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Funding Body:

The Spencer Foundation

Internet link: http://www.spencer.org/

Title:

Research Grants

Research Areas:

Humanities & Social Sciences

Type:

Research Grants

Description:

The Spencer Foundation provides funding intended to investigate ways in which education, broadly conceived, can be improved around the world. The Foundation has been dedicated to the belief that research is necessary to the improvement in education in the following areas of inquiry:

  • The Relation between Education and Social Opportunity;
  • Organizational Learning in Schools, School Systems, and Higher Education Institutions;
  • Teaching, Learning, and Instructional Resources; and,
  • Purposes and Values of Education

Amount awarded:

Small Grants: US$40,000 or less. Major Grants: Over US$40,000.

Application guide:

For information on how to apply visit: http://www.spencer.org/content.cfm/how-to-apply

Indirect cost recovery:

The Spencer Foundation does not allow for indirect costs on grants less then US$50,000.

Research Office Contact:

Kate Taylor on 8627 8137

Email: kate.taylor@sydney.edu.au

Closing date:

24 June 2011

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