Nebraska Academy for Early Childhood Research
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Dear Colleagues,
As the fall semester winds down and a new year approaches, please remember to post your research positions for students on the
Student Research Opportunities
website.
The site enables NU faculty to advertise opportunities for graduate and undergraduate students seeking work experience in early childhood research. Learn more in the Resources section below.
Be sure to post your opportunities as soon as possible, to help start the new semester off right.
Thank you for your continued work in early childhood research.
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Matthew Carlson,
University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Matthew Carlson is a research assistant professor and program evaluator with the Center on Children, Families and the Law at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln.
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What is the future direction for your early childhood research?
"I am interested in pursuing how early childhood-specific interventions — such as Child-Parent Psychotherapy — can ameliorate attachment-related issues among at-risk young children. Additionally, I plan to continue my research on developmental, multi-domain pathways from childhood adversity to young adult risk outcomes, such as sexual victimization."
Are there any new research projects or activities you are starting on now?
"I am analyzing data on the role of memory and decision-making on sexual victimization risk among community (non-college) young adult women. Additionally, I am working on several applied projects where I test the influence of interventions on early childhood professionals who are at risk for burnout and secondary trauma."
How can effective collaborations enhance the research enterprise?
"Translational research is needed to frame the questions that basic science can answer, as well as the intervention-oriented activities that scientist-practitioners can seek to understand while simultaneously fulfilling a community need."
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Here are recent publications from NAECR researchers:
Wayne Fisher, Munroe-Meyer Institute, UNMC
Chapter in
Obesity in Childhood and Adolescence
, 2nd edition
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Would you like to see your work featured here? Contact us at
naecr@unl.edu
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Bridging Research and Practice
Do you want to translate your research into a positive impact for the field?
As a leading publication for early childhood professionals, the
Child Care Exchange magazine
seeks to provide a bridge linking research and practice — and to share it with students and professionals at all levels.
Nominate your own previously published research, or the research of a colleague or graduate student.
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Staff in CYFS are available to assist with your
proposal development
for these or other funding opportunities.
Please contact
Lisa Knoche
if you are interested in discussing funding opportunities for your research.
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New!
Administration for Children and Families: Early Care and Education Research Scholars Grants
The ACF Office of Planning, Research & Evaluation is considering funding Child Care, Head Start, Family Strengthening and Behavioral Interventions graduate student dissertation grants in 2019:
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Head Start Graduate Student Research Grants
Six awards are expected, each of $20,000 to $25,000.
Application due date:
April 2, 2019
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Child Care Research Scholars Grants
Six awards are expected, each of $20,000 to $25,000.
Application due date:
April 2, 2019
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Behavioral Interventions Scholars Grants
Four awards are expected, each of $20,000 to $25,000.
Application due date:
April 14, 2019
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Family Strengthening Scholars Grants
Three awards are expected, each of $10,000 to $25,000.
Application due date:
May 30, 2019
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Spencer Foundation Small Research Grants
The Small Research Grants program aims to support smaller scale or pilot research projects that have budgets of $50,000 or less. Proposals are encouraged from scholars across a variety of disciplines in an effort to fund field-initiated education research.
The next deadline for applications is
Feb. 1, 2019
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University of Nebraska Core Facility Grant Program
The University of Nebraska is extending a grant program to encourage faculty researchers across all four campuses to employ NU core facilities in their research projects. The program’s aim is to help researchers generate data that strengthens grant proposals, resubmissions and peer-reviewed manuscripts.
Faculty members from all ranks are eligible to submit proposals if they did not use core facilities or associated technology platforms in fiscal year 2017 or 2018. Applicants may request $5,000 per facility, or up to $9,000 total if they use more than one facility.
Proposals are reviewed on an ongoing basis.
New awards will not be made after
March 31, 2019
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National Institutes of Health: Reducing Health Disparities among Minority and Underserved Children
This NIH initiative encourages research that targets the reduction of health disparities among children, including a focus on ethnic and racial minority children and populations of underserved children.
Specific targeted areas of research include bio-behavioral studies that incorporate multiple factors that influence child health disparities (biological, lifestyle factors, environmental, social, economic, cultural and family influences); studies that target the specific health promotion needs of children with a known illness and/or disability; and studies that test and evaluate the comparative effectiveness of health promotion interventions conducted in traditional and nontraditional settings.
The closing date for applications is
May 7, 2020
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New!
Graduate Class in Grant Writing
EDPS 898: Grant Writing I
This spring, faculty at the Nebraska Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families and Schools will teach a graduate-level course for development of grant writing skills in education.
Students will learn how to prepare a proposal on a topic of their choice, which may include their own thesis/dissertation. Class topics will include
identification of sources of grant funding, development of a proposal concept and preparation of a grant proposal. The proposal will follow guidelines common to major federal funding agencies.
Prerequisite
: Students must have completed CITI training (Course for the Protection of Human Research Subjects). It is also recommended that students have completed the Grant Writing Workshop sponsored by the UNL Office of Research. Enrollment requires permission of the instructor.
Time
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Arranged
For more information, contact Gwen Nugent, CYFS research professor, at
gnugent1@unl.edu
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New!
Cognitive Development Society
Call for Papers
Oct. 17-19, 2019
Louisville, Kentucky
The Cognitive Development Society aims to provide a unified voice for the wide range of scholars, practitioners and others who are interested in change and continuity in the intellectual processes that support mental life.
Proposals are due
July 2, 2019
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National Summit on Quality in Home Visiting Programs
Jan. 30–Feb. 1, 2019
Grand Hyatt Washington
Washington, D.C.
The Ounce of Prevention Fund invites researchers, advocates, policymakers and practitioners to attend the Eighth National Home Visiting Summit on Quality in Home Visiting Programs.
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Society for Cross-Cultural Research Annual Meeting
Feb. 13–16, 2019
Jacksonville, Florida
SCCR is a multi-disciplinary organization that provides members the opportunity to network with scholars from a wide variety of approaches to cross-cultural and comparative research.
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Symposium on Research in Child Language Disorders
Call for Papers
June 6–8, 2019
Madison, Wisconsin
Deadline for submission of papers is
Feb. 1, 2019
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Is there an upcoming conference you want to publicize? A new publication you would like to share? Let us know!
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Student Research Opportunities
The
Student Research Opportunities
website enables NU faculty to advertise opportunities for graduate and undergraduate students seeking work experience in early childhood research.
Students can browse available positions and filter them by campus location, academic level (i.e., graduate or undergraduate), position type (e.g., assistantship, paid, volunteer) and the age group being researched.
Postings automatically expire after six months, or faculty can select a specific expiration date.
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Find a Researcher
If you would like to be part of the database or know of another early childhood researcher who may be interested, please contact
Lisa Knoche.
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NAECR News archives available
Miss an earlier issue of NAECR News?
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NAECR News will be shared twice a month to inform the early childhood research community across the NU system.
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