Special Education Research Grants
Solicitation Title: Special Education Research Grants
Funding Amount: Grant duration ranges from 2-5 years with maximum grant awards ranging between $600,000 to 3,800,000 depending on the research goal (See #3 under “Other Information” below). A full table of grant durations and funding limits may be found on p. 14 of the RFP linked below.
Sponsor Deadline: Thursday, August 4, 2016
Solicitation Number: CFDA 84.324A
Overview
<div>The Institute of Education Sciences (IES) has established 11 programs of research (topics) under its Special Education Research Grants Program. All 11 topics are included under one Special Education Research Grant RFA (link provided below). For each topic, we provide a brief description:<br><strong></strong></div> <div><strong></strong></div> <div><strong>Autism Spectrum Disorders</strong> (ASD) supports research that contributes to the identification of effective strategies and the knowledge and skills necessary for teachers and other instructional personnel to implement comprehensive school-based interventions (i.e., interventions that directly target, in a coordinated fashion, multiple student outcomes) and improve outcomes for students identified with or at risk for ASD from kindergarten through Grade 12.<br><strong></strong></div> <div><strong></strong></div> <div><strong>Cognition and Student Learning in Special Education</strong> supports research on how teachers and other instructional personnel can utilize cognitive science research in ways that improve outcomes for students with or at risk for disabilities in kindergarten through Grade 12. This topic also supports research on the basic processes of adult learning, specifically for teachers and other instructional personnel to acquire, organize, and apply knowledge to support academic outcomes for students with or at risk for disabilities.<br><strong></strong></div> <div><strong></strong></div> <div><strong>Early Intervention and Early Learning in Special Education</strong> supports research that contributes to the identification of effective strategies and knowledge and skills necessary for teachers and other instructional personnel to improve the developmental outcomes and school readiness of infants, toddlers, and preschool children (from birth through age 5) with or at risk for disabilities.</div> <div><strong></strong></div> <div><strong>Families of Children with Disabilities</strong> supports research that contributes to the identification of effective strategies and knowledge and skills necessary for teachers and other instructional personnel to improve family involvement in the education of children with or at risk for disabilities and build and foster family–school partnerships in ways that improve education outcomes for these students from kindergarten through Grade 12.</div> <div><strong></strong></div> <div><strong>Mathematics and Science Education</strong> supports research that contributes to the identification of effective strategies and knowledge and skills necessary for teachers and other instructional personnel to improve mathematics and science outcomes for students with or at risk for disabilities from kindergarten through Grade 12.</div> <div><strong></strong></div> <div><strong>Professional Development for Teachers and Other Instructional Personnel</strong> supports research that contributes to the identification of professional development programs that promote the knowledge and skills that teachers and other instructional personnel need to engage in overarching instructional and collaborative practices that ultimately link to improvements in outcomes for students with or at risk for disabilities from kindergarten through Grade 12.</div> <div><strong></strong></div> <div><strong>Reading, Writing, and Language Development</strong> supports research that contributes to the identification of effective strategies and knowledge and skills necessary for teachers and other instructional personnel to improve reading, writing, and language skills of students with or at risk for disabilities.</div> <div><strong></strong></div> <div><strong>S</strong><strong>ocial and Behavioral Outcomes to Support Learning</strong> supports research that contributes to the identification of effective strategies and knowledge and skills necessary for teachers and other instructional personnel to improve student behavior and concomitantly, improve education outcomes for students with or at risk for disabilities.</div> <div><strong></strong></div> <div><strong>Special Education Policy, Finance, and Systems</strong> supports research that contributes to the identification of systemic processes, procedures, and programs pertaining to teachers and instructional personnel that improve the education outcomes for students with or at risk for disabilities from kindergarten through Grade 12.</div> <div><strong></strong></div> <div><strong>Technology for Special Education</strong> supports research that contributes to the identification of effective strategies and knowledge and skills necessary for teachers an</div>
Other Information:<p>Common Requirements Across all 11 Programs: </p> <ol> <li>All applications to the FY 2017 Special Education Research Grants program must address both (a) teachers or other instructional personnel and (b) the children and youth with or at risk fordisabilities whom they serve. </li> <li>Teacher and Student Outcomes: All research supported under the Special Education Research Grants program must address (a) teacher and other instructional personnel outcomes, and (b) education outcomes of children and youth with or at risk for disabilities.</li> <li>Researchers must work within or with data from authentic education settings. Authentic education settings for teachers and other instructional personnel include both in-school settings and formal programs (e.g., early intervention and early childhood special education, after-school programs, distance learning programs, online programs) used by schools or state and local education agencies. </li> <li>The Institute uses a goal structure to encourage focused research along the continuum of research, development, and evaluation activities necessary for building a scientific education research enterprise. Therefore, your application must be directed to one of five research goals (see Part III Goal Requirements): Exploration; Development and Innovation; Efficacy and Replication; Effectiveness; or Measurement. The research goal identifies the type and purpose of the work you will be doing within the topic-defined field. You should select the research goal that most closely aligns with the purpose of the research you propose, regardless of the specific methodology you plan to use.</li> </ol>Last Updated:
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