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Dear Colleagues,
Welcome to issue No. 100 of NAECR News!
When we began this newsletter back in March 2018, the first issue was sent to all 63 of NAECR's research affiliates.
Now, 99 newsletters later, our research affiliate network has grown to 85, all of whom — along with dozens of NAECR student researchers — will continue to receive NAECR News twice a month to stay up to date on the latest early childhood research news.
During the past four years, we have seen big changes to the University of Nebraska, the country and the world. One thing that hasn't changed, however, is our commitment to help inform and connect the early childhood research community across the NU system.
Through features on early childhood researchers, recent publications by NAECR researchers, new funding opportunities and announcements of upcoming conferences and events, NAECR News will continue sharing the latest news in early childhood research.
We're glad you are part of our NAECR community. Thank you for your continued work in early childhood research.
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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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Summer, Fall Childhood Graduate Courses Available
Graduate students who are interested in early childhood are encouraged to visit the site when planning for class registration.
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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 2023 for the Education Research and Training 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.
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Here are recent publications from NAECR researchers:
Soo-Young Hong, Child, Youth & Family Studies, University of Nebraska–Lincoln; Elizabeth Steed, School of Education & Human Development, University of Colorado Denver; Lori Meyer, College of Education and Social Services, University of Vermont; Ibrahim Acar, 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! 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 July 21, 2022.
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U.S. Department of Education Innovation and Research Program Grants
The Education Innovation and Research (EIR) program provides funding to create, develop, implement, replicate or take to scale entrepreneurial, evidence-based, field-initiated innovations to improve student achievement and attainment for high-need students and to rigorously evaluate such innovations.
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Early phase grants must demonstrate a rationale.
Funding will support the development, implementation and feasibility testing of a program, which prior research suggests has promise, for the purpose of determining whether the program can successfully improve student achievement and attainment for high-need students.
Proposal due date: July 21, 2022
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Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation Cooperative Agreement
The Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation (OPRE) within the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is soliciting applications for a five-year cooperative agreement that will fund a center to support research and evaluation capacity of Child Care Development Fund (CCDF) Lead Agencies.
Specifically, the center will build research and evaluation capacity in the child care subsidy policy field by facilitating information sharing, learning and collaboration across ACF-sponsored research partnerships funded by OPRE.
Proposal due date: July 26, 2022
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Brady Education Foundation
Call for Proposals
The Brady Education Foundation is currently accepting proposals focused on evaluating programs that have the potential of helping to close the opportunity and resulting achievement gaps associated with race and family income.
Stage 1 proposal due date: Aug. 1, 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.
Proposal due date: Sept. 9, 2022
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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: Aug. 3, 2022
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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: Aug. 3, 2022
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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
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New! 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.
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American Educational Research Association
2023 Annual Meeting
Call for Proposals
April 13-17, 2023
Chicago, Illinois & Virtual
AERA is currently accepting proposals for its 2023 Annual Meeting. The meeting theme is “Interrogating Consequential Education Research in Pursuit of Truth.”
Proposal due date: July 27, 2022
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Society for Research in Child Development
2023 Biennial Meeting
Call for Proposals
March 23-25, 2023
Salt Lake City, Utah
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.
The proposal submission portal will open in early July.
Proposal due date: Sept. 8, 2022
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New! CLASS Observation Training
Participants will learn how development affects classroom interactions and the link between effective teacher-child interactions as it relates to learning. Training includes an overview of the CLASS measure and its uses, and will prepare you to assess teaching quality based on the CLASS system.
All CLASS trainings will be held at the Prem S. Paul Research Center at Whittier School, Room 136, at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln.
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K-3 CLASS Observation Training
Aug. 18-19
9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Register by July 19
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Infant CLASS Observation Training
Aug. 23-24
9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Register by July 24
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Toddler CLASS Observation Training
Sept. 15-16
9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Register by Aug. 15
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Is there an upcoming conference you want to publicize? A new publication you would like to share? Let us know! |
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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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