Grants and Awards

AEFA New Scholars Award

The AEFA New Scholars Award is intended to interest masters, doctorial students and recent graduates, in conducting research in elementary, secondary, and higher education finance. Each year the AEFA sponsors research in support of promising new scholars, who wish to investigate significant issues in education finance.

Roe L. Johns Travel Grants and Will Myers Memorial Scholarship Award

Roe L. Johns Travel Grants and Will Myers Memorial Scholarship Award are awarded to graduate students in the area of education finance, who present papers at the AEFA Annual Conference.

Will Myers Memorial Scholarships are awarded to current or former teachers who present at the annual AEFA Conference.

Jean Flanigan Outstanding Dissertation Award

The Jean Flanigan Outstanding Dissertation Award is presented annually in recognition of exemplary dissertation research in the area of education finance. See a list of past award winners.

AEFA Outstanding Service Award

The Outstanding Service Award recognizes contributions made to public policy development, research, public understanding, local school finance development and service to the AEFA. The award is presented to each year's winner at the AEFA Annual Conference. See a list of past award winners.

AERA Grants Program

The American Educational Research Association (AERA) provides AERA Grants, a program that provides small grants, fellowships, and training for researchers who conduct studies of education policy and practice, using quantitative methods. Grant program studies includes data analysis from the large-scale data sets sponsored by National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) and the National Science Foundation (NSF).