Grants & Awards

The Association of Education Finance and Policy (AEFP) supports several grants and awards programs.

Roe L. Johns Travel Grants

Roe L. Johns Travel Grants are need based travel grants awarded to graduate students in the area of education finance and policy who present papers at the AEFP Annual Conference.

Local Policy Maker and Education Practitioner Conference Registration Waiver

To encourage AEFP Conference participation by policy makers and education practitioners, AEFP will offer a limited number of conference registration waivers to individuals located in or near the conference city.

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 and policy. See a list of past award winners.

New Scholars Award

AEFP’s New Scholars Award Program is intended to support significant research by master’s students, doctoral students, and recent graduates in education finance and policy. The program also aims to promote new scholars’ participation in the AEFP community.

2012 New Scholars Award Winners:

Pre-Doctoral Award
Niu Gao, PhD Candidate Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, Florida State University
Honorable Mention:
Quentin Brummet, PhD Candidate Department of Economics, Michigan State University

Post-Doctoral Award
Steven Hemelt, Postdoctoral Research Fellow Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan

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 AEFP. The award is presented to each year's winner at the AEFP 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).