This is a great opportunity for underrepresented students getting ready to engage in doctoral dissertation research (after the proposal). Funding begins summer
2019. Applications are due November 1, 2018. In addition to student-related information, the application requires two faculty letters of recommendation. See the link below for full details. Abbreviated info is:
About the AERA Minority Dissertation Fellowship in Education Research
The American Educational Research Association (AERA) is pleased to announce the AERA Minority Dissertation Fellowship in Education Research. The Council of the AERA established
the fellowship program to provide support for doctoral dissertation research, to advance education research by outstanding minority graduate students, and to improve the quality and diversity of university faculties. This fellowship is targeted for members
of racial and ethnic groups historically underrepresented in higher education (e.g., African Americans, Alaskan Natives, American Indians, Asian Americans, Hispanics or Latinos, and Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islanders). This program offers doctoral fellowships
to enhance the competitiveness of outstanding minority scholars for academic appointments at major research universities. It supports fellows conducting education research and provides mentoring and guidance toward the completion of their doctoral studies.
Call for Proposals
Award Period
Each fellowship award is for 1 year, beginning July 1, 2019 or later, and is nonrenewable. This fellowship program is intended as a write-up fellowship. Fellowships are awarded for doctoral dissertation
research conducted under faculty sponsorship in any accredited university in the United States.
Eligibility
Eligible graduate students for the AERA Minority Dissertation Fellowship in Education Research will be at the writing stage of their dissertation by the beginning of the fellowship. The dissertation study should focus on an education research topic such as
high stakes testing; ethnic studies/curriculum; tracking; STEM development; measurement of achievement and opportunity gaps; English language learners; or bullying and restorative justice. Applicants can come from graduate programs and departments in education
research, the humanities, or social or behavioral science disciplinary or interdisciplinary fields, such as economics, political science, psychology, or sociology.
Fellows are required to provide proof of advancement to candidacy at the beginning of the award period. Applicants must work full-time on their dissertations and course requirements and should be in the writing stage of their dissertation. This program is open
to U.S. citizens and permanent residents who are members of racial and ethnic groups historically underrepresented in higher education (e.g., African Americans, Alaskan Natives, American Indians, Asian Americans, Hispanics or Latinos, and Native Hawaiian or
Pacific Islanders).
AERA Minority Dissertation Fellowship in Education Research Award
Award Component 1, $19,000 Stipend. AERA awards each Fellow up to a $19,000 stipend to study education, teaching, learning, or other education research topic. The
fellowship funds can be used for tuition and/or institution fees, books, living expenses, equipment, travel, supplies, software, and other expenses that are directly related to conducting this research. AERA encourages cost sharing from universities in the
form of tuition assistance, office space, university fees, and other expenses. Institutions cannot charge overhead or indirect costs to administer the fellowship funds.
Award Component 2, $1,000 in Travel Support to Attend the AERA Annual Meeting. Each spring AERA holds its’ Annual Meeting which brings together over 15,000 researchers,
scholars, and policy makers to present their research, share knowledge, and build research capacity through over 2,000 substantive sessions. Fellows participate in professional development and training activities during the 2020 AERA Annual Meeting (San Francisco,
CA). The Fellowship provides up to $1,000 (reimbursable) for travel and lodging expenses to participate in the meeting.
Award Component 3, Present Research at Invited AERA Poster Session. Fellows present their research in an invited poster session during the 2020 AERA Annual Meeting
(San Francisco, CA). This poster session is a hallmark of the AERA professional development program and features promising research from graduate students who are supported by AERA funded programs. This is an excellent opportunity to showcase the developing
research from the next generation of scholars and for the Fellows to receive feedback from senior scholars, education school deans, foundation officers, and others across the education research community.
If a student is at the right stage (can use the funding from July 2019 through the fall and perhaps spring of 2020), encourage them to apply.
Maricela Oliva
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Subject: Deadline Approaching: AERA Minority Dissertation Fellowship
The American Educational Research Association (AERA) would like to remind you that applications for the
AERA Minority Dissertation Fellowship in Education Research are due November 1, 2018.
The Council of the AERA established the fellowship program to provide support for doctoral dissertation research, to advance education research by outstanding minority graduate students, and to improve
the quality and diversity of university faculties.
The fellowship is targeted for members of racial and ethnic groups historically underrepresented in higher education (e.g., African Americans, Alaskan Natives, American Indians, Asian Americans, Hispanics
or Latinos, and Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islanders).
The program offers doctoral fellowships to enhance the competitiveness of outstanding minority scholars for academic appointments at major research universities. It supports fellows conducting education
research and provides mentoring and guidance toward the completion of their doctoral studies.
Please find additional information at
Lora Cohen-Vogel, PhD
Vice President, American Educational Research Association (Division L: Educational Policy & Politics)
The Frank A. Daniels Endowed Chair and Professor of Public Policy and Education
Chair of the Faculty Executive Council
School of Education
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Campus Box 3500 Peabody Hall
Chapel Hill, NC 27599
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