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New report available from Communities for Kids
A new report is available highlighting major milestones achieved by Nebraska’s Communities for Kids (C4K) initiative: "The Early Years: Partnering with Communities to Prioritize Child Care." C4K’s mission is to partner with communities throughout the state to prioritize the expansion and enhancement of quality early childhood care and education by identifying and addressing each community’s unique strengths and needs.
The initiative was created in response to community requests for assistance with shortages of quality early care and education programs — shortages that both impact children’s optimal development and pose a challenge for communities hoping to attract and retain the viable workforces they need to thrive.
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Here are recent publications from NAECR researchers:
Carrie Clark*, Department of Educational Psychology, University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Patricia Cardellini de Almeida, Department of Educational Psychology, University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Keyoor Joshi, Department of Educational Psychology, University of Nebraska–Lincoln
* Denotes NAECR Researcher
** Denotes NAECR Student Researcher
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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! New America Learning Sciences Exchange Fellowship
The Learning Sciences Exchange (LSX) is a fellowship for mid-career professionals interested in catalyzing change in schools and communities. LSC is seeking applicants for the 2024-25 cohort.
Researchers, journalists, entrepreneurs and entertainment producers with a focus on the science of learning and family engagement are encouraged to apply.
Award budget: $15,000–$30,000
Proposal due date: July 15, 2024
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New! U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences Funding Opportunities
The U.S. Department of Education’s Institute of Education Science’s (IES) is inviting applications for four research competitions through two of its centers: the National Center for Education Research (NCER) and the National Center for Special Education Research (NCSER).
NCER is announcing two competitions in the following areas: education research, and statistical and research methodology in education. NCSER is announcing two competitions — one competition in each of the following areas: special education research, and special education research training.
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Application packages will become available between May 30 and June 13, 2024.
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The application deadline is Sept. 12, 2024.
Current details on all competitions listed below are available here.
Education Research Grants (84.305A): This program seeks to expand the understanding of education programs, practices and policies in the United States and how they are related to education outcomes for learners at all levels, including early childhood, elementary, secondary, postsecondary and adult education. For FY 2025, NCER will consider only applications that address one of 11 topics.
Statistical and Research Methodology in the Education Sciences (84.305D): This program seeks to provide a wide range of methodological and statistical tools that will better enable applied education scientists to conduct rigorous education research. For FY 2025, NCER will consider applications that address one of the following topics: Core Grants and Toolkits.
Special Education Research Grants (84.324A): This program seeks to expand the knowledge base and understanding of learners with or at risk for disabilities from infancy through postsecondary education. For FY 2025, NCSER will consider only applications that address the following topic: Education Systems.
Research Training Programs in Special Education (84.324B): These training programs seek to prepare individuals to conduct rigorous and relevant special education and early intervention research that advances knowledge within the field and addresses issues important to education policymakers and practitioners. For FY 2025, there is one training program in special education — early career development and mentoring.
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New! U.S. Department of Education Transformative Research in the Education Sciences Grant Program
The Institute of Education Sciences is announcing two competitions — one competition in each of the following areas: using longitudinal data to support state education policymaking; and transformative research in the education sciences.
Using Longitudinal Data to Support State Education Policymaking: Under this competition, NCER will only consider applications that address state agencies' use of their State's education longitudinal data systems to identify and reduce opportunity and achievement gaps for learners from prekindergarten through adult education.
Proposal due date: Aug. 15, 2024
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Transformative Research in the Education Sciences: Through this program, IES seeks to support innovative research that has the potential to make dramatic advances towards solving seemingly intractable problems and challenges in the education field and/or to accelerate the pace of conducting education research to facilitate major breakthroughs.
Proposal due date: Sept. 12, 2024
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Spencer Foundation: Field-initiated Research Grant Programs
These grants support rigorous, intellectually ambitious and technically sound research that is relevant to the most pressing questions and compelling opportunities in education. the Spencer Foundation values work that fosters creative and open-minded scholarship, engages in deep inquiry, and examines robust questions related to education. They seek to support scholarship that develops new foundational knowledge that may also have a lasting impact on policy-making, practice or educational discourse.
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Research Grants on Education-Large
The Large Research Grants on Education Program supports education research projects that will contribute to the improvement of education, broadly conceived, with budgets ranging from $125,000 to $500,000 for projects ranging from one to five years.
Proposal due date: June 18, 2024
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Racial Equity Research Grants
The Racial Equity Research Grants program supports education research projects that will contribute to understanding and ameliorating racial inequality in education. Focus is on studies that aim to understand and disrupt the reproduction and deepening of inequality in education, and which seek to (re)imagine and make new forms of equitable education.
Award budget: Up to $75,000
Proposal due date: June 27, 2024
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Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation Grant Opportunities
The Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation in the Administration for Children and Families is soliciting proposals for a number of grant opportunities.
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New! Center for Home-based Child Care Research
This grant opportunity will provide funding to address key research and evaluation questions related to care and education access for infants and toddlers at the national, state or local level.
Specifically, these awards will support either: 1) descriptive research studies to document current access, shifts in access over time, or the characteristics of specific policies, practices or other efforts that may be affecting access; or 2) evaluations to explore the implementation or effects of specific policies, practices or other efforts that may be affecting access.
Award budget: $75,000–$450,000
Proposal due date: July 10, 2024
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Access to Infant and Toddler Care and Education: Research and Evaluation Grants
This grant opportunity will provide funding to address key research and evaluation questions related to care and education access for infants and toddlers at the national, state or local level.
Specifically, these awards will support either: 1) descriptive research studies to document current access, shifts in access over time, or the characteristics of specific policies, practices or other efforts that may be affecting access; or 2) evaluations to explore the implementation or effects of specific policies, practices or other efforts that may be affecting access.
Proposed projects can include primary data collection and/or leverage secondary data sources. Proposed projects can use quantitative, qualitative, or mixed-methods data at the national, state or territory, or local level.
Award budget: $75,000–$450,000
Proposal due date: July 8, 2024
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Child Care and Development Fund Lead Agency Data and Research Capacity Grants
This grant opportunity will provide funding to support partnerships between CCDF Lead Agencies and researchers to develop and improve state, territory and Tribal data systems and build the capacity of CCDF Lead Agencies to collect, analyze and use data to guide child care policy decisions and program improvement efforts.
These 18-month projects will fund a planning phase to develop a research plan to address questions of interest to the CCDF Lead Agency, including a plan for identifying, linking and using state, territory and Tribal data to inform child care policy decisions.
Award budget: $75,000–$150,000
Proposal due date: July 8, 2024
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New! 2024 Thriving Children, Families, Communities Conference
Sept. 17, 2024
Younes Conference Center North
Kearney, Nebraska
Registration is now open for this free, in-person conference, which focuses on one of the biggest challenges facing families, employers and communities: quality early childhood care and education.
This conference is for engaged community leaders across the state from fields such as business, health care, economic development, education, public policy, local government, philanthropy and more.
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New! UNK-Community Early Childhood Conference
Sept. 27-28, 2024
University of Nebraska at Kearney
Kearney, Nebraska
Registration is now open for the 2024 UNK-Community Early Childhood Conference. This year’s theme is “Promoting Knowledge and Well-being for Children, Families and Educators.”
The intended audience includes university faculty, childcare providers, teachers, early interventionists and community members interested in early care and education.
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National Association of School Psychologists
2025 Annual Convention
Feb. 18-21, 2025
Seattle, Washington
Call for Proposals
NASP is seeking proposals for papers, posters and symposia that will appeal to seasoned practitioners and assist them in delivering the highest quality, evidence-based practices in school.
Proposal due date: Wednesday, June 12, 2024
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Administration for Children and Families
National Research Conference on Early Childhood
June 24-26, 2024
Arlington, Virginia
This conference focuses on the latest research surrounding Head Start, Early Head Start, child care, home visiting, child welfare, special education, pre-kindergarten, early elementary and other childhood programs. It includes plenary sessions, paper symposia, poster symposia, poster sessions and informal events.
Select symposia will be livestreamed for those who wish to attend virtually. There is no cost to register, and all in-person and virtual participants must register to attend.
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Connecting Research and Policy
Learn more and sign up for alerts about legislation relevant to early childhood researchers.
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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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Find a Researcher
Find and collaborate with other early childhood researchers across the NU system.
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NAECR News archives available
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