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Register: 2022 CYFS Summit on Research in Early Childhood
Registration is open through tomorrow, March 15, for the sixth biennial CYFS Summit on Research in Early Childhood, April 13 at the Nebraska Innovation Campus Conference Center. Early registration is encouraged due to limited seating.
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Here are recent publications from NAECR researchers:
Rachel Schachter, Child, Youth & Family Studies, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
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Would you like to see your work featured here? Contact us at naecr@unl.edu
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NAECR can assist you in finding research partners for your funding applications and 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 building a collaborative team, need assistance with proposal development or would like to discuss funding opportunities for your research.
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New! OSEP Technical Assistance Center on Positive Social, Emotional and Behavioral Outcomes for Young Children with, and at Risk for, Developmental Delays or Disabilities
The Department of Education’s Office of Special Education is inviting proposals for a cooperative agreement to establish and operate a Technical Assistance Center on Positive Social, Emotional and Behavioral Outcomes for Young Children with, and at risk for, developmental delays or disabilities
The center will improve state and local capacity to implement, scale-up, and sustain effective practices and policies to equitably support the social, emotional and behavioral development of young children with/at risk for developmental disabilities.
Award budget: Up to $1,100,000
Proposal due date: March 21, 2022
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New! OSEP Personnel Preparation in Special Education, Early Intervention, and Related Services for Personnel Serving Children with Disabilities
The Department of Education’s Office of Special Education is inviting proposals to fund interdisciplinary projects that prepare special education, early intervention and related services personnel at the master’s degree, educational specialist degree or clinical doctoral degree levels for professional practice in natural environments, early learning programs, classrooms, school settings and in distance learning environments serving children, including infants and toddlers, and youth with disabilities.
Award budget: $200,000-$250,000
Proposal due date: April 15, 2022
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New! OSEP Innovative Technology-Based Approaches for Assessing Children with Disabilities
The Department of Education’s Office of Special Education is inviting proposals to develop the knowledge base and disseminate information about technology-based approaches to assessment for children with disabilities.
A cooperative agreement will be funded under each of the following focus areas: a) infants, toddlers and preschool-age children with disabilities, and b) school-age children with disabilities.
Award budget: Up to $500,000
Proposal due date: May 2, 2022
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New! OSEP Early Childhood Systems Technical Assistance Center
The Department of Education’s Office of Special Education is inviting proposals for a cooperative agreement to create an Early Childhood Systems Technical Assistance Center.
The Center will support state and local capacity to improve and sustain equitable systems that support access by, and full participation of, young children with disabilities across early childhood programs, to provide equitable access to IDEA services, and to provide effective IDEA services that reflect evidence-based and culturally and linguistically responsive interventions to improve the outcomes of young children with disabilities and their families.
Award budget: Up to $5,400,000
Proposal due date: May 6, 2022
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Office of Research and Economic Development Layman Awards
These awards provide funding for projects that enhance the grantee's ability to obtain external funding to support prominent scholarly work.
Proposal due date: March 31, 2022
Layman Seed Program
Layman Seed Awards provide funding for research projects by early career, non-tenured faculty.
Funding amount: Up to $10,000.
Layman New Directions
The Layman New Directions mechanism provides funding for faculty who are tenured and branching into new research directions or need funding to support pilot/development work towards a next step in a funded research program.
Funding amount: Up to $10,000.
CYFS is available to help faculty conceptualize research projects, develop competitive grant proposals and support grants upon award.
If you are considering a proposal, please contact Maggie Montoya, CYFS proposal development coordinator, at maggie.montoya@unl.edu as soon as possible, as the Layman deadline is fast approaching.
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Student Funding: Buffett Early Childhood Institute Graduate Scholars Program
The Buffett Early Childhood Institute is accepting applications from advanced doctoral students within the University of Nebraska system.
The 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.
Award amount: Up to $25,000
Proposal due date: March 31, 2022
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Student Funding: Administration for Children and Families Graduate Student Dissertation Grants
Child Care Dissertation Grants
Award budget: $20,000-$25,000
Proposal due date: April 4, 2022
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Head Start Dissertation Grants
Award budget: $20,000-$25,000
Proposal due date: April 5, 2022
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Forecasted: Behavioral Interventions Scholars Grants
Estimated award budget: $20,000-$25,000
Estimated proposal due date: May 19, 2022
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UNL Grand Challenges Catalyst Competition
The Office of the Chancellor and the Office of Research and Economic Development have committed $40 million toward the Grand Challenges Catalyst Competition. Up to $10 million is available for allocation each year in 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025.
Proposal due date: April 29, 2022
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Secondary Analyses of Child Care Data, Secondary Analyses of Head Start and Early Head Start Data
The Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation in the Administration for Children and Families plans to solicit applications in 2022 for two new research grant programs. Findings from both programs are intended to inform policy, program administration and future research.
Secondary Analyses of Head Start and Early Head Start Data
Proposals will support researchers conducting secondary analyses of data to address key questions of relevance to Head Start and Early Head Start programs and policies.
Award budget: $90,000-$100,000
Proposal due date: May 2, 2022
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Secondary Analyses of Child Care Data
Proposals will support researchers conducting secondary analyses of data to address key questions of relevance to the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF).
Award budget: $90,000-$100,000
Proposal due date: May 4, 2022
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HRSA Early Childhood Developmental Health System
The purpose of the Early Childhood Developmental Health System program is to fund the study and implementation of integrated statewide health promotion, screening and intervention systems that advance early childhood developmental health and well-being, with a focus on P-3 populations experiencing persistent poverty and/or health disparities.
Proposal due date: May 10, 2022
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National Science Foundation and William T. Grant Foundation: Increasing the Use, Usefulness and Impact of Research About Youth
The National Science Foundation and William T. Grant Foundation have released a coordinated call for proposals focused on helping the public and private sectors use research to increase quality of life for America’s youth.
Proposals may be submitted to either NSF or WT Grant. Proposers can submit to both organizations only if the proposed activities submitted to each organization are unique and not redundant.
National Science Foundation
NSF is encouraging submission of proposals that will increase the quality of life for America’s youth, including improving decision-makers’ use of research, making research more useful in policy creation and practice, and when/how research findings improve youth outcomes.
Proposals may be submitted anytime.
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William T. Grant Research Grants on Improving the Use of Research Evidence
This program supports research on strategies to improve the use of research evidence in ways that benefit young people ages 5-25 in the United States, including what it takes to produce useful research evidence, what it takes to get research used and what happens when research is used.
Letter of inquiry due dates: May 4, August 3
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William T. Grant Research Grants on Reducing Inequality
This program supports research to build, test, or increase understanding of programs, policies, or practices to reduce inequality in the academic, social, behavioral, or economic outcomes of young people ages 5-25 in the United States. We prioritize studies that aim to reduce inequalities that exist along dimensions of race, ethnicity, economic standing, language minority status or immigrant origins.
Letter of inquiry due dates: May 4, August 3
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Funding Forecast: SAMHSA Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Grant Program
The purpose of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration grant program is to improve outcomes for children by developing, maintaining or enhancing infant and early childhood mental health promotion, intervention and treatment services.
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2022 CYFS Summit on Research in Early Childhood
April 13, 2022
8 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Nebraska Innovation Campus
Hosted by CYFS, the daylong event will include opening remarks from University of Nebraska President Ted Carter, a keynote address by Vanderbilt University’s Cynthia Osborne, research presentations from NU faculty, a graduate student poster session, and commentary and discussion on the research, practices and policies improving the developmental trajectories of young children.
The event will include lunch and an evening reception for all registered participants.
Early registration is encouraged due to limited seating. If space is available, registration will remain open through Tuesday, March 15.
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Child Health Research Institute Pediatric Research Forum
Call for Proposals
May 5-6, 2022
Omaha, Nebraska
The Child Health Research Institute’s annual Pediatric Research Forum is an opportunity for medical scientists and trainees to network and share their current work via abstract submissions and a poster session.
Poster proposal due date: April 1, 2022
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2022 Nebraska Conference on Health Equity
April 26-27, 2022
Nebraska Innovation Campus
Lincoln, Nebraska
The Nebraska Conference on Health Equity is a call to action on healthy equity in Nebraska. The conference will explore the ways that community connections and connectedness build healthier communities in Nebraska.
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Division for Early Childhood 38th Annual Conference
on Young Children with Disabilities and their Families
Call for Proposals
Sept. 27-30, 2022
Chicago, Illinois
The 2022 DEC annual conference will be held jointly with the International Society on Early Intervention (ISEI).
Proposal due date: Tuesday, March 15, 2022
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National Research Conference on Early Childhood 2022
June 27-29, 2022
Arlington, Virginia
This three-day event presents the latest research about Head Start, Early Head Start, child care, home visiting, child welfare, special education, pre-kindergarten, early elementary and other early childhood programs.
The conference aims to strengthen programs serving young children, inform those establishing national policies for low-income families, and contribute to a meaningful research agenda in the early childhood field.
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Buffett Early Childhood Institute
Spring 2022 Professional Development for All series
Virtual
The Buffett Early Childhood Institute’s Spring 2022 Professional Development for All webinar series will examine the importance of ensuring children have opportunities to learn and develop through experiences that connect new ideas and concepts to their knowledge, interests and cultural values.
April 6: Shifting from Teacher to Learner: Transforming Teacher-Family Relationships
May 3: Why Cultural, Linguistic and Personal Relevance Matters
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MAP Academy Nebraska Methodology Workshop Series
Featuring Jessica DeCuir-Gunby
Thursday & Friday, April 7-8, 2022
Noon – 1:30 p.m.
Virtual
Jessica DeCuir-Gunby, head of the Department of Teacher Education and Learning Sciences at North Carolina State University, will lead the two-day event.
Her April 7 virtual research keynote, "Understanding Critical Race Mixed Methodology by Exploring the Experiences of African American Students," will be at noon.
The keynote is free and open to the public, and requires no registration.
Session 1 of "Developing a Critical Race Mixed Methods Study: Combining Critical Race Theory Mixed Methods Research" will be from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. CDT at the Willa Cather Dining Complex, Pioneers Suite.
Session 2 will be from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. CDT.
Zoom links will be emailed to registrants the day before the workshops.
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MAP Academy Spring 2022 Methodology Applications Series
Featuring Keyonna King
Friday, April 15, 2022
Noon – 1:30 p.m.
Virtual
On Friday, April 15, Keyonna King, assistant professor, UNMC College of Public Health, will lead a virtual presentation titled, "Leveraging Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) to Enhance Design, Innovation and Cultural Appropriateness."
The theme of the 2021-22 Methodology Applications Series is “Pursuing Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Research: Design and Methodology Considerations.”
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MAP Academy Spring 2022 Methodology Applications Series
Featuring Catherine Garcia
Friday, May 6, 2022
Noon – 1:30 p.m.
Virtual
On Friday, May 6, Catherine Garcia, assistant professor of human development and family science at Syracuse University, will lead a virtual presentation titled, "Unpacking Latinx/Hispanic Ethnicity: Using an Intersectionality Approach to Understand Health Among Older Latinxs."
The theme of the 2021-22 Methodology Applications Series is “Pursuing Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Research: Design and Methodology Considerations.”
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NAECR Student Researchers
Students involved in early childhood research at the University of Nebraska can access a number of resources through NAECR.
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