IES Awards Grants to Train and Develop Education Scientists
June 28, 2017
The Institute of Education Sciences (IES) has awarded 10 grants that will be used to support programs that train and develop education scientists at different phases of their careers and help prepare them to conduct rigorous research. The grants, from the National Center for Education Research (NCER) and the National Center for Special Education Research (NCSER), are awarded in three different IES research programs:
- Early Career Development and Mentoring in Special Education, a NCSER program, supports new investigators in special education and early intervention as they develop their own line of independent research during their first years at an institution of higher education;
- Pathways to the Education Sciences Research Training Program, a NCER program, develops a pipeline of talented education researchers who bring new ideas, approaches and perspectives to the field; and
- Postdoctoral Research Training Program in the Education Sciences, a NCER program, prepares researchers to conduct rigorous and relevant education research that addresses issues that are important to education leaders and practitioners.
The 2017 grant awards in these three programs total nearly $6.5 million.
Early Career Development and Mentoring in Special Education
A Longitudinal Investigation of the Friendship and Bullying Experiences of Middle School Youth with and without Autism Spectrum Disorder and Intellectual Disability
Awardee: Michigan State University, Marisa Fisher
Amount: $399,592 for four years, August 16, 2017 to August 15, 2021
Cognitive and Linguistic Mediators of Response to Intensive Interventions in Reading for English Learners At-Risk for Learning Disabilities
Awardee: University of Houston, Jeremy Miciak
Amount: $391, 047 for four years, July 1, 2017 to June 30, 2020
Exploring How Special Educators' Working Conditions Contribute to their Engagement of Students with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders in Effective Reading Instruction
Awardee: Boston University, Elizabeth Bettini
Amount: $400,000 for four years, July 1, 2017 to June 30, 2021
Validation of the Assessment of Culturally and Contextually Relevant Supports (ACCReS): Supporting Educators of Diverse Students with or at Risk for Disabilities
Awardee: University of Massachusetts, Boston, Lindsay Fallon
Award: $398,722 for four years, Sept. 1, 2017 to August 31, 2021
Pathways to the Education Sciences Research Training Program
Partners United for Research Pathways Oriented to Social Justice in Education
Awardee: Florida State University, Alysia Roehrig
Amount: $1,020,800 for five year, July 1, 2017 to June 30, 2022
Research Institute for Scholars in Education (RISE)
Awardee: University of Maryland, Susan De La Paz
Amount: $1,070,650 for five years, July 1, 2017 to June 30, 2022
Postdoctoral Research Training Program in the Education Sciences
Postdoctoral Training Program in Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Methods for Education Research
Awardee: University of Michigan, Brian A. Jacob
Amount: $712,000 for five years, July 1, 2017 to June 30, 2022
University of Virginia Education Science (VEST) Interdisciplinary Post-Doctoral Training Program
Awardee: University of Virginia, Sara Rimm-Kaufman
Amount: $695,425 for four years, Sept. 1, 2017 to August 31, 2021
University of Washington SMART Center Postdoctoral Research Program
Awardee: University of Washington, Eric Bruns
Amount: $702,476 for five years, Sept. 21, 2017 to August 31, 2022
Postdoctoral Training Program in Research on School Leader Effectiveness and Career Pathways
Awardee: Vanderbilt University, Jason Grissom
Amount: $673,426 for three years, July 1, 2017 to June 30, 2020
Media Contact: Dana Tofig, Communications Director, Institute of Education Sciences, 202-245-8235, dana.tofig@ed.gov