Racial Equity Research Grants

The Spencer Foundation's Racial Equity Research Grants programme funds education research that can contribute to understanding and disrupting racial inequality in education.

Spencer Foundation lists this opportunity for Research Team, Education Research, Global. Applicants should use the official call page to confirm final requirements before submitting.

The intent-to-apply deadline for this cycle has passed, so the full proposal stage is mainly relevant to applicants who completed the required earlier step.

Projects should focus on racial equity in education and meet Spencer Foundation eligibility and institutional requirements.

Education research on racial inequality.

Projects that advance equity-focused knowledge, methods, and practice.

Research lasting one to five years.

Budgets may be up to USD 75,000.

Application deadline: Jul 1, 2026.

Confirm the exact deadline time, time zone, and submission route on the official call page.

Plan internal approvals, partner confirmations, budgets, letters, and portal submission before the final deadline.

Use the Spencer Foundation programme page and online portal. Full proposals are due 1 July 2026 at 12:00 p.m. Central Time.

Before submitting, check required documents, eligible costs, attachments, page limits, institutional approvals, and whether the opportunity uses an expression of interest, full proposal, registration, or nomination stage.