Adult Learners and Students with Children Research Grant

Adult Learners and Students with Children Assessment, Evaluation, and Research Military Connected Off-Campus and Commuter Student Services Mid-Level
Application Deadline: October 1, 2026 | Award Type: knowledge community

Adult learners and students with children are important but relatively unstudied populations within higher education research. According to the NCES data, there has been a continuous increase in students 25 and older enrolling in postsecondary school. In Fall 2023, students aged 25 and over made up roughly 32% of the total enrolled students (based only on 5,677 institutions). Yet despite this growth over the years, there is still much to uncover about the needs and support that adult learners and student parents require to be successful in a postsecondary environment

The Knowledge Community for Adult Learners and Students with Children wishes to support further research into our populations and highlight that research in a meaningful manner by providing this annual grant.

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Adult Learners and Students with Children

Application Information

The grant application is open to any current NASPA member. Submissions must:

  1. Submit a project title, research question (s), planned research method, timeline, and a case for how this would contribute to the body of research related to adult learners and/or students with children.
  2. A budget for the research and how the funds provided in this award would be utilized.

  3. Graduate students must provide a letter of support from a faculty member.

  4. IRB approval, a statement of why waived/not necessary, or a plan for IRB approval must be submitted, as applicable

Rubric for selection

Materials must be submitted by the specified deadline

Materials must include a letter in their own words agreeing to the following items: Agreement to submit research findings in a future Annual Conference session or poster proposal; agreement to share findings with the ALSC Knowledge Community within one year of awarding; agreement to share a detailed accounting of the use of the awarded NASPA funds; agreement to acknowledge the support of the NASPA Adult Learners and Students with Children Knowledge Community in a public fashion and provide evidence to the KC this was done.