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THE WILLIAM T. GRANT FOUNDATION: TWO FOCUS AREAS – IMPROVING THE USE OF RESEARCH EVIDENCE OR REDUCING INEQUALITY WITH GRANT OPTIONS (MAJOR RESEARCH GRANTS / OFFICER’S RESEARCH GRANTS)
IMPROVING THE USE OF RESEARCH EVIDENCE:
research to identify, build, and test strategies to ensure that research evidence is used in ways that benefit youth, Particularly interested in research on improving the use of research evidence by state and local decision makers, mid-level managers, and intermediaries.
Link: http://wtgrantfoundation.org/grants/research-grants-improving-use-research-evidence
MAJOR RESEARCH GRANTS
Range of awards - $100,000 - $1,000,000
Project Duration (typically) 24-48 months
Letters of Inquiry (LOI) is Due on December 16, 2019
Key LOI Components
(Project Information (brief description - 120/characters), Project Description (1,500
characters), Project Narrative (5 pages), Vitae, Bio Sketch (one page)).
OFFICER’S RESEARCH GRANTS
Range of awards - $5,000 - $50,000
Project Duration (typically) 12-24 months
Letters of Inquiry (LOI) is Due on December 16, 2019
Key LOI Components
(Project Information (brief description - 120/characters), Project Description (1,500
characters), Project Narrative (5 pages), Vitae, Bio Sketch (one page), Budget, Budget
Justification Form, IRS Tax Exempt Determination Letter),.
KEY DATES FOR FACULTY PLANNING ON SUBMITTING:
Draft LOI & Budget to COE_OFRS (Doug & Andrea) by December 16, 2019
DSS/OSP, Central Development Office due by January 2, 2020
Online Submission Due Date: January 9, 2020 – 3:00 PM EST
REDUCING INEQUALITY:
research to build, test, and increase understanding of approaches to reducing inequality in youth outcomes, especially on the basis of race, ethnicity, economic standing, language minority status, or immigrant origins. The Foundation is interested in research on programs, policies, and practices to reduce inequality in academic, social, behavioral, and economic outcomes.
Link: http://wtgrantfoundation.org/grants/research-grants-reducing-inequality
MAJOR RESEARCH GRANTS
Range of awards - $100,000 - $600,000
Project Duration (typically) 24-36 months
Letters of Inquiry (LOI) is Due on December 16, 2019
Key LOI Components
(Project Information (brief description - 120/characters), Project Description (1,500
characters), Project Narrative (5 pages), Vitae, Bio Sketch (one page)).
OFFICER’S RESEARCH GRANTS
Range of awards - $5,000 - $50,000
Project Duration (typically) 12-24 months
Letters of Inquiry (LOI) is Due on December 16, 2019
Key LOI Components
(Project Information (brief description - 120/characters), Project Description (1,500
characters), Project Narrative (5 pages), Vitae, Bio Sketch (one page), Budget, Budget
Justification Form, IRS Tax Exempt Determination Letter),.
KEY DATES FOR FACULTY PLANNING ON SUBMITTING:
Draft LOI & Budget to COE_OFRS (Doug & Andrea) by December 16, 2019
DSS/OSP, Central Development Office due by January 2, 2020
Online Submission Due Date: January 9, 2020 – 3:00 PM EST
The Spencer Foundation - (Small) Research Grants on Education
The Spencer Foundation - “Small Research Grants Program.” (March 3, 2020) The Small Research Grants Program supports education research projects that will contribute to the improvement of education, broadly conceived, with budgets up to $50,000 for projects ranging from one to five years.
This program is “field-initiated” in that proposal submissions are not in response to a specific request for a particular research topic, discipline, design, method, or location. The goal for this program is to support rigorous, intellectually ambitious and technically sound research that is relevant to the most pressing questions and compelling opportunities in education.
Online Application Deadline March 3, 2020
Key Dates for those Planning on Submitting:
Notice of Intent to Apply to COE_OFRS (Doug & Andrea) with cc: to your department
chair by January 10, 2020
Draft Proposal & Budget to COE_OFRS (Doug & Andrea) by February 14, 2020
DSS/OSP due by February 21, 2020
FINALIZED / Online Application Package to OSP by March 2, 2020
Proposal Due Date (Completed Submission) by March 3. 2020, 2019
Doug would be more than happy to sit down with you and discuss ideas, budget, and how this opportunity would be a good fit to pursue. Here is the link to the foundation website: https://www.spencer.org/grant_types/small-research-grant
The National Science Foundation's (NSF's) Directorate for Education and Human Resources (EHR)
EHR Core Research (ECR) program solicitation NSF 19-508 (19-036), methodological research
and synthesis projects that help grow the community's collective capacity to conduct
rigorous research and evaluation on science, technology, engineering and mathematics
(STEM) learning and learning environments, workforce development, and broadening participation.
ECR invites proposals on the development, application, and extension of formal models
and methodologies for STEM learning research, research synthesis (including meta-analysis
and meta-synthesis), and evaluation. Submissions might propose: fundamental research
to develop and test new methodologies that support valid inferences in STEM learning;
research on methods for improving statistical modeling, qualitative modeling, measurement,
replication, and learning analytics; or research on methodological aspects of new
or existing procedures for data collection, curation, and inference in STEM learning.
Proposers must demonstrate how advances in the methodology will support important
theoretical insights in STEM learning and education research, knowledge synthesis
and diffusion, or evaluation. Examples of areas for research include, but are not
limited to:
- Computational methodologies include advances in Bayesian or computational modeling
of STEM education data, computational methodologies for the analysis of video data,
machine learning and learning analytics, as well as scientometrics and citation analysis;
- Qualitative methodologies include advances in qualitative research design, the
study of validity, meta-synthesis, and the study of linguistic analysis applied to
STEM education; and
- Quantitative methodologies include advances in experimental design in field settings,
the study of validity (internal, external and measurement validities), the measurement
and study of growth, mediation and moderation of treatment effects, meta-analysis,
network analysis, and the replication of research results.
In addition, NSF is interested in supporting synthesis projects, meta-analyses, conference
proposals, and Early Concept Grants for Exploratory Research (EAGER) proposals that
help grow the community's collective capacity to conduct rigorous research and evaluation
on STEM learning and learning environments, workforce development, and broadening
participation.
NSF deadlines:
December 04, 2019
Engaged Student Learning and Institutional and Community Transformation Level 2 and 3
February 04, 2020
First Tuesday in February, Annually Thereafter
Institutional and Community Transformation Capacity-Building
February 04, 2020
First Tuesday in February, Annually Thereafter
Engaged Student Learning and Institutional and Community Transformation Level 1
August 04, 2020
First Tuesday in August, Annually Thereafter
Institutional and Community Transformation Capacity-Building
August 04, 2020
First Tuesday in August, Annually Thereafter
Engaged Student Learning and Institutional and Community Transformation Level 1
December 01, 2020
First Tuesday in December, Annually Thereafter
Engaged Student Learning and Institutional and Community Transformation Level 2 and 3
Link to Program Solicitation: https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2019/nsf19601/nsf19601.htm?org=NSF
College of Education /U OF U DEADLINES:
Notice of Intent to Apply to OFRS (Doug and Andrea) with a cc to Dept. Chair. At least six (6) weeks out prior to the due date, preferably as soon as a decision has been made to pursue the opportunity.
Draft Budget and Proposal Narrative due 2 weeks prior to NSF deadline.
OSP Budget and Narrative due 1 week prior to NSF deadline.
Work with OFRS on budget and input into to Fastlane for proposal submission.
The Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative
2020 Research Award request for applications (RFA).
Grants awarded through this program are intended to provide support for the investigation
of key unresolved research questions in autism, particularly those that connect etiologies
to brain function and behavior. SFARI welcomes risk and novelty in Research Award
proposals, but potential impact on the autism research field will be the most important
criterion. Competitive applications will have preliminary data or other relevant groundwork
that justifies substantial investment on the proposed topic.
The deadline for applications is January 10, 2020, 5:00 p.m. EST. The budget is $1,300,000
or less, over a period of up to four years. Applications selected for SFARI Research
Awards will be announced by April 30, 2020, with funding expected to begin in the
summer of 2020.
Detailed information and application instructions are available here
Key Dates for Faculty Planning on Submitting:
Notice of Intent to Apply to COE_OFRS (Doug & Andrea) with cc to Dept. Chair by November
22, 2019
Draft budget and proposal narrative by December 20, 2019 (start the DSS)
Submission to OSP by January 3, 2020
Final/Completed proposal Due by January 10, 2020 (3:00 PM MST)