Awards

EERA and the Emerging Researchers’ Group (ERG) grant a number of bursaries each year to postgraduate students and emerging researchers in order to allow them to participate in the Emerging Researchers’ Conference (ERC) and the European Conference on Educational Research (ECER).

The ERC Best Poster Prize 2016 goes to Svenja Matheis for her poster "Is Giftedness a Matter of Justice? Explaining Teachers' Attitudes Towards Gifted Students".

Sofia Marques da Silva and Ana Milheiro Silva's poster "Transitions to Higher Education During Austerity Times: Expectations and Challenges for Young People From Border Regions" The poster addresses a small part of a larger research project about youth cultures and educational pathways in border regions of Portugal.

The ECER 2016 Best Poster Award was sponsored by Elsevier.