Since 2004, IES has been preparing researchers to conduct high-quality, rigorous education and special education research through training grant programs. This roughly $281 million investment has helped change universities and departments across the nation and supported the training of over 200 students interested in beginning doctoral programs, nearly 1000 doctoral students, over 280 postdoctoral fellows, and hundreds of practicing researchers at universities, research firms, state and local agencies, and other organizations.
Over the months to come, we will be spotlighting these IES training programs and those who have participated in them. This blog series will include interviews, updates, and program descriptions as we learn more about the research, innovations, and careers of IES training program participants.
Join us as we celebrate the possibilities created by the following IES training programs:
- Predoctoral Interdisciplinary Research Training – first awarded in FY 2004 and supported by NCER
- Postdoctoral Research Training – first awarded in FY 2005 and supported by NCER
- Postdoctoral Research Training Program in Special Education and Early Intervention – first awarded in FY 2008 and supported by NCSER
- Methods Training for Education Research – grew out of unsolicited grants that focused on training (funded in FY 2008), leading to specific competition first awarded in FY 2013 and supported by NCER
- Early Career Development and Mentoring in Special Education – first awarded in FY 2013 and supported by NCSER
- Pathways to the Education Sciences – first awarded in FY 2016 and supported by NCER
- Methods Training for Special Education Research – first awarded in FY 2016 and supported by NCSER
For more information about the NCER training programs, contact Dr. Katina Stapleton, and for information about NCSER training programs, contact Dr. Katie Taylor.
This blog was written by Dr. Meredith Larson, program officer for NCER Postdoctoral Research Training grants, and is the first in an ongoing series: Spotlight on IES Training Programs.