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First combined NAECR Knowledge/Networking event
highlights data collection methods during pandemic
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Since the COVID-19 pandemic began last spring, early childhood researchers have faced an array of new challenges in their work — including how to effectively gather data in the age of social distancing and remote learning.
The first of two combined NAECR Knowledge/Networking events of the fall semester was Sept. 23, and explored creative data collection methods to consider when working with children, families and early childhood practitioners during the pandemic.
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In the age of COVID-19, researchers face new data collection challenges — including how to safely conduct home observations. |
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Thirty-one attendees of the virtual presentation, “Creative Data Collection," discussed innovative ways researchers can overcome challenges to effectively collect data.
Topics included several potential considerations for data collection during the pandemic, including adjusting the time of year data is collected, providing incentives for participation, recruiting participants via Zoom and proxy measures if observations are not possible.
Attendees also considered ways to address the well-being of researchers and study participants, such as offering contactless delivery of assessment materials, online or telephone data collection and adding a COVID-19 measure, and measures of other potentially impacted constructs, to include as moderators.
Featured presenters included Holly Hatton-Bowers, assistant professor of child, youth and family studies, UNL; Carrie Clark, assistant professor of educational psychology, UNL; Amy Encinger, UNMC instructor and CYAF doctoral student; and Amanda Witte, CYFS research assistant professor, UNL.
The fall’s second combined NAECR Knowledge/Networking event will be Nov. 4, and will focus on how the pandemic is reshaping the ways early childhood researchers initiate, maintain and address partnerships.
NAECR Knowledge and NAECR Networking are an ongoing series of training and networking events designed to enhance early childhood research across the NU system.
For more information on NAECR activities, contact Sommer Fousek, project coordinator, at 402-472-3743, or sfousek2@unl.edu.
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Webinar to address sources of $745 million hit
to Nebraska families, employers, economy
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Access to quality child care plays a key role in Nebraska’s prospects of ongoing economic stability and growth. Unfortunately, insufficient options for stable, reliable child care take a heavy toll on Nebraska’s families, employers and economy — nearly $745 million annually in direct losses.
The economic impacts of inadequate child care across Nebraska will be the subject of an Oct. 15 webinar hosted by Dr. David Rosenbaum, John T. and Mable M. Hay Professor of Economics and the chair of the Department of Economics at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln.
The virtual presentation will provide the opportunity for attendees to ask questions and share their thoughts during the Q&A session.
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Here are recent publications from NAECR researchers:
Abbie Raikes, Health Promotion & Behavior, University of Nebraska Medical Center; Natalie Koziol, Nebraska Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families and Schools, University of Nebraska–Lincoln
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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! Nebraska Center for the Prevention of Obesity Disease Seed Grant
The Nebraska Center for the Prevention of Obesity Disease (NPOD) invites applications for its seed grant competition. The primary objective of this program is to stimulate research in the area of obesity research and/or signaling by nutrients or bioactive food compounds, and to enhance competitiveness in obtaining external support.
Award amount: Up to $30,000
Proposals are due Oct. 8, 2020.
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New! Great Plains IDeA-CTR Network Funding Opportunities
The Pilot Projects program of the Great Plains IDeA-CTR Network has announced several new funding opportunities to support new and existing team collaborations in clinical and translational research.
Team Research Pilot
Award amount: $50,000
Proposals are due Oct. 21, 2020.
Team Development Pilot
Award amount: $25,000
Proposals are due Nov. 9, 2020.
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New! Victoria S. Levin Grant for Early Career Success in Young Children's Mental Health Research
The aim of this funding opportunity is to foster early success in achieving federal funding for research that is informed by developmental science to address concerns affecting the early foundations of children’s mental health and well-being.
Broadly defined, this area of research addresses all aspects of the development of competence and risk for children from all types of backgrounds. The proposed research must have clear application to the promotion of mental health or the prevention of mental disorders in young children.
Award amount: Up to $25,000
Proposals are due Nov. 1, 2020.
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Caplan Foundation for Early Childhood Grants
The Caplan Foundation supports research and development projects that appear likely to improve the welfare of young children, from infancy through age 7, in the United States. The foundation provides funding in the areas of early childhood welfare, early childhood education and play, and parenting education.
Previously awarded grants range from $22,000 to $100,000.
Letters of inquiry are due Sept. 30, 2020.
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UNL Office of Research and Economic Development Internal Funding
The UNL Office of Research and Economic Development is sponsoring several internal funding competitions for UNL faculty in 2020-21.
Research Council Awards
Grants-In-Aid award amount: Up to $7,500 to $10,000
Faculty Seed Grants award amount: Up to $10,000
Interdisciplinary Research award amount: Up to $20,000
Visiting Scholar, Distinguished Lecturer and Symposia award amount: Up to $3,000
All Research Council proposals are due Oct. 2, 2020.
Biomedical Research Seed Grants
Award amount: From $25,000 to $50,000
Proposals are accepted on a rolling basis.
Layman Seed Grants
Award amount: Up to $10,000
Proposal due date TBD.
Arts and Humanities Research Enhancement Program
Award amount: Up to $15,000
Proposal due date TBD.
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National Science Foundation Discovery Research PreK-12
The Discovery Research PreK-12 program (DRK-12) seeks to significantly enhance the learning and teaching of science, technology, engineering, mathematics and computer science (STEM) by PreK-12 students and teachers through research and development of STEM education innovations and approaches. The DRK-12 program invites proposals that address immediate challenges that are facing PreK-12 STEM education, as well as those that anticipate radically different structures and functions of PreK-12 teaching and learning.
Anticipated award amounts are as follows: (1) Level I projects up to $450,000 with a duration of up to three years; (2) Level II projects up to $3,000,000 with a duration of up to four years; and (3) Level III projects up to $5,000,000 with a duration of up to five years.
Proposals are due Oct. 7, 2020.
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2020-21 University of Nebraska Collaboration Initiative
The primary purpose of the Collaboration Initiative is to enhance competitiveness of University of Nebraska faculty for extramural funding by fully leveraging intellectual capacity and research resources across the campuses. The funding opportunity is designed to facilitate and strengthen research collaborations among NU faculty.
PIs must participate in the virtual Collaboration Initiative Retreat Oct. 30, 2020.
Team Formation and Publication award amount: Up to $7,500
Preliminary Data and Application Preparation award amount: Up to $40,000
Team Seed award amount: Up to $150,000
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American Educational Research Association Research Grants
The AERA Grants Program is designed to advance knowledge and build research capacity in education and STEM education and learning.
The program welcomes proposals that 1) develop or benefit from advanced statistical or innovative quantitative methods or measures; 2) analyze more than one large-scale national or international federally funded data set, or more than one statewide longitudinal data system, or incorporate other data enhancements; 3) integrate, link or blend multiple large-scale data sources; or 4) undertake replication research of major findings or major studies using large-scale, federally supported or enhanced data.
Awards are up to $25,000 for one-year projects, or up to $35,000 for two-year projects.
Proposals are due Nov. 2, 2020.
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National Science Foundation Social Psychology
The Social Psychology Program at NSF supports research and research infrastructure to advance basic knowledge in social psychology. Proposed research should carry strong potential for creating transformative advances in the basic understanding of human social behavior. Among the many research topics supported are: social cognition, attitudes, social and cultural influence, stereotypes, motivation, decision-making, group dynamics, aggression, close relationships, social and affective neuroscience, social psychophysiology, emotions, prosocial behavior, health-related behavior, and personality and individual differences.
Proposals are due Jan. 15, 2021.
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Updated! Society for Research in Child Development
2021 Biennial Meeting
April 7-9, 2021
Virtual
SRCD is accepting submissions for the 2021 Biennial Meeting. Empirical, theoretical, historical, methodological, policy, application and translational submissions from investigators around the world in all disciplines related to the field of child development are welcomed.
The Society encourages submissions from researchers at all career stages including graduate and undergraduate students.
Proposals are due Oct. 1, 2020.
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National Research Conference on Early Childhood
Nov. 30 – Dec. 3, 2020
Location: Virtual
The National Research Conference on Early Childhood 2020 will be a virtual event, and will present the latest research surrounding Head Start, Early Head Start, child care, home visiting, child welfare, special education, pre-kindergarten, early elementary and other early childhood programs. The event will include plenary and breakout sessions, and dynamic poster presentations.
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New! The Economic and Tax Revenue Impact
of Early Childcare in Nebraska
Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020
Noon – 12:45 p.m.
Virtual via Zoom
Access to quality childcare plays a key role in Nebraska’s prospects of ongoing economic stability and growth. Unfortunately, insufficient options for stable, reliable childcare take a heavy toll on Nebraska’s families, employers and economy— nearly $745 million annually in direct losses.
Hosted by Dr. David Rosenbaum, this webinar will explain the sources of those losses.
Attendees will have an opportunity to ask questions and share their thoughts during the Q&A session.
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New! SRCD 2020 Special Topic Virtual Workshops
The Society for Research in Child Development will hold its 2020 special topic workshops virtually.
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The State of Research on Prevention of Child Maltreatment:
Current Knowledge and Future Directions to Inform Policy and Practice
Oct. 23, Oct. 30 and Nov. 6
11 a.m. – 3 p.m.
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Strengthening the Evidence Base for Culturally Relevant Interventions
in Early Childhood Care and Education
Nov. 8-11, 2020
8:30 – 11:30 a.m.
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Addressing and Reducing Inequality through Developmental Science
Nov. 9 & 10, 2020
10 a.m. – 3 p.m.
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Connecting Worlds: Studying Child Development in Low Resource Contexts
Dec. 1-3, 2020
8 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
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Pediatric Research Seminar:
Therapeutic Potential of a Novel Natural Product-Derived MP1 for Treating Medulloblastoma and Neuroblastoma Pediatric Tumors
Friday, Oct. 2, 2020
Noon – 1 p.m.
Virtual via Zoom
The UNMC Department of Pediatrics and the Child Health Research Institute sponsor Pediatric Research Seminars on the third Friday of the month.
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NAECR Knowledge & Networking: Research Partnerships
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused early childhood researchers to face many new challenges and explore new approaches to their research.
This event will address how COVID-19 is reshaping how researchers initiate, maintain and address research partnerships.
There will be time for breakout sessions to allow for more in-depth discussion and networking among participants.
Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020
Noon – 1 p.m.
Virtual via Zoom
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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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