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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.
Internal funding opportunities by campus:
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UNMC
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William T. Grant Scholars Program
This program supports career development for promising early-career researchers. The program funds five-year research and mentoring plans that significantly expand researchers' expertise in new disciplines, methods and content areas.
Award budget: $425,000 over five years
Proposal due date: June 30, 2026
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Department of Education Comprehensive Centers Program: National Comprehensive Center on Improving Literacy for Students with Disabilities
The Department of Education is accepting proposals for the National Comprehensive Center on Improving Literacy for Students with Disabilities.
The purpose is to identify or develop evidence-based literacy assessment tools and professional development activities and to identify evidence-based instruction, strategies and accommodations for students at risk of not attaining full literacy skills due to a disability.
The Center will also disseminate products and information on evidence-based literacy to families, schools, and state, local and regional educational agencies.
Award budget: Up to $1,150,000
Proposal due date: June 30, 2026
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Brady Education Foundation
The Brady Education Foundation seeks to improve educational outcomes for children, including those living in low-income communities.
The Foundation supports research projects that have the potential to inform how to improve educational outcomes for children from birth through age 18. It is specifically focused on supporting research that is consistent with a strength-based perspective and has the potential to inform future educational research, practice, major philanthropic giving and/or public policy.
Letter of intent due date: July 1, 2026
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Department of Education Ready to Learn Programming
The Department of Education is accepting proposals for Ready to Learn Programming, which supports the development of educational television and digital media targeted at preschool and early elementary school children and their families.
Its general goal is to promote early learning and school readiness, with a particular interest in reaching low-income children. In addition to creating television and other media products, the program supports activities intended to promote national distribution of the programming, effective educational uses of the programming, community-based outreach and research on educational effectiveness.
Award budget: $31,000,000 across up to 3 recipients
Proposal due date: July 8, 2026
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LEGO Foundation Fellowship
The LEGO Foundation Fellowship is a global research fellowship for early- and mid-career researchers whose work can strengthen understanding of how children thrive across diverse contexts.
The program provides flexible support over a three-year period for researchers pursuing ambitious, rigorous and practically relevant work. They are looking for fellows with strong research potential, clear ideas for the next phase of their work and a commitment to building evidence that can inform action for children.
Award budget: $300,000
Proposal due date: July 31, 2026
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DHHS Promise Neighborhoods
The Department of Health and Human Services has announced its Promise Neighborhoods grant program.
This opportunity improves the academic and developmental outcomes of children and youth living in the most distressed communities of the U.S., including ensuring school readiness, high school graduation and access to a community-based continuum of high-quality services.
Proposal due date: Aug. 6, 2026
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New! American Educational Research Association 2027 Annual Meeting
Call for Proposals
April 14-18, 2027
Toronto, Canada
AERA is now accepting proposals for its 2027 annual meeting. The theme is “Transcending Borders and Boundaries in Education Research: Toward a Beloved Global Community.”
Proposal deadline: July 24, 2026
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New! UNK-Community Early Childhood Conference
Sept. 18-19, 2026
University of Nebraska at Kearney
Kearney, Nebraska
Registration is now open for the 2026 UNK-Community Early Childhood Conference. Conference presenters will share knowledge, resources and teaching strategies related to social emotional development, high-quality interactions and outdoor play.
Learn more.
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Nebraska Young Childhood Institute 2026
June 16-17, 2026
Kearney, Nebraska
Registration is now open for NYCI 2026. This conference will bring together professionals from across early childhood, health, education, courts and community systems to explore this year’s theme, "Building for the Future," and to spark ideas that strengthen outcomes for children and families across Nebraska.
Learn more.
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National Association of School Psychologists
Annual Convention
Call for Proposals
Feb. 23-26, 2027
Charlotte, North Carolina
NASP is accepting proposals that support seasoned practitioners in delivering high-quality, evidence-based school practices.
Presentations may be submitted in the following formats: mini-skills, papers, poster, practitioner conversation sessions, symposia and workshops.
Proposal due date: July 8, 2026
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