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Early Childhood Workforce Index Released
The Center for the Study of Child Care Employment has released the 2024 Early Childhood Workforce Index. The report offers a state-by-state look at the policies and conditions shaping the early care and education workforce, including data on educator wages and poverty rates, interactive maps and tables on wages and workforce policies, data on the use of federal relief funding, actionable policy solutions and more.
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NAECR Networking: Supporting Children's Social-Emotional Well-being: Program Exemplars from Nebraska
A panel of researchers and community partners will explore the latest programming, interventions and resources being used to promote early childhood social/emotional development across Nebraska. There will be time for questions and discussion.
Panelists will include:
- Sami Bradley, Nebraska Association for Infant Mental Health, Nebraska Children and Families Foundation
- Amy Colwell, Early Childhood MTSS
- Holly Hatton, Child, Youth & Family Studies, UNL
- Lisa Knoche, Nebraska Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families and Schools, UNL
The event is free, but registration is required.
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Presentation Details
NAECR Networking: Supporting Children's Social-Emotional Well-Being: Program Exemplars from Nebraska
This Thursday, Oct. 31, 2024
Noon – 1 p.m. CDT
Virtual via Zoom
A Zoom link will be distributed to registrants prior to the event.
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NAECR Knowledge: Effective Online Data Collection
The fall NAECR Knowledge event will focus on effective online data collection with specific emphasis on creating and implementing effective survey questions.
Amanda Prokasky, senior research specialist at the Nebraska Academy for Methodology, Analytics and Psychometrics, will lead the discussion. There will be time for questions and conversation.
The event is free, but registration is required. Registration information coming soon.
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Presentation Details
NAECR Knowledge: Effective Online Data Collection
Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2024
11 a.m. – Noon CST
Virtual via Zoom
A Zoom link will be distributed to registrants prior to the event.
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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! American Association of University Women American Fellowships and Grants
These fellowships support women scholars in all fields of study who are pursuing full-time study to complete dissertations, conduct postdoctoral research full time, or prepare research for publication.
Award budget: $8,000 – $50,000
Proposal due date: Nov. 15, 2024
Learn more.
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New! Student Funding: Elizabeth Munsterberg Koppitz Child Psychology Graduate Student Fellowship
The Elizabeth Munsterberg Koppitz Fellowship program supports graduate research projects and scholarships in child psychology and seeks to nurture excellent young scholars in areas of psychology, such as child-clinical, pediatric, school, educational and developmental psychology.
Award budget: $23,900
Proposal due date: Nov. 27, 2024
Learn more.
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New! 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 1 Proposal due date: Dec. 1, 2024
Stage 2 Proposal due date: April 1, 2025
Learn more.
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New! Spencer Foundation: Research Grants on Education – Small
The Spencer Foundation is currently accepting proposals for the Research Grants on Education (Small) program. This program supports education research projects ranging from one to five years in length that will contribute to the improvement of education, broadly conceived.
Award budget: Up to $50,000
Proposal due date: Dec. 4, 2024
Learn more.
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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: Jan. 15, 2025
Learn more.
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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
Learn more.
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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
Learn more.
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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
Learn more.
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Head Start Dissertation Grants
Estimated award budget: $20,000 – $25,000
Estimated proposal due date: May 16, 2025
Learn more.
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Behavioral Interventions Scholars Grants
Estimated award budget: $20,000 – $25,000
Estimated proposal due date: April 28, 2025
Learn more.
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New! 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
Learn more.
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Society for Prevention Research Annual Meeting
Call for Proposals
May 27–30, 2025
Seattle, Washington
The Society for Prevention Research (SPR) is accepting proposals for its 33rd annual meeting. The theme for the meeting is “Prevention Science for Action: Leveraging Data Science and Technology to Enhance Research, Practice and Policy.”
SPR is an organization dedicated to advancing scientific investigation on the etiology and prevention of social, physical and mental health and academic problems and on the translation of that information to promote health and well-being.
Proposal due date: This Thursday, Oct. 31, 2024
Learn more.
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Minority Health Disparities Initiative Health Equity Conference
Call for Proposals
Feb. 28, 2025
Nebraska Innovation Campus Conference Center
Lincoln, Nebraska
Each year, the University of Nebraska Minority Health Disparities Initiative (MHDI) hosts a conference to create space for students, researchers, community health professionals, policymakers, and organizations to come together and share strategies and resources for advancing health equity in Nebraska and beyond.
MHDI is currently accepting abstracts for the 2025 conference poster session, which aims to highlight various health equity research projects through brief presentations, allowing for more personal conversation and discussion.
Proposal due date: Dec. 6, 2024
Learn more.
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New! NAECR Knowledge: Effective Online Data Collection
Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2024
11 a.m. – Noon CST
Virtual
The fall NAECR Knowledge event will focus on effective online data collection with specific emphasis on creating and implementing effective survey questions.
Amanda Prokasky, senior research specialist at the Nebraska Academy for Methodology, Analytics and Psychometrics, will lead the discussion. There will be time for questions and conversation.
The event is free, but registration is required. Registration information coming soon.
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NAECR Networking: Supporting Children's Social-Emotional Well-being: Program Exemplars from Nebraska
This Thursday, Oct. 31, 2024
Noon – 1 p.m. CDT
Virtual
A panel of researchers and community partners will explore the latest programming, interventions and resources being used to promote early childhood social/emotional development across Nebraska. There will be time for questions and discussion.
Panelists will include:
- Sami Bradley, Nebraska Association for Infant Mental Health, Nebraska Children and Families Foundation
- Amy Colwell, Early Childhood MTSS
- Holly Hatton, Child, Youth & Family Studies, UNL
- Lisa Knoche, Nebraska Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families and Schools, UNL
The event is free, but registration is required.
A Zoom link will be distributed to registrants prior to the event.
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MAP Academy 2024-25 Methodology Applications Series
Featuring Jungwon Eum and Amanda Prokasky
Friday, Nov. 8, 2024
Noon – 1:30 p.m. CST
Carolyn Pope Edwards Hall 312
The Nebraska Academy for Methodology, Analytics and Psychometrics invites you to the second presentation of the 2024-25 Methodology Applications Series.
On Friday, Nov. 8, Jungwon Eum and Amanda Prokasky, MAP Academy senior research specialists, will lead a presentation titled, "Ensuring Data Integrity Through Ongoing Monitoring and Maintenance."
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.
Learn more.
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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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