Two New Grant Opportunities
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Research on K-8 Classroom Instruction
The Spencer Foundation is accepting applications for research projects that explore how student performance data informs classroom instruction.
Through its Evidence in the Classroom initiative, the foundation will award grants ranging from $50,000 to $300,000 for research projects that investigate how K-8 teachers use student performance data for instructional decisions and how organizational and individual factors affect that use. Past projects have covered a range of topics, from data use patterns through an online data management system to the effectiveness of capacity-building interventions.
To be eligible, principal investigators must have earned a doctorate in an academic discipline or professional field, or appropriate experience in an education research-related profession. PIs also must be affiliated with a college, university, research facility, school district, or cultural institution that is willing to serve as fiscal agent if a grant is awarded.
Preliminary proposals must be received by June 11, 2013. Upon review, selected principal investigators will be invited to submit full proposals, which will be due on September 4, 2013.
Click HERE to view this solicitation.
American Psychological Foundation Seeks Applications From Early Career Psychologists
The American Psychological Foundation is accepting applications from early career psychologists conducting research on early intervention and treatment for serious emotional disturbance in children.
Through its John and Polly Sparks Early Career grant program, the foundation will award grants of $10,000 to early career psychologists in support of scientifically based research or programs that can serve as models for replication across the country. The grants are meant to encourage recipients to devote their career to methods of intervention and treatment for serious emotional disturbance in children.
Applicants must:
· Be a psychologist with an EdD, PsyD or PhD from an accredited university.
· Be no more than seven years postdoctoral.
Click HERE to read more about this opportunity.