• British Educational Research Association
• Department for Education
• Esmee Fairbairn Foundation
• HEFCE
• Jacobs Foundation
• Joseph Rowntree Foundation
• Spencer Foundation

Department for Education

Programme of Research

Includes contracts and tenders to let

Joseph Rowntree Foundation

Funding

JRF issues calls for proposals.  They will only accept applications to specific calls

Their aim is to:

"seek to understand the root causes of social problems, to identify ways of overcoming them, and to show how social needs can be met in practice"

Jacobs Foundation

Funding

In the field of Productive Youth Development, the Jacobs Foundation has the following current priorities:

1. Capitalizing on migration and the integration of youngsters with migrant backgrounds.
2. Improving learning contexts, including institutional dimensions of learning, all-day learning, out of school learning and integrative approaches to learning.
3. Economic dimensions of Productive Youth Development: macro and microeconomic effects

Within this context, the following aspects are of particular interest:

• developmental perspectives
• transitions in life
• preventative inter-medial measures
• learning methods, such as formal and non-formal learning
• cultural contexts and values
• skills and social responsibility
• peace, inter-cultural and inter-religious dialogue

Spencer Foundation

Research Grants

The Spencer Foundation funds research into Education with the goal of improving education

Esmée Fairbairn Foundation- Education

Awards

The Esmee Fairbairn Foundation funds a variety of areas including education and learning

HEFCE

Research Funding

HEFCE occasionally put out calls

British Educational Research Association

Meeting of Minds Fellowship

Deadline: Annual