Early Career Funding Opportunities

Research Institute for Implementation Science in Education (RIISE)
- With funding from the Institute of Education Sciences (R305B210004), RIISE provides mentored training to established scholars from any domain of education-related research surrounding the conceptualization, design, and execution of implementation research studies.
- RIISE offers a two-year fellowship opportunity including didactic training, faculty mentoring, and support for research grant writing.
- Deadline: January 7, 2022
- Application link: https://smartcenter.uw.edu/programs-services/how-to-apply-the-research-institute-for-implementation-science-in-education/
Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD)
- SRCD U.S. Policy Fellowship Programs
- Federal Policy Fellowship deadline: January 4, 2022
- State Policy Post-doctoral Fellowship deadline: January 24, 2022
Data Science for Social Good (DSSG) Summer Fellowship
- https://www.dssgfellowship.org/
- Deadline: January 28, 2022
National Academy of Education/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
- Provides $70,000 stipend and professional development activities
- Fall deadline
- https://naeducation.org/naedspencer-postdoctoral-fellowship-program/
William T. Grant Scholars Program
- Provides $350,000 over five years
- Summer deadline
- http://wtgrantfoundation.org/grants/william-t-grant-scholars-program
American Psychological Association (APA) – Grants, Awards, and Funding
- Searchable database – https://www.apa.org/about/awards/index
IES – Research Training Programs in Special Education
- Postdoctoral Research Training in Special Education and Early Intervention
- Early Career Development and Mentoring
- Methods Training Using Single-Case Designs
- https://ies.ed.gov/ncser/projects/program.asp?ProgID=79
- One deadline per year – usually August
- Funding amounts and duration vary by training program
NIH – Early Research Career Development
- https://researchtraining.nih.gov/career/early-career
APA Visionary Grant (up to $20,000 seed money for intervention project; graduate student or early career)
- Spring deadline
- https://www.apa.org/apf/funding/visionary?tab=2