The David L. Clark National Graduate Student Research Seminar in Educational Administration & Policy, sponsored by the University Council for Educational Administration (UCEA), Divisions A and L of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), and SAGE Publications, brings emerging educational administration and policy scholars and noted researchers together for presentations, generative discussion, and professional growth. Kate Schell of the Learning Systems Institute was accepted for 2024. 

Nominees should be outstanding doctoral students in PK-12 educational leadership and administration and/or PK-16 education policy, seeking careers in research. Nominees must have substantially completed their courses and must have formulated a dissertation proposal. In their statement of research, student nominees are asked to elaborate on the type of developmental support they would like to receive as a Clark Scholar—whether at the early phase of their dissertation or nearing completion. Nominations of students from underrepresented groups are strongly encouraged.