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Aug. 14, 2023
Advertise Student Opportunities on NAECR website

Will you have research opportunities for undergraduate or graduate students this fall? Advertise those positions on the Student Research Opportunities page by completing the faculty input form.

The site is shared with students once the semester begins, so we encourage you to add your positions now.
IES invites applications for Education/Special Education Research Grant Program Awards

The U.S. Department of Education’s Institute of Education Sciences (IES) has issued a notice inviting applications for new awards for fiscal year 2024 for the Education Research and Special Education Research Grant Programs.

NAECR can assist you in finding research partners for your IES application. Check out the NAECR Find a Researcher database to identify potential team members.

For assistance with building a collaborative team, please contact Lisa Knoche at lknoche2@unl.edu

Here are recent publications from NAECR researchers:

Caroline Krafft, Department of Economics and Political Science, St. Catherine University
Abbie Raikes*, College of Public Health, University of Nebraska Medical Center
Samira Nikaein Towfighian, Education Global Practice, The World Bank
Rebecca Sayre Mojgani, ECD Measure

Julie Dwyer, School of Education, Quinnipiac University
Rachel Schachter*, Department of Child, Youth & Family Studies, University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Alessandra Ward, Department of Education, Wheaton College

 * Denotes NAECR Researcher
** Denotes NAECR Student Researcher
Would you like to see your work featured here? Contact us at naecr@unl.edu
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.
IES Funding opportunities

The U.S. Department of Education’s Institute of Education Sciences (IES) has issued a notice inviting applications for new awards for fiscal year 2024 for the Education Research and Special Education Research Grant Programs.

NAECR can assist you in finding research partners for your IES application. Check out the NAECR Find a Researcher database to identify potential team members.

For assistance with building a collaborative team, please contact Lisa Knoche at lknoche2@unl.edu

Spencer Foundation – Vision Grant Program

The Vision Grants program funds the collaborative planning of innovative, methodologically diverse, interdisciplinary research on education that contributes to transforming education systems for equity.

Vision Grants are research planning grants to bring together a team, for 6 to 12 months, to collaboratively develop ambitious, large-scale research projects focused on transforming educational systems toward greater equity.

Budget: $75,000

Letter of intent due date: Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2023

Proposal due date: Sept. 14, 2023

Caplan Foundation for Early Childhood

The Caplan Foundation for Early Childhood is an incubator of promising research and development projects that appear likely to improve the welfare of young children, from infancy through 7 years, in the United States.

Funding is provided in the areas of early childhood welfare, early childhood education and play and parenting education.

The Foundation’s goal is to provide seed money to implement those imaginative proposals that exhibit the greatest chance of improving the lives of young children, on a national scale.

Letter of inquiry due date: Sept. 30, 2023

Student Funding: Elizabeth Munsterberg Koppitz Child Psychology Graduate Student Fellowship

The Elizabeth Munsterberg Koppitz Fellowship program supports graduate research projects and scholarships in child psychology and seeks to nurture excellent young scholars in areas of psychology, such as child-clinical, pediatric, school, educational, and developmental psychopathology.

Budget: $25,000

Proposal due date: Nov. 15, 2023

New! Child Health Research Institute
Annual Scientific Conference

Call for Proposals

Nov. 3, 2023
University of Nebraska at Omaha Scott Conference Center
Omaha, Nebraska

The Child Health Research Institute is accepting proposals for its second annual scientific conference. The day will include a keynote presentation, breakout sessions, a juried abstract and poster symposium, and dedicated networking time.

Proposal due date: Sept. 21, 2023

New! Minority Health Disparities Initiative
Health Equity Conference

Feb. 23, 2024
Nebraska Innovation Campus Conference Center
Lincoln, Nebraska

Each year MHDI holds an annual conference that brings together organizations, researchers and thinkers to share strategies and resources for advancing health equity in Nebraska and beyond.

The 2024 conference will address how social, economic and environmental factors impact health and healthcare.

No events are scheduled at this time.
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