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Nebraska Academy for Early Childhood Research
August 22, 2022
Greetings!

The NAECR team extends best wishes to you as we begin the 2022-23 academic year. We hope your summer break was both restful and productive. 

One of our primary aims for NAECR is to create connections and collaborations among early childhood researchers from across the University of Nebraska system. To ensure this, we continue to offer various supports and resources.

In addition to NAECR News, NAECR researchers can:


If there are new colleagues who could benefit from a connection to NAECR, please share their information and we will invite them to participate.

We look forward to connecting with you. Please let us know how we can support you and continue to build a vibrant early childhood research community at the University of Nebraska.
Lisa Knoche, Ph.D. 
Research Associate Professor
Director, Nebraska Academy for Early Childhood Research
Co-director, Nebraska Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families & Schools
NAECR selects 2022-23 Policy Fellows

Carrie Clark, Amy Encinger, Holly Hatton-Bowers, Sara Kupzyk, Dawn Mollenkopf and Amy Napoli have been selected by the Nebraska Academy for Early Childhood Research as NAECR Policy Fellows for the 2022-23 academic year.

Read more
cyfs.unl.edu
Here are recent publications from NAECR researchers:

Susan Loveall, Special Education and Communication Disorders, University of Nebraska–Lincoln*
Adrienne Pitt, Special Education and Communication Disorders, University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Kimberly Rolfe, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Mississippi
Jamie Mann, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Mississippi

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 Education/Special Education Research Grant Program
 
The U.S. Department of Education’s Institute of Education Sciences (IES) has issued a notice inviting applications for new awards for fiscal year 2023 for the Education Research and Training and Special Education Research Grant Programs.
 
Letters of intent for most opportunities are due Sept. 8, 2022.
 
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.

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. 

Proposal due date: Sept. 8, 2022

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.

Grants are only made if a successful project outcome will likely be of significant interest to other professionals, within the grantee’s field of endeavor, and would have a direct benefit and potential national application.

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, 2022

2022 Thriving Children, Families and Communities Conference

Sept. 19, 2022
Younes Conference Center
Kearney, Nebraska

The 2022 Thriving Children, Families and Communities Conference will bring together community leaders from across Nebraska to continue building momentum around quality early childhood education and its connection to economic development and community vitality.

Community members and experts will discuss challenges, share success stories, learn from one another and highlight the importance of implementing high-quality birth to grade 3 care and education.

University of Nebraska at Kearney Community
Sixth Annual Early Childhood Conference

Oct. 21-22, 2022
University of Nebraska at Kearney
Nebraskan Student Union

The UNK-Community 2022 Early Childhood Conference will center on the theme, “Promoting Knowledge and Well-Being for Children, Families and Educators.”

Attendees will include researchers, childcare providers, early childhood teachers and administrators, and students.

Society for Research in Child Development
2023 Biennial Meeting

Call for Proposals

March 23-25, 2023

The primary goal of SRCD is to promote the understanding of child development through research and dissemination. SRCD members conduct theoretical studies, basic and applied research, and policy analyses to understand and enhance child development.

SRCD’s biennial meeting aims to meet the goal of understanding child development through research while serving as a network and forum for its members and attendees.

Proposal due date: Sept. 8, 2022

There are no events scheduled at this time.
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