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Early Care and Education Research Scholars: Head Start Graduate Student Research Grants
The Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation (OPRE) of the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is soliciting applications for the Head Start Graduate Student Research Grants to support dissertation research by advanced graduate students who are working in partnership with Head Start programs
and with faculty mentors.
Competitive applicants will 1) demonstrate a collaborative partnership with their program partners, and 2) pursue research questions that directly inform local, state, or federal policy relevant to multiple early care and education practices.
Applicants should consider pursuing data collection across contexts, including child care, pre-k, home-visiting programs, Head Start, Early Head Start, and/or others.
Applicants are expected to demonstrate an established partnership with their early care and education program partners that should be apparent throughout the research plan, from development and refinement of the research questions through the proposed data collection, interpretation, and dissemination.
For more information about OPRE, please go to http://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre.
For further information about previous Head Start Graduate Student Research Grantees, please refer to http://www.
acf.hhs.gov/opre/research /project/ head-start -graduate-student-research-program.
The *EXPIRED* Funding Opportunity Announcement for the prior Fiscal Year can be reviewed at https:// ami.grantsolutions.gov /index.cfm?switch=foa&fon=HHS -2014-ACF-OPRE-YR- 078 5. Awards are dependent on the availability of funds and the best interest of the federal government.
and with faculty mentors.
Competitive applicants will 1) demonstrate a collaborative partnership with their program partners, and 2) pursue research questions that directly inform local, state, or federal policy relevant to multiple early care and education practices.
Applicants should consider pursuing data collection across contexts, including child care, pre-k, home-visiting programs, Head Start, Early Head Start, and/or others.
Applicants are expected to demonstrate an established partnership with their early care and education program partners that should be apparent throughout the research plan, from development and refinement of the research questions through the proposed data collection, interpretation, and dissemination.
For more information about OPRE, please go to http://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre.
For further information about previous Head Start Graduate Student Research Grantees, please refer to http://www.
acf.hhs.gov/opre/research /project/ head-start -graduate-student-research-program.
The *EXPIRED* Funding Opportunity Announcement for the prior Fiscal Year can be reviewed at https:// ami.grantsolutions.gov /index.cfm?switch=foa&fon=HHS -2014-ACF-OPRE-YR- 078 5. Awards are dependent on the availability of funds and the best interest of the federal government.
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services
Office: Administration for Children and Families
Estimated Funding: $150,000
Office: Administration for Children and Families
Estimated Funding: $150,000
Who's Eligible
Relevant Nonprofit Program Categories
Obtain Full Opportunity Text:
https://ami.grantsolutions.gov/HHS-2017-ACF-OPRE-YR-1219
Additional Information of Eligibility:
Eligibility is open to public or private entities.The faculty mentor who will serve as principal investigator must have a Ph.D.
or equivalent in the respective field and conduct research as a primary professional responsibility.
Applications from individuals (including sole proprietorships) and foreign entities are not eligible and will be disqualified from competitive review and from funding under this announcement.
Full Opportunity Web Address:
https://ami.grantsolutions.gov/HHS-2017-ACF-OPRE-YR-1219
Contact:
ACF Applications Help Deskapp_support@acf.hhs.gov
Agency Email Description:
ACF Applications Help Desk
Agency Email:
app_support@acf.hhs.gov
Date Posted:
2017-04-12
Application Due Date:
2017-06-12
Archive Date:
2017-07-12
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