Research Grants & Selected Awards

External Grants

The Impact of Technical Education in Generalized High School Settings (2026-2027)

• $189,707 funded by Arnold Ventures    |     Shaun M. Dougherty (PI), Yerin Yoon (Key Personnel), Yunee H. Yoon (Key Personnel)

CTE Course-taking Alignment, Career Interests, and College Aspirations (2026-2028)

• Data Partnership and $5,000 Honorarium from Common App    |     Shaun M. Dougherty (PI), Yerin Yoon (Co-PI), Mingyan Ma (Co-PI)

AERA-NSF Dissertation Grant (2026)

• $27,500 award from American Educational Research Association‒National Science Foundation    |     Yerin Yoon (PI)

Horowitz Foundation for Social Policy Dissertation Award (2026)

• $10,000 award from the Horowitz Foundation for Social Policy   |     Yerin Yoon (PI)

Under Review

Spillover Effects of Charter School Closures: Localized Demand Shocks and Student Outcomes

• Invited to Full Proposal; Under Review at Charter School Research Collaborative at MIT Blueprint Labs     |     Yerin Yoon (PI), Abigail Francis (Co-PI)

Internal Grants

Summer Dissertation Grant (2025)

• $3,000 award from Boston College Lynch School of Education and Human Development    |     Yerin Yoon (PI)

Selected Awards & Fellowships 

Ascendium Postsecondary Scholar Award (2026), Association for Education Finance & Policy (AEFP)

Ascendium Education Group Travel Grant (2025), Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management

American University Summer Academy Fellow (2025), American University School of Public Affairs

Education Policy Academy (2024), American Enterprise Institute (AEI)

Equity and Inclusion Student Fellowship (2023), Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management (APPAM)