Nebraska Academy for Early Childhood Research
May 9, 2022
2022 CYFS Summit on Research in Early Childhood

Creating connections among early childhood research, practice and policy — and how each can enhance the lives of young children and their families — provided the central theme of the 2022 CYFS Summit on Research in Early Childhood.

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2022 Post-Summit Resources
Apply now for NAECR Policy Fellows Program

NAECR is currently accepting applications for the 2022-23 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 2022 to May 2023.

Applications are due by May 31. Applicants who are selected 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.

See what some of this year's participants have to say about the NAECR Policy Fellows program.
Summer, Fall Childhood Graduate Courses Available

The NAECR website has been updated with early childhood graduate courses that will be offered in summer and fall 2022 at UNL.

Graduate students who are interested in early childhood are encouraged to visit the site when planning for class registration.
Here are recent publications from NAECR researchers:

Sarah Zuckerman, Educational Administration, University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Would you like to see your work featured here? Contact us at naecr@unl.edu
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.
HRSA Early Childhood Developmental Health System

The purpose of the Early Childhood Developmental Health System program is to fund the study and implementation of integrated statewide health promotion, screening and intervention systems that advance early childhood developmental health and well-being, with a focus on P-3 populations experiencing persistent poverty and/or health disparities.

Proposal due date: Tuesday, May 10, 2022

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. 

Proposals may be submitted anytime.

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: August 3

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: August 3

SAMHSA Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Grant Program

The purpose of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration grant program is to improve outcomes for children by developing, maintaining or enhancing infant and early childhood mental health promotion, intervention and treatment services.

Award budget: Up to $500,000

Proposal due date: May 17, 2022

Student Funding: Administration for Children and Families Graduate Student Dissertation Grants

Behavioral Interventions Scholars Grants

Award budget: $20,000-$25,000
Proposal due date: May 31, 2022

Foundation for Child Development 2023 Young Scholars Program

The Foundation for Child Development is accepting proposals for its 2023 Young Scholars Program (YSP).

The program supports scholarship for early-career researchers. It 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 research; up to $180,000 for secondary data analysis
Letter of intent due date: June 9, 2022

Administration for Children and Families Child Care Policy Research Partnership Grants 

The Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation (OPRE) is inviting proposals to support partnerships among Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) lead agencies in states, territories or tribes, and institutions with demonstrated research capacity to develop rigorous investigations of child care subsidy policies and practices.

These projects are designed to add to knowledge about the efficacy of child care subsidy policies and quality improvement initiatives in promoting family economic self-sufficiency, children’s healthy development and learning, and support for child care providers.

Award budget: $100,000-$400,000
Proposal due date: June 10, 2022

National Research Conference on Early Childhood 2022

June 27-29, 2022
Arlington, Virginia

This three-day event presents the latest research about Head Start, Early Head Start, child care, home visiting, child welfare, special education, pre-kindergarten, early elementary and other early childhood programs.

The conference aims to strengthen programs serving young children, inform those establishing national policies for low-income families, and contribute to a meaningful research agenda in the early childhood field.

No events scheduled at this time.
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