• The AERA Grants Program
• The AIR Grant Program—Information for the 2000 Grant Year
• The NAEP Secondary Analysis Grant Program

Jointly funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), NCES, and the Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI), this training and research program is administered by the American Educational Research Association (AERA). The program has four major elements: a research grants program, a dissertation grants program, a fellows program, and a training institute. The program is intended to enhance the capability of the U.S. research community to use large-scale data sets, specifically those of the NSF and NCES, to conduct studies that are relevant to educational policy and practice, and to strengthen communications between the educational research community and government staff.

Applications for this program may be submitted at any time. The application review board meets three times per year.

Officially entitled Improving Institutional Research in Postsecondary Educational Institutions, the annual grant program administered by the Association for Institutional Research (AIR) is supported by NCES and the National Science Foundation (NSF). This grant program fosters the use of national databases housed at NCES and NSF for institutional research in postsecondary education and for institutional decisionmaking. There are three types of awards: (1) fellowships for 1-week summer institutes—one institute each on the NCES and NSF databases—to be held in June 2000 in the Washington, DC, area; (2) dissertation support grants of up to $15,000 each for research utilizing these data resources; and (3) research grants of up to $30,000 each for post-secondary education research that promises to make an innovative contribution on the national level.

All awards require a written proposal, submitted electronically by January 17, 2000.

The NAEP Secondary Analysis Grant Program was developed to encourage educational researchers to conduct secondary analysis studies using data from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) and the NAEP High School Transcript Studies. This program is open to all public or private organizations and consortia of organizations. The program is typically announced annually, in the late fall, in the Federal Register. Grants awarded under this program run from 12 to 18 months and awards range from $15,000 to $100,000.