Spencer Foundation is currently accepting applications for its Racial Equity Research Grants 2026. Interested applicants are encouraged to click here to learn more about this opportunity and and apply for it.
About Spencer Foundation - Racial Equity Research Grants
The Racial Equity Research Grants program supports education research projects that will contribute to understanding and disrupting racial inequality in education and work to reimagine generative possibilities to advance educational equity, with budgets up to $75,000 for projects ranging from one to five years. We accept Intent to Apply forms once a year.
They believe that educational research can play an important role in developing new forms of education that are humane, equitable, and just. As such, there is a pressing need for robust approaches to scholarship that can contribute consequentially to achieving equity in education. We encourage a wide range of methodological approaches to creatively and ambitiously engage in advancing racial equity.
Benefits of Spencer Foundation - Racial Equity Research Grants
- Proposed budgets for this program are limited to $75,000 total and may not include indirect cost charges per Spencer’s policy.
Spencer Foundation - Racial Equity Research Grants Requirements
- Proposals to the Racial Equity Research Grants program must be for academic research projects that will contribute to understanding and ameliorating racial inequality in education, broadly conceived. Proposals for activities other than research (e.g., program evaluations, professional development, curriculum development, scholarships, capital projects) that do not include a significant research component, are not eligible. Additionally, proposals for research studies focused on areas other than education are not eligible.
- Principal Investigators (PIs) and Co-PIs applying for a Racial Equity Research Grant must have an earned doctorate in an academic discipline or professional field. While graduate students may be part of the research team, they may not be named the PI or Co-PI on the proposal.
- The PI must be affiliated with a non-profit organization or public/governmental institution that is willing to serve as the administering organization if the grant is awarded. Examples include non-profit or public colleges, universities, school districts, and research facilities, as well as other non-profit organizations with a 501(c)(3) determination from the IRS (or equivalent non-profit status if the organization is outside of the United States). The Spencer Foundation does not award grants directly to individuals.
- Proposals are accepted from the U.S. and internationally, however, all proposals must be submitted in English and budgets must be proposed in U.S. Dollars.
Application Date and Process
- Click on the link to the application website to apply.
Application Deadline
04 May, 2026
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