Deadline: May 16, 2016
The American Educational Research Association (AERA) with funding support from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is pleased to announce a dissertation fellowship program to support graduate students in education research to conduct secondary data analysis using the Measures of Effective Teaching (MET) Longitudinal Database. The AERA-MET Dissertation Fellowship Program provides funding and professional development and training to dissertation stage graduate students who use the MET data to address research questions and examine issues that will contribute to knowledge about teaching and learning. The program supports high-quality science undertaken by the education research field through dissertation research on topics related to teaching and instruction, the effects of the classroom and school climate, student achievement, children and youth, and other educational issues.
Award Period
Each fellowship award is for 1 year, beginning August 1st or later, and is nonrenewable. This fellowship program is intended for students to study education, teaching, learning, or other education research topic using the MET Longitudinal Database. Fellowships are awarded for doctoral dissertation research conducted under faculty sponsorship in any accredited university in the United States.
Eligibility
Eligible graduate students for the AERA-MET Dissertation Fellowship Program will be at the dissertation stage in an accredited graduate program in education research or another social or behavioral science disciplinary or interdisciplinary field, such as sociology, economics, psychology, or political science. Applicants should be familiar with the principles and framework of the MET study and the instruments and methods used to collect the data. For further information about the MET project visit: http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/METLDB/ and www.metproject.org.
Fellows are required to provide the Intention to Access MET Data form, signed by the Chair of their dissertation committee. This form indicates that they have access to the MET data or that they are eligible and will apply to use the dataset from ICPSR. If awarded the AERA-MET Dissertation Fellowship, the Chair of the dissertation committee must have an approved Data Use Agreement application with ICPSR that lists the awardee among those with access to the MET data.
Applicants must work full-time on their dissertations and course requirements during the award period. This program is open to U.S. citizens or U.S. permanent residents enrolled in a doctoral program. Underrepresented racial and ethnic minority researchers and women are strongly encouraged to apply.
Direct any questions about the AERA-Met Dissertation Fellowship, eligibility requirements, or submission process to [email protected] or 202-238-3200. The application deadline is May 16, 2016.
Visit the AERA-MET Dissertation Fellowship Program webpage for the ‘Call for Proposals’ and the online application.