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2024 Early Childhood Research Summit enhances connections
University of Nebraska researchers joined practitioners, administrators, community partners and policymakers April 23 at the 2024 CYFS Early Childhood Research Summit to focus on research that advances early childhood education and development.
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Here are recent publications from NAECR researchers:
Mary Von Seggern**, Health Promotion, University of Nebraska Medical Center
Ann Rogers, Health Promotion, University of Nebraska Medical Center
Michaela Schenkelberg*, Health and Kinesiology, University of Nebraska at Omaha
Debra Kellstedt, Family and Community Health, Texas A&M University
Gregory Welk, Kinesiology, Iowa State University
Robin High, Biostatistics, University of Nebraska Medical Center
David Dzewaltowski*, Health Promotion, University of Nebraska Medical Center
* Denotes NAECR Researcher
** Denotes NAECR Student Researcher
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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! Caplan Foundation for Early Childhood
This program supports research and development projects that appear likely to improve the welfare of young U.S. children, from infancy through seven years, in the areas of early childhood welfare, early childhood education and play, and parenting education.
Letter of inquiry due date: May 31, 2024
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Child Care Policy Research Partnerships, Secondary Analyses of Child Care and Early Education Data
The Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation in the Administration for Children and Families is soliciting applications in 2024 for two new research grant programs. Findings from both programs are intended to inform policy, program administration and future research.
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Secondary Analyses of Child Care and Early Education Data
Proposals will support researchers conducting secondary analyses of data to address key questions of relevance to the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF).
Award budget: $90,000–$100,000
Proposal due date: May 22, 2024
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OPRE Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) Lead Agency Data and Research Capacity Grants
This grant opportunity will provide funding to support partnerships between CCDF Lead Agencies and researchers to develop and improve state, territory and Tribal data systems and build the capacity of CCDF Lead Agencies to collect, analyze and use data to guide child care policy decisions and program improvement efforts.
These 18-month projects will fund a planning phase to develop a research plan to address questions of interest to the CCDF Lead Agency, including a plan for identifying, linking and using state, territory and Tribal data to inform child care policy decisions.
Award budget: $75,000–$150,000
Proposal due date: June 20, 2024
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Spencer Foundation: Field-initiated Research Grant Programs
These grants support rigorous, intellectually ambitious and technically sound research that is relevant to the most pressing questions and compelling opportunities in education. the Spencer Foundation values work that fosters creative and open-minded scholarship, engages in deep inquiry, and examines robust questions related to education. They seek to support scholarship that develops new foundational knowledge that may also have a lasting impact on policy-making, practice or educational discourse.
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Racial Equity Research Grants
The Racial Equity Research Grants program supports education research projects that will contribute to understanding and ameliorating racial inequality in education. Focus is on studies that aim to understand and disrupt the reproduction and deepening of inequality in education, and which seek to (re)imagine and make new forms of equitable education.
Award budget: Up to $75,000
Proposal due date: June 27, 2024
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Research Grants on Education-Large
The Large Research Grants on Education Program supports education research projects that will contribute to the improvement of education, broadly conceived, with budgets ranging from $125,000 to $500,000 for projects ranging from one to five years.
Proposal due date: June 18, 2024
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Access to Infant and Toddler Care and Education: Research and Evaluation Grants
The Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation in the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) plans to solicit applications for Access to Infant and Toddler Care and Education: Research and Evaluation Grants.
This grant opportunity will provide funding to address key research and evaluation questions related to care and education access for infants and toddlers at the national, state or local level.
Award budget: $75,000–$450,000
Proposal due date: July 8, 2024
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New! National Association of School Psychologists
2025 Annual Convention
Feb. 18-21, 2025
Seattle, Washington
Call for Proposals
NASP is seeking proposals for papers, posters and symposia that will appeal to seasoned practitioners and assist them in delivering the highest quality, evidence-based practices in school.
Proposal due date: June 12, 2024
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Administration for Children and Families
National Research Conference on Early Childhood
June 24-26, 2024
Arlington, Virginia
This conference focuses on the latest research surrounding Head Start, Early Head Start, child care, home visiting, child welfare, special education, pre-kindergarten, early elementary and other childhood programs. It includes plenary sessions, paper symposia, poster symposia, poster sessions and informal events.
Select symposia will be livestreamed for those who wish to attend virtually. There is no cost to register, and all in-person and virtual participants must register to attend.
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ISDP 2024: 57th Annual Meeting of the
International Society for Developmental Psychology
Oct. 2-4, 2024
Chicago, Illinois
Call for Proposals
The annual meeting of the International Society for Developmental Psychology (ISDP) includes oral and poster sessions for individual, free-standing research presentations which benefit both the presenters and audience from high levels of interaction and discussion. Lively debate and discussion during these interactive oral and poster sessions is encouraged.
The ISDP is an international organization that encourages research on the development of behavior with special attention to the effects of biological factors.
Proposal due date: June 3, 2024
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Connecting Research and Policy
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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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