Applications for the second Cohort of MPES fellows are due today, April 3rd, by 5 PM.

Please contact Elora Ditton at elora.ditton@northwestern.edu regarding any application or submission questions

With support through a grant from the U.S. Department of Education Sciences (IES), Northwestern University has established the Multidisciplinary Program in Education Sciences (MPES) which  is designed specifically for students who wish to pursue a research agenda that focuses on questions in U.S. education, from an interdisciplinary perspective. The program provides:

·      A unified program of required and optional coursework in the following areas:  cognition and student learning, quantitative and qualitative methods, evaluation, design, human development, and reading and mathematics education.

·      A research apprenticeship experience with core and affiliated faculty of the program.

·      Bimonthly seminars that create a stimulating intellectual center for the faculty and students interested in education related research issues.

·      Workshops on special topics that are relevant to education research.

·      Funding to support graduate student fellow’s travel to conferences and their research.

·      Up to three years of graduate student tuition support along with a generous stipend of $30,000 per year.

We are currently in the process of recruiting graduate student fellows for year 2 of the grant. Interested students should submit the following to Diane Schanzenbach via email at dws@northwestern.edu, by no later than April 3rd, 2015 at 5:00 PM:

• 1-2 page memo that outlines the applicant’s research interest(s) in education
• Résumé or C.V., including GRE scores and any awards received
• One letter of reference from a faculty member in the applicant’s Ph.D. program that speaks to the applicants academic promise and the centrality of education to the applicant’s research interests

*Note: In order to be eligible for funding under the grant you must be a U.S. citizen and a first year PhD student in Human Development and Social Policy, Learning Sciences, Psychology, Sociology, and Statistics or a second year student in Economics.

Upcoming Informational Session: March 12th (4:30 pm) in the Annenberg 2nd floor commons.

MPES will be holding two informational sessions for interested PhD students in the 2nd Floor Commons of Annenberg:

Tuesday, February 24th, Noon

Thursday, March 12th, 4:30 PM

Topics to be covered include the application process, MPES requirements, MPES goals, benefits, and more.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Northwestern University’s Multidisciplinary Program in Education Sciences (MPES) is a pre-doctoral training grant that promotes training for rigorous and relevant research in education.

MPES provides:

• a unified program of required and optional coursework across a variety of areas
• a research apprenticeship with affiliated faculty
• bimonthly seminars on education research
• a practicum experience designed to address applied research questions in Evanston Township High School
• an optional summer internship at the American Institutes for Research in downtown Chicago
• Up to 3 years of graduate student tuition and $30,000 annual stipend
• funding to support research and travel

We are currently recruiting eligible graduate students for the program. The 2015 application deadline is Friday, April 3rd, at 5:00 PM. More information on how to apply is available here. More questions? Contact Prof. Diane Schanzenbach at dws -at- northwestern.