Emily MacLeod

Education Research


Funding

This page lists the different projects for which I have been awarded research funding. Projects are grouped by funding type and are in reverse chronological order. Links open new tabs.

2025
Partnership Engage Grant
Investigating the role of sense of belonging in the retention of STEM outreach volunteers, and their ongoing trajectories into STEM-related careers
Role: Co-Applicant (co-PI)
Funder: Canada’s Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)
Amount: $24,500 CAD

2025
Insight Development Grant
Investigating the role of emotions in science teacher identity development amongst potential future science teachers
Role: Principal Investigator (PI)
Funder: Canada’s Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)
Amount: $25,600 CAD

2024
Mixed-methods review of policy and practice to improve youth violence in England and Wales
Education Policy and Practice Review
Role: Project Manager and Co-Lead Researcher (one of four named researchers on bid)
Funder: Youth Endowment Fund (YEF)
Amount: £150,000 GBP


2026
Postdoctoral Research Award
Une étude longitudinale sur les choix de carrière des étudiants.es en STIM (sciences, technologie, ingénierie et mathématiques) au Canada
Funder: Fonds de Recherche du Québec (FRQ)
Amount: $90,000 CAD

2024
‘Elevate’ Postdoctoral Fellowship
Exploring the science identities and science capital of Let’s Talk Science outreach volunteers in the context of science teacher shortages
Funder: Mitacs Canada & Let’s Talk Science
Amount: $120,000 CAD

2022
UK-Canada Globalink Doctoral Exchange
Understanding science majors’ views towards becoming a science teacher in the UK and Canada
Funder: UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) & Mitacs Canada
Amount: £14,300 GBP

2021
UKRI Policy Internship
Three-month secondment to the UK House of Commons’ Education Select Committee
Funder: UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)
Amount: £6,100 GBP

2019
Doctoral Stipend and Expenses
Understanding young people’s aspirations to teach
Funder: UK’s Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), with industry co-funding from the Royal Society of Chemistry
Amount: Stipend with fees for 3 years, inc. research costs