Spencer Foundation’s Small Research Grants Program supports education research projects that will contribute to the improvement of education, broadly conceived, with budgets up to $50,000 for projects ranging from one to five years. This program is “field-initiated” in that proposal submissions are not in response to a specific request for a particular research topic, discipline, design, or method. The Foundation’s goal for this program is to support rigorous, intellectually ambitious and technically sound research. OFR Contact: Mike McMahon. Amount: $50,000. Deadline: 4/15/26.