The National Academy of Education (NAEd) is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2025 NAEd/Spencer Dissertation and Postdoctoral Fellowships. These fellowships provide funding and professional development to early-career scholars whose projects address critical issues in the history, theory, or practice of formal or informal education, at the national and international levels.
The NAEd/Spencer Dissertation Fellowship awarded $27,500 to 35 dissertation fellows who were selected from a pool of over 400 applicants.
The NAEd/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship awarded $70,000 to 25 postdoctoral fellows who were selected from a pool of over 270 applicants.
“The NAEd/Spencer Dissertation and Postdoctoral Fellowships offer life-changing opportunities,” according to Okhee Lee, Chair of the NAEd Professional Development Committee. As a past recipient herself, Dr. Lee personally knows “the significant impacts these fellowships have on the recipients’ professional careers and how these fellowships enable the recipients to further their ideas and contribute to shaping education research.” Furthermore, Dr. Lee emphasizes that “given the current political challenges, the fellowships will have even greater impacts on the fellows, their fields, and society at large.” For Dr. Lee, “It is a privilege to work with and support our new fellows.”
Learn more about the 2025 NAEd/Spencer Fellowship recipients and their research:
Once more, congratulations to this year’s fellows!