BERA Research Commissions 2023/2024
Call for Research Commissions 2022/2024 -The impact of educational research on the public: setting the agenda. Up to £20,000 in project funding available.
BERA Awards
Every year BERA recognises excellence by awarding our annual fellowships and awards to BERA members who exemplify the very best in educational research. In addition we offer bursaries and grants through a number of schemes to enable BERA members to undertake valuable work in the field.
Current Awards
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BERA Doctoral Thesis Award
Every year BERA recognises academic excellence and rigour in research by a Doctoral student. This underscores BERA’s commitment to developing capacity, advancing quality and...
BERA Masters Dissertation Award
Every year BERA recognises academic excellence and rigour in research by a Master of Education student. This underscores BERA’s commitment to developing capacity, advancing quality and...
Youth Studies and Informal Education SIG Convenor Vacancy 2023-2026
As one of the existing convenors term has come to an end, there is an opportunity for a new SIG Convenor to help lead the SIG over the next 3 years. The Youth Studies and Informal Education...
The BJET Fellowship
The BJET Fellowship is awarded biennially to an individual with the most compelling proposal for a piece of research in the field of educational technology. The Fellowship lasts for one year and...
BERA Public Engagement and Impact Award
The BERA Public Engagement and Impact Award recognises and celebrates the impact of research and practice in the education community and how both have demonstrably engaged the public.
BERA Annual Conference – ECR Presentation Award
BERA aims to celebrate and promote the work of our Early Career Researcher Network. We are presenting a prize to the best Early Career researcher presentation at this year’s conference. The top...
BERA Annual Conference – Poster Prize Presentation
All posters presented at the BERA Annual Conference will automatically be entered in the Poster Prize Presentation award. All posters will be judged by a member of the BERA Committees or other...
BERA Annual Conference – SIG Best Paper Award
The SIG convenors are encouraged to attend all sessions for their SIG and judge each paper. The 'BERA Annual Conference - SIG Best Paper' is then awarded.
BCF Curriculum Investigation Grant
The BCF Curriculum Investigation Grant is intended to support research led by schools and colleges with a focus on curriculum inquiry and investigation. The grant, awarded biennially, is worth up...
Early Career Researcher Career Development Fellowship
The Fellowship is a flexible package of benefits intended to support ECRs in the first three years following completion of their doctorate, focusing in particular on those who are insecurely and...
BERA 2022 Undergraduate Award
This award is for recent graduates who have completed their undergraduate degree in a field related to educational research.
BERA Small Grants Fund 2022 – ‘Learning for All?’
BERA Council is pleased to issue a call for the BERA Small Grants Fund 2022/2023. This year the theme for proposals is ‘Learning for all?’. BERA welcomes proposals which seek to examine...
Annual Conference Bursaries
We are offering the following bursaries to attend the BERA Conference 2022: Deadline 26 April 2022 Access Bursary Price details: Contribution towards travel and accommodation to the...
BERA Doctoral Fellowship
In 2021 BERA invites applications for one doctoral fellowship for a student commencing their studies at a UK institution within the 2022/2023 academic year. The Fellowship will be for up to 3...
BJET Best EdTech Paper Award at the BERA Conference
The British Journal of Educational Technology (BJET) judges this biennial award for the best presentation on an educational-technology-related topic to be delivered during the BERA Conference....
BJET Early Career International Fellowship 2021
Applications are invited for the British Journal of Educational Technology (BJET) Early Career International Fellowship. This one-year fellowship, which includes funding of up to £5,000, will be...
The Review of Education Early Career Researchers Award 2021
This year Review of Education is seeking applications for two awards, each worth £2,500, from early career researchers in education. The awards will assist those at a relatively early stage of...
BERA Research Commissions 2020/2022
The aim of the BERA Research Commissions is to identify and address issues of current importance to the study and practice of education which may have future consequences for the discipline and...
BERA International Representation Funding Scheme
One of the most important drivers of BERA’s international strategy is to facilitate exchanges of ideas and understandings between colleagues in different regions. This strategy acknowledges the...
Event bursaries 2020
The BERA Early Career Researcher Network offers a limited amount of bursaries to the value of £75 towards travel for BERA Student Members only to most of our events. This has now been extended to...
Early Career Researcher Network Event Funding Scheme
The BERA Early Career Researcher (ECR) Network seeks to provide financial support to its members with one such offer being the ‘Event Funding Scheme’. The ‘Event Funding Scheme’ provides...
Anna Craft Creativities in Education Prize
The Anna Craft Creativities in Education Prize is named for Anna Craft (1961-2014) who championed the role of creativity in education
BERJ Editors’ Choice Award
2019 BERJ Editor’s Choice Award Joint winners: Neil Harrison & Richard Waller, for ‘Challenging discourses of aspiration: The role of expectations and attainment in access to higher...
BERA John Nisbet Fellowship
Since 2014 BERA has awarded the John Nisbet Fellowship to one or more people who are deemed to have made an outstanding contribution to educational research over their career. Named in honour of...
