SocialBehavioral Sciences and Education Research

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Social/Behavioral Sciences and Education Research

• Junior Faculty Workshop
• Texas AM University System
• November 3-4, 2005

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Welcome!

• Moderator Robyn Pearson, Office of Proposal
  Development, TAMU-CS
• Panelist Introductions
• Participant Introductions
• Discussion topics
• Common partnership elements
• Common research interests
• Possible funding opportunities
• Summary

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Goals for this Breakout Session

• Discuss existing collaborative projects to
  provide a frame of reference
• Identify common partnership elements, both
  advantages and disadvantages
• Identify common research interests among
  participants and panelists
• Identify needs that might be filled through
  collaborative research

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Goals (cont.)

• Identify potential collaborative teams or
  cross-disciplinary teams
• Identify action items to support team development
• Identify possible funding opportunities
• Prepare summary of session for Friday

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Panelists

• Dr. Lauren CifuentesAssociate Professor,
  Department of Educational Psychology, TAMU-CS
  (laurenc_at_tamu.edu)
• Dr. Sarah GatsonAssociate Professor, Department
  of Sociology, TAMU-CS (gatson_at_tamu.edu)
• Dr. B. Lee Green, Associate Professor, Department
  of Health Kinesiology and Director, Center for
  the Study of Health Disparities, TAMU-CS
  (lgreen_at_hlkn.tamu.edu)

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Panelists

• Dr. Sharon McWhinney, Professor, Department of
  Agriculture, Nutrition and Human Ecology, PVAMU
  (slmcwhinney_at_pvamu.edu)
• Dr. Edward Murguia, Associate Professor,
  Department of Sociology and Director, The
  Mexican American and US Latino Research Center,
  TAMU-CS (murguia_at_tamu.edu)

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Examples of Collaborative Projects

• Green McWhinney Reducing Health Disparities
  through Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
  Reducing Risk across the Lifespan among African
  Americans and Hispanic Populations
• 2005 ISE Secret Lives of Bats, Blood Cells, and
  Biologists. NSF Informal Science Education.
  Co-PI with Richard Furuta (PI), Frank Shipman
  (Co-PI), Christopher M. Quick (Co-PI), Lauren
  Cifuentes (Co-PI), Rita M. Caso (External
  Evaluator), and Thomas F. Lynch (Director, Brazos
  Valley Natural History Museum). (Pre-proposal
  submitted March 17, 2005 590,000).
• 2004 Bioengineers and Teachers Working the
  Internet, Networks, and Gemeinschaft Research
  Experiences for Teachers. National Science
  Foundation-Research Experiences for Teachers.
  Senior Personnel co-author, with Principal
  Investigator Christopher M. Quick, and
  Co-Principal Investigator Jim Herman. (Granted,
  March 23, 2005) (400,000)

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Examples of Collaborative Projects

• 2004 Pathways to the Doctorate Research
  Assistantship Award TAMU Office of the Vice
  President for Research and the Sociology
  Department (25,000 15,000, respectively).
  Funds a graduate student (Ms. Veeda Williams)
  from a TAMU System school as a research assistant
  for the eBat project.
• 2004 Mechanobiology of the Bat Wing
  Microvasculature Summer Research Experiences for
  Undergraduates. National Science
  Foundation-Research Experiences for
  Undergraduates. Senior Personnel co-author,
  with Principal Investigator Christopher M. Quick,
  and Co-Principal Investigator Randy Stewart.
  (Not granted, revise and resubmit for 2005 cycle)
  (250,000)
• 2001 Youth, Technology, and the Proliferation
  of Drug Use. Co-Principal Investigator, with
  Dr. Edward Murguia and Melissa Tacket-Gibson.
  Awarded from National Institutes of
  Health/National Institutes on Drug Abuse.
  (290,000)

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Advantages of partnerships

• Partnerships are often more competitive
• Allow better leveraging of resources and
  expertise
• Increase the researchers visibility
• Bring direct and indirect funds to your
  institution
• Increase faculty potential for cross-disciplinary
  research, particularly at the program or center
  level
• Foster collaborative and cross-disciplinary
  research opportunities for students

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Partnership challenges

• Time more effort and longer lead time for
  proposal development
• Distance more money may be needed for travel,
  research, etc.
• Communication greater reliance on electronic
  resources (e-mail, list-serves, etc.)
• Must be a win-win situation to be sustainable and
  grow
• Requires fiscal cooperation and equal commitment
  and effort among partners

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Partnership development

• Assemble a proposal development team, defining
  reasons for and nature of the partnership
• Clarify each team members project role and
  proposal writing responsibility
• Use RFP as road map to concept development
• Distill concepts and arguments into linear
  presentation
• Converge proposal drafts and interactions to
  final text

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Common Research Interests of Panelists and
Participants

• Geographical links
• Latino research, Border cultures
• Transition to college and college retention
• Culturally sensitive instruction/curricula
• Obesity, health, physical activity, teaching
  styles
• Community and citizenship
• Educational extension and access, especially to
  underserved groups

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Common Research Interests of Panelists and
Participants

• Behavioral intervention
• Trauma (physical/emotional), recovery, awareness
• Acculturation, Ethnic Identity, Sexual Identity
• Memory
• Contextual and cultural aspects of memory
  memory beliefs
• Alzheimers Disease

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Intersections of Research
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Finding Funding Opportunities

• Handout Beta version of the VPR/OPD Identifying
  External Funding Opportunities, one chapter in
  the larger Proposal Writing Workbook being
  developed by the Office of Proposal Development
  at Texas AM University
• Comprehensive listing of funding newsletters,
  search engines, and funding agencies

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Finding Funding Opportunities

• Handout Beta version of the VPR/OPD Toolkit for
  Humanities Social Science Funding is the first
  draft of one chapter in the larger Proposal
  Writing Workbook being developed by the Office of
  Proposal Development at Texas AM University.
• These listings are a compilation of annual
  funding opportunities in the humanities and
  humanities-related social sciences identified
  over the past year.

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Finding Funding Opportunities

• Handout Beta version of the VPR/OPD Toolkit for
  Programs for Junior Faculty
• There are a variety of programs aimed
  specifically at junior (tenure-track,
  non-tenured) faculty funded by agencies,
  foundations and professional associations. These
  programs range from large multi-year grants such
  as the NSF CAREER program (gt400K over 5-years)
  to smaller, more targeted grants such as Franklin
  Research Grants (6K, 1-year grants offered by
  the American Philosophical Society).

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Finding Funding Opportunities

• Texas AM University Research Funding Bulletin
• http//rf-web.tamu.edu/funding/bulletin.html
• Published Monthly by Texas AM Research
  Foundation, editor Linda Ramirez
  lramirez_at_rf-mail.tamu.edu

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Other Funding Links

• University of Iowa Grants Bulletin
• http//www.lib.msu.edu/harris23/grants/percat.htm
  
• APA Psychology Research Funding Bulletin
• http//www.apa.org/science/researchfunding.html
• American Sociological Association Funding
  Opportunities
• http//www.asanet.org/page.ww?sectionFundingnam
  eFundingOpportunities
• Office of Justice Program Funding
• http//www.ojp.usdoj.gov/

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Other Funding Links

• Duke University Office of Research Support
• http//www.ors.duke.edu/find/announce/deadlines/i
  ndex.html
• Iowa State Funding Opportunities Database
• http//research.uiowa.edu/dsp/main/?getfundingop
  ps
• Foundation Center
• http//fdncenter.org/

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Other Funding Links

• FundSource is a tool designed to help behavioral
  and social scientists find research funding. It
  has been designed to be specific to behavioral
  and social science research, freely available
  with no subscription costs, and responsive to
  your needs and feedback
• http//www.decadeofbehavior.org/fundsource/index.c
  fm

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Other Funding Links

• H-NET An international consortium of scholars
  and teachers, H-Net creates and coordinates
  Internet networks with the objective of advancing
  teaching and research in the arts, humanities,
  and social sciences by sponsoring over 100 free
  electronic, interactive newsletters edited by
  scholars in North America, South America, Europe,
  Africa, and the Pacific.
• http//www.h-net.msu.edu/announce/group.cgi?typeF
  unding

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Federal Agencies and Foundations

• National Science Foundation
• National Institutes of Health
• US Department of Education
• Foundations

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Specific Programs

• NSF Research in Disabilities Education
• http//www.nsf.gov/pubs/2005/nsf05623/nsf05623.ht
  m
• The Research in Disabilities Education (RDE)
  program supports efforts to increase the
  participation and achievement of persons with
  disabilities in science, technology, engineering,
  and mathematics (STEM) education and careers.
  This program provides educational opportunities
  for Undergraduate Students. This program provides
  indirect funding for students at this level or
  focuses on educational developments for this
  group such as curricula development, training or
  retention.
• LOI Jan 16 Full Feb 13
• 100,000/yr

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Specific Programs

• NSF Information Technology Experiences for
  Students and Teachers (ITEST)
• http//www.nsf.gov/pubs/2005/nsf05621/nsf05621.htm
  
• ITEST is designed to increase the opportunities
  for students and teachers to learn about,
  experience, and use information technologies
  within the context of science, technology,
  engineering, and mathematics (STEM), including
  Information Technology (IT) courses. Supported
  projects are intended to provide opportunities
  for both school-age children and for teachers to
  build the skills and knowledge needed to advance
  their study, and to function and contribute in a
  technologically rich society. ITEST has two
  components (a) youth-based projects with strong
  emphases on career and educational paths and (b)
  comprehensive projects for students and teachers.
  
• Preliminary due Nov 2 Full Feb 24
• 3 years _at_ 300,000 average

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Specific Programs

• NSF ADVANCE Increasing the Participation and
  Advancement of Women in Academic Science and
  Engineering Careers
• http//www.nsf.gov/pubs/2005/nsf05584/nsf05584.htm
  
• Partnerships for Adaptation, Implementation, and
  Dissemination Awards
• Partnerships for Adaptation, Implementation, and
  Dissemination Awards support the analysis,
  adaptation, dissemination and use of existing
  innovative materials and practices that have been
  demonstrated to be effective in increasing
  representation and participation of women in
  academic science and engineering careers.
• Deadline January 27, 2006
• 500,000 for 3 years

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Specific Programs

• NSF Law Social Science Program
• http//www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id5
  422orgSBEfromfund
• Supports social scientific studies of law and
  law-like systems of rules, institutions,
  processes, and behaviors, including research
  designed to enhance the scientific understanding
  of the impact of law human behavior and
  interactions as these relate to law the dynamics
  of legal decision making and the nature,
  sources, and consequences of variations and
  changes in legal institutions. The Program has an
  "open window" for diverse theoretical
  perspectives, methods and contexts for study,
  i.e., social control, crime causation, violence,
  victimization, legal and social change, patterns
  of discretion, procedural justice, compliance and
  deterrence, and regulatory enforcement. Planning
  grant proposals, travel support requests to lay
  the foundation for research, and proposals for
  improving doctoral dissertation research are
  welcome.
• Jan. 15

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Specific Programs

• NSF Sociology Program
• http//www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id5
  369orgSBEfromfund
• The Sociology Program supports basic research on
  all forms of human social organization --
  societies, institutions, groups and demography --
  and processes of individual and institutional
  change. The Program encourages theoretically
  focused empirical investigations aimed at
  improving the explanation of fundamental social
  processes. Included is research on organizations
  and organizational behavior, population dynamics,
  social movements, social groups, labor force
  participation, stratification and mobility,
  family, social networks, socialization, gender
  roles, and the sociology of science and
  technology.
• Jan 15 and Aug 15

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Specific Programs

• NSF Social Psychology Program
• http//www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id5
  712orgSBEfromfund
• The Social Psychology Program at NSF supports
  basic research on human social behavior,
  including cultural differences and development
  over the life span. Among the many research
  topics supported are attitude formation and
  change, social cognition, personality processes,
  interpersonal relations and group processes, the
  self, emotion, social comparison and social
  influence, and the psychophysiological and
  neurophysiological bases of social behavior. 
• Jan 15, July 15

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Specific Programs

• NIH Independent Scientist Award (K02)
• http//grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-0
  0-020.html
• The Independent Scientist Award (K02) provides up
  to five years of salary support for newly
  independent scientists who can demonstrate the
  need for a period of intensive research focus as
  a means of enhancing their research careers. The
  candidate must have a doctoral degree and
  independent, peer-reviewed research support at
  the time the award is made. Some of the NIH
  Institutes and Centers, require the candidate to
  have an NIH research grant at the time of
  application. Other NIH Institutes and Centers
  will accept candidates with peer- reviewed,
  independent research support from other sources.
  Candidates are encouraged to explore this issue
  with the proper NIH funding unit before preparing
  an application.

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Specific Programs

• NIH Mentored Career Award for Faculty at Minority
  Institutuions
• http//grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-
  HL-04-026.html
• The Mentored Career Award for Faculty at Minority
  Institutions (K01) is a three to five-year
  non-renewable career development award made to
  faculty at a minority institution. The faculty
  member must hold a Ph.D., M.D., D.V.M., D.O., or
  equivalent professional degree and wish to
  develop research capabilities in research areas
  relevant to the mission of the NHLBI. The
  candidate or the awardee is in the career stage
  that will benefit from a mentor who is an
  accomplished investigator, either at the same
  institution or at a collaborating research
  center.
• May 20, 2006
• 300,000/yr average

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Specific Programs

• NIH Health Disparities Among Minority and
  Underserved Women
• http//grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-04
  -153.html
• The purpose of this initiative is to stimulate
  research aimed at reducing health disparities
  among racial/ethnic minority and underserved
  women. More specifically, this initiative seeks
  applications for (1) research related to health
  promotion or risk reduction among minority and
  underserved women age 21 and older and, (2)
  intervention studies that show promise for
  improving the health profile of minority and
  underserved women.

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Specific Programs

• NIH School-Based Interventions to Prevent Obesity
• http//grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-04
  -145.html
• This Program Announcement (PA) encourages the
  formation of partnerships between academic
  institutions and school systems in order to
  develop and implement controlled, school-based
  intervention strategies designed to reduce the
  prevalence of obesity in childhood. This
  initiative also encourages evaluative comparisons
  of different intervention strategies, as well as
  the use of methods to detect synergistic
  interactions between different types of
  interventions.

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Specific Programs

• NIH Research on the Economics of Diet, Activity,
  and Energy Balance
• http//grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-05
  -009.html
• Obesity has become a major focus of public health
  efforts at the national, State, and local levels.
  The major focus of the Program Announcement (PA)
  is to solicit projects that enhance the
  state-of-the-science on the causes of obesity and
  to inform federal decision making on effective
  public health interventions for reducing the rate
  of obesity in the United States. Research
  strategies that nest economic analysis within a
  broader interdisciplinary context of other social
  and behavioral sciences as well as the
  epidemiological, bio-statistical, medical, and
  biological disciplines relevant to public health
  policy are especially encouraged.

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Specific Programs

• NIH Understanding Mechanisms of Health Risk
  Behavior Change in Children and Adolescents
• http//grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-04
  -121.html
• The concept of health risk behavior change is
  used in this program announcement to encompass
  the evolution of specific health impairing
  behaviors. Of particular interest are factors and
  processes that influence the initiation,
  continuation, and/or cessation of one or more of
  the following health risk behaviors (1)
  substance abuse, (2) inadequate exercise and poor
  dietary practices as they relate to being
  overweight or obese, and (3) intentional and
  unintentional injuries.

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Specific Programs

• US Department of Education - Institute for
  Educational Sciences
• http//www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ies/programs.
  html
• Students with disabilities are as defined in the
  Individuals with Disabilities Education Act as
  a child (i) with mental retardation, hearing
  impairments (including deafness), speech or
  language impairments, visual impairments
  (including blindness), serious emotional
  disturbance (referred to in this title as
  emotional disturbance), orthopedic impairments,
  autism, traumatic brain injury, other health
  impairments, or specific learning disabilities
  and (ii) who, by reason thereof, needs special
  education and related services.
• The Institute supports research that contributes
  to improved academic achievement for all
  students, and particularly for those whose
  education prospects are hindered by conditions
  associated with poverty, minority status,
  disability, family circumstance, and inadequate
  education services.

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ED - Institute for Educational Sciences

• Within each research program one or more of the
  goals may apply (a) Goal One identify
  existing programs, practices, and policies that
  may have an impact on student outcomes and the
  factors that may mediate or moderate the effects
  of these programs, practices, and policies (b)
  Goal Two develop programs, practices, and
  policies that are potentially effective for
  improving outcomes (c) Goal Three establish
  the efficacy of fully developed programs,
  practices, or policies that either have evidence
  of potential efficacy or are widely used but have
  not been rigorously evaluated (d) Goal Four
  provide evidence on the effectiveness of
  programs, practices, and policies implemented at
  scale and (e) Goal Five develop or validate
  data and measurement systems and tools.

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IES FY2005 Research Grant Competitions

• Reading and Writing Education Research
• Mathematics and Science Education Research
• Cognition and Student Learning Education Research
  
• Reading and Writing Special Education Research
• Mathematics and Science Special Education
  Research
• Language and Vocabulary Development Special
  Education Research
• Serious Behavior Disorders Special Education
  Research
• Early Intervention and Assessment for Young
  Children with Disabilities Special Education
  Research
• Secondary and Post-Secondary Outcomes Special
  Education Research
• Teacher Quality Read/Write Education Research

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IES FY2005 Research Grant Competitions (Cont)

• Teacher Quality Math/Science Education Research
  
• Special Education Teacher Quality Research
  Read/Write
• Special Education Teacher Quality Research
  Math/Science
• Individualized Education Programs Special
  Education Research
• Education Finance, Leadership, and Management
  Research
• Assessment for Accountability Special Education
  Research
• National Assessment of Educational Progress
  Secondary Analysis Research Program
• Research on High School Reform
• Education Research and Development Centers
• Postdoctoral Research Training Fellowships in the
  Education Sciences

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Specific Programs

• ED Special Education Research on Individualized
  Education Programs
• http//www.ed.gov/programs/specediep/2006-324i.do
  c
• For the purpose of this Request for Applications
  (RFA), students with disabilities are as defined
  in the Individuals with Disabilities Education
  Act as a child (i) with mental retardation,
  hearing impairments (including deafness), speech
  or language impairments, visual impairments
  (including blindness), serious emotional
  disturbance (referred to in this title as
  emotional disturbance), orthopedic impairments,
  autism, traumatic brain injury, other health
  impairments, or specific learning disabilities
• Due 11/17

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Specific Programs

• ED - Special Education Research on Secondary and
  Post-Secondary Outcomes
• http//www.ed.gov/programs/specedoutcomes/2006-32
  4s.doc
• The Institute supports research that contributes
  to improved academic achievement for all
  students, and particularly for those whose
  education prospects are hindered by conditions
  associated with poverty, minority status,
  disability, family circumstance, and inadequate
  education services.
• Due 11/17

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Specific Programs

• ED Special Education Teacher Quality Research
  Grants Program
• http//www.ed.gov/programs/specedtqmath/2006-324mw
  .doc
• The Institute's Special Education Teacher Quality
  Research program holds two competitions (1)
  Special Education Teacher Quality Reading and
  Writing and (2) Special Education Teacher Quality
  Mathematics and Science.
• Improvement of the following education outcomes
  (a) readiness for schooling (pre-reading,
  pre-writing, early mathematics and science
  knowledge and skills, and social development)
  (b) academic outcomes in reading, writing,
  mathematics, and science (c) student behavior
  and social interactions within schools that
  affect the learning of academic content (d)
  skills that support independent living for
  students with significant disabilities and (e)
  educational attainment (high school graduation,
  enrollment in and completion of post-secondary
  education).
• Aug 4 and Nov 17

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Specific Programs

• ED Research on High School Reform
• http//www.ed.gov/programs/hsresearch/2006-305r.d
  oc
• (a) Goal One identify existing programs,
  practices, and policies that may have an impact
  on student outcomes and the factors that may
  mediate or moderate the effects of these
  programs, practices, and policies (b) Goal Two
  develop programs, practices, and policies that
  are potentially effective for improving outcomes
  (c) Goal Three establish the efficacy of fully
  developed programs, practices, or policies that
  either have evidence of potential efficacy or are
  widely used but have not been rigorously
  evaluated (d) Goal Four provide evidence on
  the effectiveness of programs, practices, and
  policies implemented at scale and (e) Goal Five
  develop or validate data and measurement
  systems and tools
• Due 11/10

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Specific Programs

• ED Reading and Writing Special Education
  Research Grants Program
• http//www.ed.gov/programs/specedreading/2006-324
  g.doc
• (a) Goal One identify existing programs,
  practices, and policies that may have an impact
  on student outcomes and the factors that may
  mediate or moderate the effects of these
  programs, practices, and policies (b) Goal Two
  develop programs, practices, and policies that
  are potentially effective for improving outcomes
  (c) Goal Three establish the efficacy of fully
  developed programs, practices, or policies that
  either have evidence of potential efficacy or are
  widely used but have not been rigorously
  evaluated (d) Goal Four provide evidence on
  the effectiveness of programs, practices, and
  policies implemented at scale and (e) Goal Five
  develop or validate data and measurement
  systems and tools.
• Due 8/4

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Specific Programs

• USDA - Higher Education Program Hispanic-Serving
  Institutions Education Grants Program
• http//www.csrees.usda.gov/fo/fundview.cfm?fonum
  1094
• This competitive grants program is intended to
  promote and strengthen the ability of
  Hispanic-Serving Institutions to carry out higher
  education programs in the food and agricultural
  sciences. Programs aim to attract outstanding
  students and produce graduates capable of
  enhancing the Nation's food and agricultural
  scientific and professional work force.

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Specific Programs

• 2005 Herbert W. Nickens Award
• http//www.aamc.org/about/awards/nickensaward.htm
  
• The award is given to an individual who has made
  outstanding contributions to promoting justice in
  medical education and health care of the American
  people. The recipient receives a 10,000 award
  and presents the Nickens Lecture at the AAMC
  annual meeting.
• Dr. Nickens believed that a multidisciplinary
  approach is needed to address inequities in
  health. Because of this, nominees may come from a
  wide range of fields, including medicine, public
  health, education, law, nursing, and the social
  sciences.

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Specific Programs

• Kenneth and Mamie Clark Award for Outstanding
  Contribution to the Professional Development of
  Ethnic Minority Graduate Students
• http//www.apa.org/apags/members/schawrds.htmlcl
  ark
• Sponsored by APAGS and developed by the APAGS
  Committee on Ethnic Minority Affairs
  (APAGS-CEMA), the purpose of the award is to
  recognize the efforts of ethnic minority
  psychologists (researchers, academics,
  clinicians, and/or administrators) for their
  contributions and commitment to the academic and
  professional development of ethnic minority
  graduate students
• 500 June 1, 2006

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Specific Programs

• American Association for the Advancement of
  Science (AAAS)Awards Mentor Awards
• http//www.aaas.org/aboutaaas/awards/mentor/index
  .shtml
• The AAAS Mentor Award honors individuals who,
  during their careers, demonstrate extraordinary
  leadership to increase the participation of
  underrepresented groups in science and
  engineering fields and careers. These groups
  include (1) women of all racial or ethnic groups
  (2) African American, Native American, and
  Hispanic men and (3) people with disabilities.
  The award recognizes an individual who has
  mentored and guided significant numbers of
  students from underrepresented groups to the
  completion of doctoral studies or who has
  impacted the climate of a department, college, or
  institution to significantly increase the
  diversity of students pursuing and completing
  doctoral studies.
• 5,000 July 31, 2006

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Specific Programs

• Lydia Donaldson Tutt-Jones Memorial Research
  Grant - African American Success
  Foundationhttp//www.blacksuccessfoundation.org/l
  cdtj20research20grant.htm
• The purpose of the Lydia Donaldson Tutt-Jones
  Memorial Research Grant is to support research
  that identifies attitudinal and behavioral
  contributors to African American academic
  success. The interest is to increase the body of
  knowledge about African American students who are
  excelling in school to aid in the replication of
  that success for others. Focus may be upon
  student or parental variables, or both.
• 2,000 June 9, 2006

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Specific Programs

• Andrew W. Mellon Foundation HBCU
• http//www.mellon.org/programs/highered/hbcu/hbcu
  .htm
• Support of programs in the arts, humanities,
  social sciences, interdisciplinary fields,
  faculty career enhancement, and institutional
  building
• Institution Building program, designed to provide
  support for curricular or administrative projects
  that are important parts of the institutions
  intermediate or long-range strategic plan.
• Continuous deadline variable award amounts

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Specific Programs

• SBC Foundation Grant
• http//www.sbc.com/gen/corporate-citizenship?pid
  6418
• The SBC Foundation supports organizations and
  programs that enrich and strengthen diverse
  communities across the United States, with
  emphasis on education, community development,
  health and human services, and arts and culture.
• The SBC Foundation funds programs designed to
• Increase access to information technologies
• Broaden technology training and professional
  skills development
• Integrate new technologies to enhance education
  and economic development
• Reach disadvantaged populations
• 1,000 continuous

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Summary What have we learned?