Nebraska Academy for Early Childhood Research
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Dear Colleagues,
Welcome to the introductory issue of NAECR News, distributed by the Nebraska Academy for Early Childhood Research.
NAECR News will be shared twice a month to inform the early childhood research community across the NU system. The news will feature early childhood researchers at NU, recent publications by NAECR researchers, funding opportunities and recently awarded grants, and events.
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
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Wayne Fisher is the H.B. Munroe professor of behavioral research at the Munroe-Meyer Institute and the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. He also serves as director of the Center for Autism Spectrum Disorders at the Munroe-Meyer Institute.
Fisher is a board-certified behavior analyst at the doctoral level (BCBA-D), and a licensed psychologist.
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What is the future direction for your early childhood research?
"We are developing a translational model for promoting generative verbal behavior in children with autism spectrum disorder that integrates Skinner’s taxonomy of verbal behavior with recent research on emergent verbal responding (emergent verbal behavior involves the learning of new relations between words and their referents without direct training)."
Are there any new research projects or activities that you are starting on now?
"We have submitted a $7 million grant application to the Department of Defense to evaluate the efficacy and effectiveness of the tiered model of service delivery for applied-behavior-analysis treatment of young children with autism spectrum disorder."
Why is early childhood research important?
"Early childhood research is critically important because children’s brains and their social and language skills grow more rapidly during first few years of life than during any other period. Improving our understanding of the variables that affect early childhood has the potential to improve children’s social and academic learning throughout their lifetimes."
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Find a Researcher
To find other early childhood researchers across the NU system, please visit the
NAECR Find a Researcher
database.
If you would like to be part of the database or know of another early childhood researcher who may be interested, please contact
Lisa Knoche.
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Here are recent publications from NAECR researchers:
Marc Goodrich, Special Education & Communication Disorders, UNL
Sue Sheridan, Educational Psychology, UNL
Danae Dinkel, Health Promotion, Social & Behavior Health, UNO
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HRSA Maternal and Child Health: Vision Screening in Young Children
This program seeks to fund a national entity to support efforts to implement evidence-based and promising early childhood vision screening, follow-up and surveillance protocols by providing technical assistance, tools, training, and opportunities for information sharing and learning. Eligible applicants include public or private entities. Approximately $300,000 is expected to be available annually to fund one recipient.
Applications are due
March 26
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For more information:
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Buffett Early Childhood Institute: Graduate Scholars
The Buffett Early Childhood Institute at the University of Nebraska is accepting applications from advanced doctoral students within the university system for one-year fellowships worth up to $25,000. The Graduate Scholars program seeks to support high-quality research from diverse fields that impacts the early years, including health, education, social work, music, art, the neurosciences and others.
Applications are due
March 30
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For more information:
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Society for Research in Child Development: Small Grants Program for Early Career Scholars
Grants of up to $7,500 are available for research projects conducted by SRCD Early Career Members who have completed their degrees in the past five years, regardless of their appointment, institution or country of residence.
The funding priorities for these grants include a proposed project that:
- Exemplifies exceptional scientific merit;
- Will contribute to the applicant’s competitiveness for external funding and/or career development; and
- Furthers SRCD’s strategic priorities, including support for diversity, international and interdisciplinary perspectives.
Applications are due
March 30
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For more information:
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Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation: Head Start and Child Care Graduate Student Research Grants
The purpose of the Early Care and Education Scholars grants are to support doctoral dissertation research addressing issues related to Head Start and child care. Applicants may apply for project periods up to 24 months with two 12-month budget periods. Up to $25,000 may be awarded for each budget period.
Applications are due
April 2
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For more information:
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Patrice L. Engle Dissertation Grant
The Patrice L. Engle Dissertation Grant provides support for students interested in a career in global early child development, and who are from or doing research in low- or middle-income countries.
The grant includes $5,000 to support dissertation research and a two-year student membership to the Society for Research in Child Development.
Applications are due
April 30
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For more information:
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2018 CYFS Summit on Research in Early Childhood
April 25, 2018
Nebraska Innovation Campus
9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
This event will highlight innovative and critical early childhood research conducted by faculty across the NU system. It will focus especially on the dynamic interplay among research, practice and policy.
The free, daylong event will include a keynote address by a research-to-practice expert,
Dr. Kathy Hirsh-Pasek
, research presentations from NU faculty, a graduate student poster session, and commentary from the practice and policy communities.
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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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