BERA Small Grants Fund
BERA Council is pleased to issue a call for proposals for the BERA Small Grants Fund 2021/22. This year, we would like the projects to focus on the theme of ‘race and education’. We are...
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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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 2021 Undergraduate Award
This award is for recent graduates who have completed their undergraduate degree in a field related to educational research.
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...
Annual Conference Bursaries
We are offering the following bursaries to attend the BERA Conference 2021 if your abstract is accepted: Student bursaries Prize details: Complimentary...
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 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...
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.
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...
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
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...
BERA Doctoral Fellowship
In 2019 and 2020 BERA will invite applications for two doctoral fellowships for students commencing their studies at a UK institution within the 2019/2020 academic year. In 2019 a fellowship...
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...
BERA Annual Conference – SIG Best Paper Award
2019 This year some of the SIG convenors attended all the sessions for their SIG and judged each paper. This was to award the ‘BERA Annual Conference 2019 – SIG Best Paper’.
BERA Annual Conference – Poster Prize Presentation
All posters presented at the BERA Annual Conference 2019 will automatically be entered in the Poster Prize Presentation award. All posters will be judged by a member of the BERA Committees. The...
BJET Best EdTech Paper Award at the Annual Conference
British Journal of Educational Technology (BJET) Best EdTech Paper Award at BERA Annual Conference This award is to recognise the best presentation on the topic of (or a topic directly relevant...
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...
