The Office of Foundation Relations is pleased to share this open call for funding from the Spencer Foundation.
UCSC Contact: Caroline Rodriguez | caroline@ucsc.edu
Funder: Spencer Foundation
Opportunity: Research Practice Partnerships
Funding Level:
- Research-Practice Partnership budget totals are limited to $400,000
- Up to 15% indirect cost charges.
- Duration proposed may not be longer than 3 years.
*** Intent to Apply Online Form*** Deadline: September 13, 2024 10:00 am PT
Full Proposal Deadline: October 31, 2024
Overview
The Research-Practice Partnership Grants Program supports education research projects (how people learn via a specific intervention/mechanism) that engage in collaborative and participatory partnerships. Rigorous partnership work is intentionally organized to engage diverse forms of expertise and perspectives, across practitioners, scholars, and organizations, as well as disciplines and methods, in knowledge generation around pressing problems of practice and/or policy. Further, RPPs can facilitate the long-term accumulation of knowledge in new ways as researchers and practitioners work together to ask practitioner- and policy-relevant questions on key topics in specific settings over time.
This grant program is open to partnerships between researchers and a broad array of practitioners. For example, practitioners might work in school districts, county offices of education, state educational organizations, universities, community-based organizations, and other social sectors that significantly impact learners’ lives.
Activities supported
- Research Activities
- Research Infrastructure
- Outreach, Communications, and Relationship Building
- Capacity Development
See here for full program details.
Award Amount & Terms
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Research-Practice Partnership budget totals are limited to $400,000 including up to 15% indirect cost charges.
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The proposed duration of the grant may not be longer than 3 years.
Eligibility
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Principal Investigators (PIs) and Co-PIs applying for a Research-Practice Partnership Grant are expected to have an earned doctorate in an academic discipline or professional field, or demonstrated professional experience appropriate for this program.
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PIs and Co-PIs may only hold one active research grant from the Spencer Foundation at a time.
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PIs and Co-PIs may not submit more than one research proposal to the Spencer Foundation at a time.
Required Intent to Apply Form Elements
Within the online form, there are detailed guidelines for each section. Below is an overview of the application elements you will be expected to complete by September 13, 2024:
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Project Personnel – As the person creating the draft application, you will automatically be assigned to the proposal as the Principal Investigator. If there are Co-PIs on the proposal, you are asked to provide their names and organizations in this section.
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Proposal Summary – Information about the proposal is requested, such as the project title, estimated duration, the central research question(s), and a 200-word project summary.
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Project Data – Within the online application, we ask you to check off the appropriate options with regard to your research activities in the partnership in the following categories: disciplinary perspective, methodologies, topics, geographical scope, contexts, and participants. This information is helpful in determining the appropriate reviewers for your eventual full proposal and for internal evaluations of our grant programs.
Timeline
- September 13, 2024 10:00 am PT Intent to Apply form due
- October 31, 2024 10:00 am PT Full proposal deadline
Special Instructions
Please notify the Office of Foundation Relations if you are interested in applying to this opportunity (fr@ucsc.edu). For support developing your proposal, please contact the Research Development Specialist assigned to your unit or send a request to resdev@ucsc.edu. Within the Division of Social Sciences, please contact Ashlee Tews (ashleeac@ucsc.edu), and within the Arts, please contact Hannah Jasper (hannahjasper@ucsc.edu) to initiate notification and proposal support.
Call Sent: August 14, 2024
The Office of Foundation Relations is a unit of University Advancement. The FR team creates and maintains mutually beneficial, long-term relationships with private organizations, matching grant initiatives with educational and research programs and centers. FR supports faculty and staff to identify and approach these and other private foundations for funding, to assist in strategic positioning of the grant application, and to facilitate funder campus visits. For a list of recent funding opportunities, please visit the FR website. FR Calls for Funding