<p>Purpose of Program: The purposes of this program are to</p>
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<li>help address State-identified needs for personnel preparation in special education, early intervention, related services, and regular education to work with children, including infants and toddlers, with disabilities; and</li>
<li>ensure that those personnel have the necessary skills and knowledge, derived from practices that have been determined through scientifically based research and experience, to be successful in serving those children.</li>
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<p><span>P
<p>The Ford Foundation is always open to new ideas, and we welcome your input. We believe in the inherent dignity of all people. Yet around the world, billions of people are excluded from full participation in the political, economic, and cultural systems that shape their lives. We view this fundamental inequality as the defining challenge of our time, one that limits the potential of all people, everywhere. Addressing inequality is at the center of everything we do.</p>
<p>Failure to invest in and protect vital public goods such as education drives inequality.
<p>The Institute of International Education invites qualifying scholars to apply to the Scholar Rescue Fund, which provides fellowships for established professors, researchers, and public intellectuals whose lives or careers are threatened in their home countries.<br>The fellowships, which last up to one academic year, support temporary academic positions at universities, colleges, and research centers in safe locations anywhere in the world where scholars can continue their work unharmed.
<p>The Foundation funds two types of projects:</p>
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<li><strong>Program Development.</strong> Goal: Develop and test the feasibility of new programs for promoting positive cognitive and/or achievement outcomes for children (birth through 18 years) from underserved groups and/or low-resourced communities (minority ethnic groups, low-income families). Duration -- up to one year.
<p>The Institute’s purpose in awarding these grants is to provide national leadership in expanding fundamental knowledge and understanding of (1) developmental and school readiness outcomes for infants and toddlers with or at risk for a disability, and (2) education outcomes for all students from early childhood education through postsecondary and adult education. </p>
<p>The Institute will conduct 10 research competitions in FY 2018 through two of its centers: NCER and NCSER.</p>
<p><strong>NCSER</strong></p>
<p>The
<p>The Institute’s purpose in awarding these grants is to provide national leadership in expanding fundamental knowledge and understanding of (1) developmental and school readiness outcomes for infants and toddlers with or at risk for a disability, and (2) education outcomes for all students from early childhood education through postsecondary and adult education. </p>
<p>The Institute will conduct 10 research competitions in FY 2018 through two of its centers: NCER and NCSER.</p>
<p><strong>NCER</strong></p>
<p>The
<p>The Institute’s purpose in awarding these grants is to provide national leadership in expanding fundamental knowledge and understanding of (1) developmental and school readiness outcomes for infants and toddlers with or at risk for a disability, and (2) education outcomes for all students from early childhood education through postsecondary and adult education. </p>
<p>The Institute will conduct 10 research competitions in FY 2018 through two of its centers: NCER and NCSER.</p>
<p><strong>NCER</strong></p>
<p>The
<p>The Institute’s purpose in awarding these grants is to provide national leadership in expanding fundamental knowledge and understanding of (1) developmental and school readiness outcomes for infants and toddlers with or at risk for a disability, and (2) education outcomes for all students from early childhood education through postsecondary and adult education. </p>
<p>The Institute will conduct 10 research competitions in FY 2018 through two of its centers: NCER and NCSER.</p>
<p><strong>NCER</strong></p>
<p>The
<p>The Institute’s purpose in awarding these grants is to provide national leadership in expanding fundamental knowledge and understanding of (1) developmental and school readiness outcomes for infants and toddlers with or at risk for a disability, and (2) education outcomes for all students from early childhood education through postsecondary and adult education. </p>
<p>The Institute will conduct 10 research competitions in FY 2018 through two of its centers: NCER and NCSER.</p>
<p><strong>NCSER</strong></p>
<p>The