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NAECR Networking event highlights communication
of early childhood research from across NU system
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Early childhood research across the University of Nebraska system was the focus of the Spring NAECR Networking event May 5.
Attendees of the virtual event enjoyed presentations by Tiffany Moore, associate professor in the College of Nursing and the University of Nebraska Medical Center, and Julia Torquati, professor of child, youth and family studies at UNL. Afterward, colleagues connected and discussed research and collaboration opportunities.
NAECR Networking and NAECR Knowledge are an ongoing series of networking and training events designed to enhance early childhood research across the NU system.
Both series will resume next fall.
For more information on NAECR activities, contact Sommer Fousek, project coordinator, at sfousek2@unl.edu.
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Apply now for NAECR Policy Fellows Program |
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NAECR is currently accepting applications for the 2023-24 NAECR Policy Fellows Program! The program is a series of interactive and collaborative conversations between First Five Nebraska and NAECR early childhood researchers.
Objectives include:
- To educate NU early childhood researchers on policy processes, impacts and relationships to research;
- To provide the Nebraska policy community with insight into the University of Nebraska’s latest early childhood research; and
- To create meaningful, bi-directional connections and collaborations between the research and policy communities to develop a policy-relevant research agenda and enrich early childhood experiences.
We will select four NAECR researchers to participate in the program, which runs from September 2023 to May 2024.
Applications are due by May 31. Selected applicants will be notified by June 14.
All participants will be expected to:
- Attend a total of four conversations with First Five Nebraska and other policy fellows;
- Participate in a culminating activity (e.g., presentation, panel);
- Engage in and contribute to an active, ongoing and supportive dialogue about the connections between policy and research; and
- Provide feedback on the Policy Fellows program.
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Buffett Early Childhood Institute positions available
The Buffett Early Childhood Institute is hiring four research professionals to support and lead research and evaluation efforts to advance Institute goals to 1) close opportunity gaps for young children and families and 2) elevate the early childhood workforce.
The positions are:
The Buffett Early Childhood Institute is a four-campus, university-wide, multidisciplinary research, practice, outreach and policy institute of the University of Nebraska committed to helping transform development and education for children birth-through-age-8 in Nebraska and across the nation.
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Here are recent publications from NAECR researchers:
Abbie Raikes*, Health Promotion, University of Nebraska Medical Center
Rebecca Sayre Mojgani, ECD Measure
Jem Heinzel-Nelson Alvarenga Lima, ECD Measure
Dawn Davis, Child, Youth & Family Studies, University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Cecelia Cassell, Teachers College, University of Liberia
Marcus Waldman, University of Nebraska Medical Center
Elsa Escalante, Department of Education, Universidad del Norte
Caron Clark*, Educational Psychology, University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Kaitlyn Cook, Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Rui Wang, Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Michael Rueschman, Division of Sleep Medicine and Circadian Disorders, Harvard Medical School
Jerilynn Radcliffe, Department of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania
Susan Redline, Division of Sleep Medicine and Circadian Disorders, Harvard Medical School
H. Gerry Taylor, Department of Pediatrics, The Ohio 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! Department of Education Preparation of Related Services Personnel Serving Children with Disabilities who have High-Intensity Needs
The purposes of this program are to: (1) help address state-identified needs for personnel preparation in early intervention, special education, related services and regular education to work with children — including infants, toddlers and youth — with disabilities; and (2) ensure that those personnel have the necessary skills and knowledge, derived from practices that have been determined through scientifically based research, to be successful in serving those children.
Estimated budget: $200,000 – $250,000 per year for up to five years
Proposal due date: June 29, 2023
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New! Department of Education Preparation of Special Education, Early Intervention and Related Services Leadership Personnel
The purposes of this program are to: (1) help address state-identified needs for personnel preparation in special education, early intervention, related services and regular education to work with children — including infants and toddlers — with disabilities; and (2) ensure that those personnel have the necessary skills and knowledge, derived from practices that have been determined through scientifically based research and experience, to be successful in serving those children.
Estimated budget: $225,000 – $250,000 per year for up to five years
Proposal due date: July 7, 2023
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Student funding: Administration for Children and Families Graduate Student Dissertation Grants
Behavioral Interventions Scholars Grants
Award budget: $20,000-$25,000
Proposal due date: June 5, 2023
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Early Educator Investment Collaborative
The Collaborative will fund a limited number of grants to support the capacity of state/local/municipal/territory/tribal governments to innovate financing systems to increase the compensation (wages and benefits) of the early childhood education workforce.
Via this funding opportunity, the Collaborative will support partnerships among fiscal or budget agencies and program agencies to engage in efforts to catalyze transformative change for educator compensation in early childhood education systems. This grant opportunity is primarily concerned with the financial systems, including revenue generation and fiscal spending, that support the compensation of the workforce.
The total amount of funding to be awarded is approximately $10 million over up to three years. Grants will vary in size according to identified need and the proposed reform’s stage of development, with minimum grant awards ranging from approximately $400,000 to $800,000 and maximum awards ranging from approximately $2 million to $4 million.
Proposal due date: June 5, 2023
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Foundation for Child Development 2024 Young Scholars Program
The Foundation for Child Development is currently accepting proposals for its 2024 Young Scholars Program, which supports scholarship for early career researchers. The program funds implementation research that is policy- and practice-relevant, and that examines the preparation, competency, compensation, well-being and ongoing professional learning of the early care and education workforce.
Award budget: Up to $225,000 for primary data collection and analysis, and up to $180,000 for secondary data analysis
Letter of intent due date: June 13, 2023
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Spencer Racial Equity Research Grants
The Racial Equity Research Grants program supports education research projects that will contribute to understanding and ameliorating of racial inequality in education.
Funding is directed at 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.
Spencer is interested in research projects that seek to envision educational opportunities in a multiplicity of education systems, levels, settings and developmental ranges, and that reach beyond documenting conditions and paradigms that contribute to persistent racial inequalities.
Proposal due date: June 14, 2023
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2023 Nebraska MTSS Summit
"Transformations Through Coherence"
Call for Proposals
Oct. 12-13, 2023
Kearney, Nebraska
The summit will focus on using a whole child approach in the process of implementing a multi-tiered system of support for continuous improvement and providing high-quality and evidence-based social, emotional, behavioral, environmental and academic support for all students.
It is an opportunity for early childhood researchers to share “lessons learned” from their work that educators can apply in their practice.
Proposal due date: June 2, 2023
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National Association of School Psychologists
2024 Annual Convention
Call for Proposals
Feb. 14-17, 2024
New Orleans, Louisiana
NASP is currently accepting proposals for mini-skills, papers, posters and symposia for the 2024 annual convention.
Proposal due date: June 14, 2023
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Division for Early Childhood’s Annual International Conference
on Young Children with Disabilities and their Families
Nov. 28 – Dec. 1, 2023
Minneapolis, Minnesota
The Division for Early Childhood is accepting proposals for its 39th Annual Conference on Young Children with Disabilities and their Families, including strand proposals, research proposals and practitioner proposals.
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Buffett Early Childhood Institute PD for All Series:
Building and Sustaining Powerful Partnerships with Families
January – May 2023
The Buffett Early Childhood Institute is excited to announce a new format for the ongoing Professional Development for All (PD for All) program: Bite-sized learning.
Instead of day-long in-person gatherings, activities will include videos, interactive Twitter chats and other online learning opportunities that are easily accessible to educators at any time.
The next PD for All series will last throughout the spring and summer. Digital components designed for early childhood professionals working with children from birth through Grade 3 will concentrate on building and sustaining powerful partnerships with families.
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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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NAECR News will be shared twice a month to inform the early childhood research community across the NU system.
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