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Deadline: 25-Jan-22

The Spencer Foundation is inviting nominations for its Mentorship Award, a grant intended to support the ongoing mentorship of the awardees.

Program statement

At Spencer, they are dedicated to the belief that high-quality research training and mentoring is a cornerstone of the field and worthy of recognition. As such, they are excited to announce the call for nominations to the Spencer Mentor Award, a grant intended to support the ongoing mentorship of the awardees. This award will provide $ 15,000 grants to awardees who have demonstrated extraordinary contributions to supporting the research training and career trajectories of graduate students and junior scholars who engage in education research, broadly construed.

They see mentorship as critical to the goals of supporting and broadening access to rigorous, high-quality education research training. They recognize that mentorship comes in many forms and encourage nominations that make explicit and value the full range of these possibilities. Through this award, they hope to give added recognition to the importance of mentoring and acknowledge mentors who have enriched the lives, research, and careers of students and colleagues, and in doing so, improved the field.

Award information

This award will provide a $ 15,000 grant to awardees who have demonstrated extraordinary contributions to supporting the research training and career trajectories of graduate students and junior scholars who engage in education research, broadly constructed.

Eligibility Criteria

• Nominators
  • The person submitting the nomination should be familiar with the mentor’s field of work and their contribution to research training and mentorship in their field (ie, a current or former student, advisee, postdoctoral fellow, colleague, department chair, dean, or others familiar with the nominee’s work and mentorship).
  • The person submitting the nomination may not nominate more than one person per deadline.
  • Nominations may not be submitted by members of the mentor’s immediate family.
  • Self-nominations will not be accepted.
• Nominees
  • Mentors that are nominated are expected to work in and contribute to the field of education research and have a strong history of mentorship.
  • Mentors must be affiliated with a university or non-profit research organization that will act as the administering organization if the mentor is chosen to receive the $ 15,000 grant award.
  • Mentors may not be nominated more than once per deadline. The person submitting the nomination should inform the mentor so that nominations can be coordinated if necessary.

For more information, visit The Spencer Foundation. 

For more information, visit https://www.spencer.org/grant_types/mentorship-award