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Dear Colleagues,
With the end of the fall semester and holidays just around the corner, we hope you have a safe, peaceful and happy holiday season.
Thank you for your continued work in early childhood research. We look forward to working with you on the new opportunities ahead in 2024!
Sincerely,
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Lisa Knoche, Ph.D.
Research Associate Professor
Director, Nebraska Academy for Early Childhood Research
Co-Director, Nebraska Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families and Schools
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University of Nebraska faculty and graduate students.
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CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS
Faculty in the University of Nebraska system who are interested in presenting at the summit are invited to submit research proposals. Selected presentations will represent a range of early childhood issues and topics. CYFS research affiliates, NAECR researchers and NAECR student researchers are encouraged to apply.
CALL FOR POSTERS
Graduate students from the University of Nebraska system are invited to submit poster proposals for presentation at the summit, provided at least one faculty member serves as a co-author. Faculty are encouraged to pass along this email to any graduate students who might be interested in this opportunity.
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Presentation and poster proposals are due
on or before Feb. 19, 2024.
To learn more and submit a proposal, please click one of the buttons below.
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Sponsors:
The 2024 CYFS Early Childhood Research Summit aims to:
- Communicate cutting-edge early childhood findings from University of Nebraska–affiliated researchers and colleagues.
- Link ongoing efforts in early childhood research, practice and policy.
- Advance the science of early childhood education and development via connections among community partners, key stakeholders, policymakers, early childhood practitioners and researchers.
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Summit Details
Tuesday, April 23, 2024
8 a.m. – 4 p.m. CDT
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Here are recent publications from NAECR researchers:
Rachel Schachter*, Child, Youth & Family Studies, University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Lisa Knoche *, Nebraska Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families and Schools, University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Molly Goldberg**, Child, Youth & Family Studies, University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Junrong Lu, Educational Psychology, University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Cindy Faith Miller, College of Education, Texas State University
Lorey Wheeler*, Nebraska Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families and Schools, University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Bobbi Woods, T. Denny Sanford School of Social and Family Dynamics, Arizona State University
* 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! 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: Jan. 31, 2024
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University of Nebraska Faculty Grants Collaboration Initiative
The Collaboration Initiative is designed to enhance competitiveness of University of Nebraska faculty for federal extramural funding by fully leveraging the intellectual capacity and research resources across the NU campuses.
One-year grants are available to fund seed grants designed to strengthen federal research funding applications. Awards are available to collaborative teams with faculty from at least two different NU campuses.
Principal Investigators must attend the Faculty Collaboration Initiative Grants Annual Meeting on Oct. 6, 2023, to be eligible for funding; if conflicts exist, partial day attendance is acceptable.
If significant University-related obligations prevent attendance, please contact Kelly Dick at nri@nebraska.edu to request a waiver after registering by Sept. 25, 2023.
Budget: $10,000-$100,000 total for one year.
Proposal due date: Jan. 2, 2024
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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 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.
Research Training Programs in the Education Sciences
Statistical and Research Methodology in Education
Research Networks Focused on Critical Problems of Education Policy and Practice
Special Education Research and Development Center
Proposal due date: Jan. 11, 2024
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Funding forecast: Child Care Policy Research Partnerships, Secondary Analyses of Child Care and Early Education Data
The Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation in the Administration for Children and Families plans to solicit applications in 2024 for two new research grant programs. Findings from both programs are intended to inform policy, program administration and future research.
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Secondary Analyses of Child Care and Early Education Data
Proposals will support researchers conducting secondary analyses of data to address key questions of relevance to the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF).
Estimated award budget: $90,000-$100,000
Estimated proposal due date: May 10, 2024
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Child Care Policy Research Partnerships
Proposals will support five-year cooperative agreements between Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) Lead Agencies in states, territories or tribes, and research partnership organizations to develop investigations of child care subsidy policies and practices to increase low-income families’ access to quality child care.
Estimated award budget: $100,000-$400,000
Estimated proposal due date: May 31, 2024
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New! 2024 Symposium on Research in Child Language Disorders
May 30 – June 1, 2024
Madison, Wisconsin
Call for Proposals
The SRCLD features presentations by researchers on theoretical advances and programmatic research summaries, panel discussions and contributed papers. The symposium is regularly attended by more than 200 researchers from the U.S. and other countries.
For 2024, submissions on any aspect of language and cognitive performance in all languages will be considered.
Proposal due date: Feb. 15, 2024
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New! Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior
International Conference 2024
July 29 – Aug. 1, 2024
Knoxville, Tennessee
Call for Proposals
The SNEB’s international conference provides nutrition professionals the opportunity to explore the latest in nutrition education and behavior change research, practice and policy.
SNEB is currently accepting proposals that report primary, secondary or tertiary research on any aspect of nutrition education and/or behavior.
Proposal due date: March 1, 2024
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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 health care.
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American Psychological Association 2024 Convention
Aug. 8-10, 2024
Seattle, Washington
Call for Proposals
The APA is currently accepting proposals for division sessions, division posters and Psych Science in 3 presentations for its 2024 convention. Convention attendees include practitioners, researchers, educators, applied psychologists and policymakers from all areas of specialization in the discipline.
Proposal due date: Jan. 10, 2024
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National Home Visiting Summit
Jan. 31 – Feb. 2, 2024
Grand Hyatt/Hybrid
Washington, D.C.
The National Home Visiting Summit aims to integrate policy, practice and research to influence systems change, with the goal of advancing equitable and high-quality home visiting services, structures and systems.
Proposals should demonstrate a clear connection to diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging that advances the home visiting field and connected systems of care through innovations, diverse perspectives and a focus on impact.
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2024 CYFS Early Childhood Research Summit
Tuesday, April 23, 2024
8 a.m. – 4 p.m. CDT
Mark your calendars for the 2024 CYFS Early Childhood Research Summit.
The seventh biennial summit will consist of several presentations and related roundtable discussions on the research and practices that are improving the developmental trajectories of young children.
The summit's keynote speaker is Chrishana Lloyd, a research scholar in early childhood development at Child Trends, one of the nation’s most respected sources for research and data on children. With more than 25 years of experience in education and social science, Lloyd is an expert in applied implementation research, racial equity framing in a historical context, innovative data collection methods, and early care and education workforce issues and initiatives.
Sponsors:
The 2024 CYFS Early Childhood Research Summit aims to:
- Communicate cutting-edge early childhood findings from University of Nebraska–affiliated researchers and colleagues.
- Link ongoing efforts in early childhood research, practice and policy.
- Advance the science of early childhood education and development via connections among community partners, key stakeholders, policymakers, early childhood practitioners and researchers.
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University of Nebraska faculty and graduate students.
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CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS
Faculty in the University of Nebraska system who are interested in presenting at the summit are invited to submit research proposals. Selected presentations will represent a range of early childhood issues and topics. CYFS research affiliates, NAECR researchers and NAECR student researchers are encouraged to apply.
CALL FOR POSTERS
Graduate students from the University of Nebraska system are invited to submit poster proposals for presentation at the summit, provided at least one faculty member serves as a co-author. Faculty are encouraged to pass along this email to any graduate students who might be interested in this opportunity.
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Presentation and poster proposals are due
on or before Feb. 19, 2024.
To learn more and submit a proposal, please click one of the buttons below.
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