The Spencer Foundation has announced the recipients of its most ambitious grantmaking program, the Lyle Spencer Research Awards, which provides up to $1 million for large-scale research projects.
“Lyle Spencer charged the foundation with supporting research that would build knowledge for ‘lasting improvement in education,'” Spencer President Na’ilah Nasir noted. “We believe these diverse projects, representing an exciting range of topics and methodology, have the potential to reframe important issues in education, from how youth protect themselves from harmful online messages to how we conceptualize the purpose of education in a democratic society.”