Nebraska Academy for Early Childhood Research
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Amy Napoli,
University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Amy Napoli is an assistant professor and early childhood extension specialist in the Department of Child, Youth and Family Studies at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln.
Her research and extension work focuses on four broad areas: early childhood education, numeracy development, home learning environments, and intervention development and evaluation.
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What is the future direction for your early childhood research?
"My research and Extension work focus on supporting caregivers in providing a positive, enriching math environment for their young children."
Are there any new research projects or activities you are starting?
"I am currently working on expanding a program that I piloted last year. The goal of the program is to support parents in fostering their preschool children’s math development by providing practical strategies for integrating math into daily routines and activities. This work also has potential to be translated for early childhood teachers in both the preschool and home-care settings. I am also co-developing a new program for preschool-aged children that integrates STEAM learning, hands-on activities and storybook reading."
How can effective collaborations enhance the research enterprise?
"Interdisciplinary collaborations are vital for advancing early childhood research. We learn and grow so much as researchers when we collaborate with experts from different fields and consider differ viewpoints. When we collaborate with those who work directly with community members, early childhood professionals and parents, we gain a better understanding of feasibility and potential for impact."
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The NAECR Networking series continues
Wednesday, May 1
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How can researchers and community partners work together to advance early childhood research and practice?
University of Nebraska researchers will present on their latest work in the early childhood field. A panel of community partners will also share their perspectives on early childhood research, working with researchers and translating research into practice.
The event will be from
2 to 4 p.m.
in the
Nebraska Union’s Colonial A Room
, and will conclude with time for networking and making connections.
Those who cannot attend in person may
participate via Zoom
.
NAECR Networking and NAECR Knowledge are an ongoing series of networking and training events designed to enhance early childhood research across the NU system.
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Here are recent publications from NAECR researchers:
Wayne Fisher, Munroe-Meyer Institute, UNMC
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Would you like to see your work featured here? Contact us at
naecr@unl.edu
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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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Student funding
New!
OPRE Early Care and Education Research Scholars: Head Start Graduate Student Research Grants
The Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation has opened competition for Head Start Graduate Student Research Grants to support dissertation research by advanced graduate students who are working in partnership with Head Start programs and with faculty mentors.
Competitive applications will demonstrate a collaborative partnership with their program partners and pursue research questions that directly inform local, state or federal policy relevant to multiple early care and education practices.
Six awards are expected; total funding available is $150,000.
Letters of intent are due
April 8, 2019
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Proposals are due
May 8, 2019
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Student funding
New!
OPRE Early Care and Education Research Scholars: Child Care Research Scholars
The Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation is soliciting applications for Child Care Research Scholars grants to support dissertation research on child care policy issues.
These grants are meant to build capacity in the research field to focus research on questions that have direct implications for child care policy decision-making and program administration, and to foster mentoring relationships between faculty members and high-quality doctoral students.
Six awards are expected; total funding available is $150,000.
Letters of intent are due
April 8, 2019
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Proposals are due
May 9, 2019
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Student funding
Buffett Early Childhood Institute: Graduate Scholars Program
The Buffett Early Childhood Institute at the University of Nebraska is accepting applications from advanced doctoral students within the university system for one-year fellowships worth up to $25,000.
The Graduate Scholars program seeks to support high-quality research from diverse fields that impact the early years, including health, education, social work, music, art, the neurosciences and others.
Proposals are due
March 29, 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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NIH Refinement and Testing of Interventions to Sustain ADHD Treatment
The purpose of this funding opportunity is to encourage pilot studies to assess the preliminary effectiveness of augmented or modified interventions designed to promote enhanced and sustained improvement in ADHD symptoms and functional impairments across settings and transitions in children, adolescents and young adults.
The funding agency encourages applicants to contact the Program Contact listed in the RFA early in the application process to discuss the match between their application concept and the priorities outlined in the funding opportunity announcement.
NIMH intends to commit $1.4 million in direct costs in fiscal year 2020 to fund 5-6 awards.
Proposals are due
May 1, 2019
, and
Nov. 15, 2019
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NIH Secondary Data Analysis to Examine Long-Term and/or Potential Cross-Over Effects of Prevention Interventions: What are the Benefits for Preventing Mental Health Disorders?
The purpose of this funding opportunity is to encourage research to integrate/harmonize existing data sets from preventive intervention trials implemented early in life to:
1) examine risk and protective factors relevant to later mental health outcomes in childhood, adolescence and young adulthood; and
2) determine whether preventive interventions delivered earlier in life have long-term effects, and/or cross-over effects (e.g., unanticipated beneficial effects), on important mental health outcomes, including serious mental illness (e.g., depression, anxiety, suicide ideation and behaviors, and psychosis behaviors).
NIMH intends to commit $3 million to fund 4-6 awards and NCCIH intends to commit $500,000 to fund 1 award.
Proposals are due
May 2, 2019
, and
Jan. 2, 2020
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NIH: 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.
Proposals are due
May 7, 2020
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William T. Grant Foundation Scholars Program
The William T. Grant Scholars Program supports career development for promising early career researchers. The program funds five-year research and mentoring plans that significantly expand researchers' expertise in new disciplines, methods and content areas.
Applicants should have a track record of conducting high-quality research and an interest in pursuing a significant shift in their trajectories as researchers.
Proposals are due
July 2, 2019
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International Society for Developmental Psychobiology
Annual Meeting
CALL FOR PROPOSALS
The International Society for Developmental Psychobiology encourages research on the development of behavior in all organisms, with special attention to the effects of biological factors operating at any level of organization.
Symposium submission topics and categories include models of neurodevelopmental disorders, physiological processes, socio-emotional, perception, sleep, neurodevelopment and plasticity, learning, memory, cognitive processes, genetics and epigenetics, stress and adversity, GxE interactions, cultural influences, sensori-motor development and parental behavior.
Proposals are due
April 1, 2019
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Cognitive Development Society
Oct. 17-19, 2019
Louisville, Kentucky
CALL FOR PROPOSALS
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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2019 American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting
April 5-9, 2019
Toronto, Canada
The AERA Annual Meeting is the world’s largest gathering of education researchers and a showcase for groundbreaking, innovative studies in an array of areas.
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Nebraska Healthy Kids Summit
April 23-24, 2019
Nebraska Inovation Campus
Lincoln, Nebraska
The Nebraska Healthy Kids Summit promotes healthy eating and active living in Nebraska communities. This event connects stakeholders to explore research, practice and advocacy approaches, leading to a joint call to action promoting healthy eating and active living for children and families in Nebraska communities.
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Spring 2019 SBSRC Interdisciplinary Brown Bag Series
The Social and Behavioral Sciences Research Consortium is hosting a brown bag series on community-based participatory research (CBPR).
CBPR is an approach to research that involves equitable partnerships among researchers, communities and organizations. Partners are involved in all phases and aspects of the research process. CBPR practitioners benefit from highly relevant and generalizable findings with real-world, broader impacts.
CBPR Community and Researcher Panel
April 10, 2019
Noon – 1 p.m.
Nebraska Union, Regency Suite
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67th Annual Nebraska Symposium on Motivation
"Nature and Psychology: How the Natural World Shapes our Cognition"
April 11-12, 2019
University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Nebraska Union
The primary goal of this symposium is to delve deeper into the question of the mechanism(s) underlying the positive effects of natural environments through bringing together researchers from various disciplines.
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Pre-K CLASS Observation Training
April 29-30, 2019
8:30 a.m. – 5 p.m.
University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Prem S. Paul Research Center at Whittier School
Room 136
Participants will learn how development affects classroom interactions and the link between effective teacher-child interactions as it relates to learning. Training includes an overview of the CLASS measure and its uses, and will prepare participants to assess teaching quality based on the CLASS system.
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NAECR Networking: Connecting with Community Research Partners
May 1, 2019
Nebraska Union, Colonial A
2 – 4 p.m.
How can researchers and community partners work together to advance early childhood research and practice?
Join us for the next NAECR Networking event, where University of Nebraska researchers will present on their latest work in the early childhood field. A panel of community partners will also share their perspectives on early childhood research, working with researchers and translating research into practice.
The event will conclude with time for networking and making connections.
Participants may also attend the first part of the event via Zoom
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Connecting Research and Policy
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Student Research Opportunities
Advertise opportunities for graduate and undergraduate students seeking work experience in early childhood research.
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Find a Researcher
Find and collaborate with other early childhood researchers across the NU system.
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