projects in the social sciences and humanities conducted by Canadian researchers. The program supports a broad range of disciplines and research approaches, from historical inquiry to applied social research, and welcomes interdisciplinary projects.
Eligible applicants include faculty and adjunct researchers at Canadian universities and colleges. Awards range from $7,000 to $500,000 per year and may run for two to five years. The annual application deadline falls in the autumn; applicants must apply through their institution's research office using the SSHRC online system.
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Research Grants | The Spencer Foundation Field-Initiated Research Grant Programs Our research grants are not designed for applicants to respond to a specific request – they are what you, scholars in the field, think we need to know more about.
The goal of all of our research grants is to support rigorous, intellectually ambitious and technically sound research that is relevant to the most pressing questions and compelling opportunities in education. We value work that fosters creative and open-minded scholarship, engages in deep inquiry, and examines robust questions related to education.
We seek to support scholarship that develops new foundational knowledge that may also have a lasting impact on policy-making, practice, or educational discourse. Racial Equity Research Grants Intent to Apply Form Deadline May 4, 2026, 12:00 PM noon (Central Time/North America)) July 1, 2026, 12:00 PM Noon (Central Time/North America) Research Grants on Education: Large The pre-proposal deadline has passed.
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Full Proposal (By Invitation) Deadline: March 31, 2026, 12:00 PM Noon (Central time/North America) Fellowships for Scholars and Journalists Programs to Promote Collaboration and Cross-Disciplinary Learning The Spencer Foundation invests in education research that cultivates learning and transforms lives. Learn about Opportunities to Join our Staff Find Out More About Our Legacy Lyle M.
Spencer established the Spencer Foundation in 1962 to investigate ways education, broadly conceived, might be improved. We support high-quality, innovative research on education, broadly conceived.
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Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Education & Human Resources (IUSE: EHR) Program is sponsored by National Science Foundation (NSF). This program promotes novel, creative, and transformative approaches to generating and using new knowledge about STEM teaching and learning to improve STEM education for undergraduate students. It supports projects that bring recent advances in STEM knowledge into undergraduate education, adapt, improve, and incorporate evidence-based practices, and lay the groundwork for institutional improvement in STEM education. Professional development for instructors to ensure adoption of new and effective pedagogical techniques is a potential topic of interest.
The National Leadership Grants for Libraries Program (NLG-L) supports projects that address critical needs of the library and archives fields and have the potential to advance practice and strengthen library and archival services for the American public. Successful proposals will generate results such as new models, tools, research findings, services, practices, and/or alliances that can be widely used, adapted, scaled, or replicated to extend and leverage the benefits of federal investment. Applications to IMLS should both advance knowledge and understanding and ensure that the federal investment made generates benefits to society. Specifically, the goals for this program are to generate projects of far-reaching impact that: • Build the workforce and institutional capacity for managing the national information infrastructure and serving the information and education needs of the public. • Build the capacity of libraries and archives to lead and contribute to efforts that improve community well-being and strengthen civic engagement. • Improve the ability of libraries and archives to provide broad access to and use of information and collections with emphasis on collaboration to avoid duplication and maximize reach. • Strengthen the ability of libraries to provide services to affected communities in the event of an emergency or disaster. • Strengthen the ability of libraries, archives, and museums to work collaboratively for the benefit of the communities they serve. Throughout its work, IMLS places importance on diversity, equity, and inclusion. This may be reflected in an IMLS-funded project in a wide range of ways, including efforts to serve individuals of diverse geographic, cultural, and socioeconomic backgrounds; individuals with disabilities; individuals with limited functional literacy or information skills; individuals having difficulty using a library or museum; and underserved urban and rural communities, including children from families with incomes below the poverty line. Application Process: The application process for the NLG-L program has two phases; applicants must begin by applying for Phase I. For Phase I, all applicants must submit Preliminary Proposals by the September 20th deadline listed for this Notice of Funding Opportunity. For Phase II, only selected applicants will be invited to submit Full Proposals, and only those Invited Full Proposals will be considered for funding. Invited Full Proposals will be due March 20, 2024. Funding Opportunity Number: NLG-LIBRARIES-FY24. Assistance Listing: 45.312. Funding Instrument: G. Category: AR,HU. Award Amount: $50K – $1M per award.