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Research aims to reduce rural child obesity with responsive feeding practices | A Nebraska researcher is leading a first-of-its-kind project to help rural children establish healthy eating habits that lay the foundation for lifelong wellness. | | | |
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Postdoctoral Research Association position available for CYFS Project Managers/Coordinators
Dipti Dev, Betti and Richard Robinson associate professor of child, youth and family studies and Nebraska Extension specialist, is seeking a postdoctoral research associate to work on an NIH-funded project focused on improving early childhood nutrition and health in rural communities.
This full-time, two-year position in Dr. Dev’s lab has potential for extension, and offers a chance to conduct impactful research, mentor students and contribute to evidence-based policy solutions. Applications are being reviewed on a rolling basis.
Start date is flexible (February–July 2025).
For more details and to apply, email ddev2@unl.edu.
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Here are recent publications from NAECR researchers:
Back to school: Teachers’ initial perceptions of students’ executive function behaviors are important for teacher–student relationships and executive function development
Jenna Finch*, Psychology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Elise Garcia, Education, SRI International
Jelena Obradovic´, Developmental and Psychological Sciences, Stanford University
Technical Properties of the ClassMaps Survey
Bell Doll*, Educational Psychology, University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Farya Haider, Educational Psychology, University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Jay Jeffries, Educational Psychology, University of Nebraska–Lincoln
* Denotes NAECR Researcher
** Denotes NAECR Student Researcher
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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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University of Nebraska Collaboration Initiative
The Collaboration Initiative is designed to enhance the 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 seed grants are available 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 Nov. 1 to be eligible for funding.
Award budget: $10,000 – $100,000
Proposal due date: Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025
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Department of Education: Early Career Development and Mentoring Program for Educational Research
This program provides grants that prepare individual early career researchers at research institutions to conduct high-quality education research that advances knowledge within the education sciences and addresses issues important to education policymakers and practitioners.
Award budget: Up to $400,000 over two to four years.
Proposal due date: March 7, 2025
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Department of Education: Methods Training for Education Researchers
This program supports the training of current education researchers to expand and upgrade their methodological skills.
Supported training should respond to the ongoing development and adaptation of methods concerning the design of education studies, data collection, data analysis, practical interpretation of the results of analyses and the ethical issues regarding the use of the proposed methods.
Award budget: Up to $800,000 over three years.
Proposal due date: March 7, 2025
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Brady Education Foundation
The Brady Education Foundation is accepting research project proposals and existing program evaluation proposals that have the potential to provide data that will inform how to address disparities in educational opportunities associated with race, ethnicity and family income.
Stage 2 Proposal due date: April 1, 2025
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Funding Forecast: Administration for Children and Families Tribal Early Childhood and Family Economic Well-being Research Center
The Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation anticipates announcing the availability of funds and requesting applications for the Tribal Early Childhood and Family Economic Well-being Research Center (TRC). The TRC will provide leadership, collaboration, and support for culturally responsive and actionable research and evaluation of federal early childhood and family economic well-being initiatives that serve Indigenous communities.
Estimated award budget: $700,000 – $1,000,000
Estimated proposal due date: May 1, 2025
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Funding Forecast: Administration for Children and Families Tribal Child Care Data and Research Capacity Awards
The Tribal Child Care Data and Research Capacity Awards (Phase I) will support partnerships between Tribal (CCDF) Lead Agencies and research and coordinating organizations to develop and improve tribal data systems and strengthen capacity-building of Tribal CCDF Lead Agencies.
Sponsored projects will identify, collect, analyze and use early childhood data to complete research activities guiding policy and program improvement efforts.
Estimated award budget: $400,000
Estimated proposal due date: May 1, 2025
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Student Funding Forecast: Administration for Children and Families Graduate Student Dissertation Grants
The Administration for Children and Families supports rigorous dissertation research by advanced doctoral students addressing policy relevant issues. ACF is accepting proposals for child care, Head Start and behavioral interventions dissertation grants.
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Child Care Dissertation Grants
Estimated award budget: $20,000-$25,000
Estimated proposal due date: May 1, 2025
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Head Start Dissertation Grants
Estimated award budget: $20,000-$25,000
Estimated proposal due date: May 16, 2025
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Behavioral Interventions Scholars Grants
Estimated award budget: $20,000-$25,000
Estimated proposal due date: April 28, 2025
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2025 Symposium on Research in Child Language Disorders
Call for Proposals
May 29-31, 2025
Madison, Wisconsin
The SRCLD promotes high quality research on language disorders in children by providing a focused forum for scientific exchange and fostering connections between researchers.
The symposium is regularly attended by more than 200 researchers from the U.S. and other countries.
For 2025, submissions on any aspect of language and cognitive performance in all languages will be considered.
Proposal due date: Feb. 15, 2025
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MAP Academy 2024-25 Methodology Applications Series
Featuring HyeonJin Yoon
Friday, Feb. 7, 2025
Noon – 1:30 p.m. CST
Carolyn Pope Edwards Hall, Room 313
The Nebraska Academy for Methodology, Analytics and Psychometrics invites you to the third presentation of the 2024-25 Methodology Applications Series.
On Friday, Feb. 7, HyeonJin Yoon, MAP Academy research assistant professor, will lead a presentation titled, "Navigating Research Data Repositories to Support Secondary Analyses."
More details coming soon.
This four-talk series, hosted by MAP Academy with funding support from the Nebraska Research Initiative, will guide students and applied researchers in developing, maintaining and accessing high-quality data to promote rigorous and impactful research.
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MAP Academy 2024-25 Methodology Applications Series
Featuring Natalie Koziol
Friday, March 28, 2025
Noon – 1:30 p.m. CDT
Carolyn Pope Edwards Hall, Room 313
The Nebraska Academy for Methodology, Analytics and Psychometrics invites you to the third presentation of the 2024-25 Methodology Applications Series.
On Friday, March 28, Natalie Koziol, MAP Academy research associate professor, will lead a presentation titled, "Data Harmonization and Integrative Analysis Methods."
More details coming soon.
This four-talk series, hosted by MAP Academy with funding support from the Nebraska Research Initiative, will guide students and applied researchers in developing, maintaining and accessing high-quality data to promote rigorous and impactful research.
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