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Spencer Foundation: the research-practice partnership model — Winning Grant Strategy

Spencer Foundation: the research-practice partnership model

The Spencer Foundation funds education research, particularly research-practice partnerships. Frame your proposal as generating usable knowledge, not just as evaluating a program.

Dr. Amanda Foster

Co-Principal Investigator

Stanford-SFUSD Research Practice Partnership

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The Strategy

The Spencer Foundation funds education research that advances understanding of education practice and policy. If your proposal is 'we will evaluate our program,' that is evaluation, not research, and Spencer will decline it. If it is 'we will study how X works in Y context to generate knowledge that others can use,' that is research. The research-practice partnership (RPP) model: Spencer prioritizes RPPs — long-term collaborations between researchers and practitioners. A proposal from a researcher without a practice partner, or from a practitioner without a researcher, is less competitive. Show the partnership's history, governance, and shared research agenda. The research question: Spencer wants a…

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