National Academy of Education(NAEd), Washington is currently seeking applications from eligible candidates for the 2012 Dissertation Fellowship Program aimed at encouraging a new generation of scholars from a wide range of disciplines and professional fields to undertake research relevant to the improvement of education.
Aim
These $25,000 fellowships support individuals whose dissertations show potential for bringing fresh and constructive perspectives to the history, theory, or practice of formal or informal education anywhere in the world.
This highly competitive program aims to identify the most talented researchers conducting dissertation research related to education. The Dissertation Fellowship program receives many more applications than it can fund. This year, up to 600 applications are anticipated and about 20 fellowships will be awarded.
Fellowship Awards
– Fellows will receive $25,000 for one academic year.
– Fellowships must begin during the 2012-2013 academic year.
– Fellows will be included in professional development retreats with members of the National Academy of Education and other senior scholars.
– Approximately twenty dissertation fellowships will be awarded in 2012.
– Selection will be made by a committee of NAEd members and other senior scholars.
Eligibility and Other Requirements
The NAEd/Spencer Dissertation Fellowship Program is open to all eligible applicants regardless of race, national origin, religion, gender, age, disability, or sexual orientation.
Basic selection criteria are as follows:
– Importance of the research question to education
– Quality of the research approach and feasibility of the work plan
– Applicant’s future potential as a researcher and interest in educational research
– Applicants need not be citizens of the United States; however, they must be candidates for the doctoral degree at a graduate school within the United States.
– Fellowships are not intended to finance data collection or the completion of doctoral coursework, but rather to support the final analysis of the research topic and the writing of the dissertation.
– Applicants should have a demonstrated record of research experience in education.
– Proposed project must be an education research project. NAEd/Spencer funds studies that examine the efficacy of curriculum and teaching methods, however, we do not fund the initial development of curriculum or instructional programs.
– Applications will be judged on the applicant’s past research record, career trajectory in education research, and the quality of the project described in the application.
– Fellows may not accept employment other than as described in the application, nor may they accept other awards without prior approval (including awards from NAEd or Spencer) that would provide duplicate benefits.
– Applications must be made by the individual applying for the fellowship; group applications will not be accepted.
Last date for submission of applications is October 3, 2011
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