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Spencer Foundation Midcareer Grants for Educators</small></small></h1>
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line-height: 1.3em;">The<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a
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Foundation</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>is
pleased to announce the second round of its grant program to
enrich the work of academic midcareer scholars who are seven
to twenty years post doctorate. This targeted program
provides support for those who are interested in advancing
their understanding of a compelling problem of education by
acquiring new skills, substantive knowledge, theoretical
perspectives or methodological tools. It is not intended to
encourage researchers to abandon their existing area of
expertise, but rather to build on, enrich, and extend that
training with the acquisition of new methodological tools
and/or perspectives about a subject to which they have been
deeply committed throughout their academic career.</p>
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0.7em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;
line-height: 1.3em;">Grant awards will not be confined to
proposals to learn a new discipline, although in a number of
cases that would fit. A psychologist studying techniques for
promoting positive character development in children might
spend a year studying philosophical work bearing on
character development and the proper role of families and
schools in shaping children’s character. A historian of
American education might spend a year studying some aspect
of the history of education in Brazil or France. A scholar
who works on the teaching of writing in colleges might have
reason to acquire a deeper understanding of early literacy.</p>
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line-height: 1.3em;">The Spencer Foundation will fund up to
five Midcareer awards to be undertaken during the 2016-2017
academic years. This program is intended to provide support
for a year-long program of study during which time the
recipient will be released from teaching and from committee
service and governance responsibilities on his or her home
campus, or from other responsibilities as appropriate in
other settings.</p>
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September 10, 2015 by 4:00 p.m. Central Time (USA).</strong></p>
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line-height: 1.3em;">Proposals should be submitted
electronically through the Spencer Foundation online system.
We recommend referencing the Midcareer Grant Proposal
Submission Guidelines as you complete your application.
Final funding decisions will be made in early February
2016, with awards available for a start date between June 1,
2016 and October 1, 2016.</p>
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text-decoration: none;">Click here for the full call for
proposals</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>including
submission guidelines, selection process, and FAQs.</p>
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