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Connecting Research,Policy and Practice
Basic Overview of Funding Opportunities at the Institute of Education Sciences
Rebecca McGill-Wilkinson, Ph.D.National Center for Education Research
Kimberley Sprague, Ed.M.National Center for Special Education Research
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Organizational Structure of IES
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National Board for Education
SciencesStandards &
Review Office
Office of the Director
National Center for Education Evaluation
National Center for Education Statistics
National Center for Education Research
National Center for
Special Education Research
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Missions of the Research Centers
• NCER– supports rigorous research that addresses the
nation’s most pressing education needs, from early childhood to adult education
• NCSER– sponsors a rigorous and comprehensive program
of special education research designed to expand the knowledge and understanding of infants, toddlers, and students with or at risk for disabilities from birth through high school
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IES Grant Programs: Research Objectives
• Develop or identify education interventions (practices, programs, policies, and approaches) – that enhance academic achievement– that can be widely deployed
• Identify what does not work and thereby encourage innovation and further research
• Understand the processes that underlie the effectiveness of education interventions and the variation in their effectiveness
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Quick Overview of Current Investments
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NCER Investments by Competition (2002-2013)
Program Number of Awards
Investment (in millions)
Education Research 584 $965.4Research & Development Centers 20 $204.7Postdoctoral Research Training 39 $24.7Predoctoral Research Training 26 $121.8Researcher and Policymaker Training 1 $0.8Researcher-Practitioner Partnerships 6 $2.4Eval. of State & Local Programs & Policies 14 $55.1Statistical & Research Methodology 34 $24.8Reading for Understanding 6 $113.4Preschool Curriculum Evaluation Research 12 $20.2Social & Character Development Research 7 $13.6Unsolicited 31 $44.9Small Business Innovation Research 73 $64.9
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NCSER Investments by Competition (2006-2013)
Program Number of Awards
Investment (in millions)
Special Education Research 247 $451.0
Research & Development Centers 6 $62.0
Postdoctoral Research Training 12 $7.8
Early Career Development and Mentoring Training 3 $1.2
Accelerating the Academic Achievement of Students with Learning Disabilities Research Initiative
1 $10.0
Small Business Innovation Research 16 $11.0
Unsolicited Awards 3 $1.47
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What are the FY2015 Funding Opportunities?
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FY 2015 Research Grant Programs
• Education Research Programs (84.305A)
• Special Education Research Programs (84.324A)
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FY 2015 Research Grant Programs
• Education Research & Development Centers (84.305C)– Knowledge Utilization– Standards in Schools– Virtual Learning
• Statistical & Research Methodology in Education (84.305D)– Statistical & Research Methodology Grants – Early Career Statistical & Research Methodology Grants
• Partnerships & Collaborations Focused on Problems of Practice & Policy (84.305H)– Researcher-Practitioner Partnerships in Education Research– Continuous Improvement Research in Education– Evaluation of State & Local Education Programs & Policies
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FY 2015 Research Training Grant Programs
• Research Training Grant Programs in the Education Sciences (84.305B)– Predoctoral Interdisciplinary Research Training – Postdoctoral Research Training Program– Methods Training for Education Researchers
• Research Training Program in Special Education: Early Career Development and Mentoring (84.324B)
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How to Identify Funding Opportunities
• Begin at the IES website (http://ies.ed.gov/funding)
• Sign up for the IES Newsflash• Funding Opportunities are announced in The Federal
Register • Review current Requests for Applications• Contact relevant Program Officer(s) for the topic(s) of
interest in the relevant Center
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How to Identify Appropriate Grant Programs
• Read the Request for Applications• Review announced topics and methodological
requirements• Look at abstracts of projects funded under a research
topic or program– http://ies.ed.gov/ncer/projects – http://ies.ed.gov/ncser/projects
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Education Research Topics (84.305A)
• Cognition and Student Learning• Early Learning Programs and Policies• Education Technology• Effective Teachers & Effective Teaching• English Learners• Improving Education Systems: Policies, Organization,
Management, and Leadership• Mathematics and Science Education• Postsecondary and Adult Education• Reading and Writing• Social and Behavioral Context for Academic Learning
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Special Education Research Topics (84.324A)
• Autism Spectrum Disorders• Cognition and Student Learning in Special Education• Early Intervention and Early Learning in Special Education• Families of Children with Disabilities• Mathematics and Science Education• Professional Development for Teachers and Related Service Providers• Reading, Writing, and Language Development• Social and Behavioral Outcomes to Support Learning• Special Education Policy, Finance, and Systems• Technology for Special Education• Transition Outcomes for Secondary Students with Disabilities
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FY2015 Research Goals
• Exploration • Development & Innovation• Efficacy & Replication• Effectiveness• Measurement
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Exploration Goal
• Explore associations between education outcomes and malleable factors
• Identify factors and conditions that may mediate or moderate relations between malleable factors and student outcomes
• Possible methodological approaches include:– Analyze secondary data– Collect primary data– Complete a meta-analysis– Combination of above
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Development & Innovation Goal
• Develop an innovative intervention (e.g., curriculum, instructional approach, program, or policy)
• OR improve existing education interventions
• AND collect data on its feasibility, usability, and fidelity of implementation in actual education settings
• AND collect pilot data on student outcomes.
Development process must be
iterative!
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Efficacy & Replication Goal
• Evaluate whether or not a fully developed intervention is efficacious under limited or ideal conditions
OR
• Replicate an efficacious intervention varying the original conditions
OR
• Gather follow-up data examining the longer term effects of an intervention with demonstrated efficacy
OR
• Analyze retrospective (historical) secondary data to test an intervention implemented in the past
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Efficacy & Replication Goal
• Intervention must be fully developed
• Implemented under ideal or routine conditions
• Implemented by end user in authentic education settings
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Remember to Address Requirements
• Cost analysis
• Data Management Plan (in appendix E)
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Effectiveness Goal
• Evaluate whether a fully developed intervention that has evidence of efficacy is effective when implemented under typical conditions through an independent evaluation
• Prior to submitting an effectiveness proposal, at least two efficacy studies of the intervention with beneficial and practical impacts on student outcomes must have been completed
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Effectiveness Goal
• Must have two prior efficacy studies
• Implemented by end user under routine conditions
• Project team must be independent of intervention
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Remember to Address Requirements
• Cost analysis
• Data Management Plan (in appendix E)
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Measurement Goal
• Development of new assessments or refinement of existing assessments, and the validation of these assessments
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• Validation of existing assessments for specific purposes, contexts and populations
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Measurement Goal
• Must include a rationale for a new assessment or refinement
• Will result in well-specified assessment framework:– Operation definition(s) of construct(s)– Theoretical model showing relation of construct(s)– Description of how assessments provides evidence
of construct(s)– Description of the intended use(s) and population(s)
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For All Goals
• Dissemination plan• Check RFA for materials for each Appendix
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Goal Maximum(direct + indirect)
Exploration With secondary data With primary data
2 years, $700,0004 years, $1,600,000
Development & Innovation 4 years, $1,500,000
Efficacy & Replication Follow-up study Retrospective
4 years, $3,500,0003 years, $1,300,0003 years, $800,000
Effectiveness Follow-up study
5 years, $5,000,0003 years, $1,600,000
Measurement 4 years, $1,600,000
Maximum Award Amounts (84.305A & 84.324A)
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Additional FY 2015 Research Programs
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Research Training Programs in the Education Sciences (84.305B)
• Predoctoral Interdisciplinary Research Training Program
• Postdoctoral Research Training Program
• Methods Training for Education Researchers
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Predoctoral Interdisciplinary Training Program
• For institutions to create cohesive graduate training programs
• Should involve a number of different disciplines
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Postdoctoral Research Training Program
• For institutions to establish postdoctoral training programs to train researchers in the skills necessary to conduct the type of research that the Institute funds
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Methods Training for Education Researchers
• Supports training of current education researchers to maintain and upgrade methodological skills
• Applications should respond to ongoing development and adaptation of methods
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Research Training Program in Special Education (84.324B)
• Early Career Development and Mentoring – Intended for those within 3 years of their doctorate or
postdoctoral work– Provides support to further develop methodological,
content, and grant writing expertise– Involves working with a mentor – Requires a research plan AND career development plan
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Education Research and Development Centers (84.305C)
• Knowledge Utilization
• Standards in Schools
• Virtual Learning
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Knowledge Utilization
• Explore how and when practitioners use research evidence to make decisions
• Explore how existing education research can be made more relevant and useful to practitioners
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Standards in Schools
• States across the U.S. are adopting and implementing new standards for college- and career-readiness– E.g. Common Core State Standards
• Explore how K-12 schools and teachers are responding to new standards and what they might mean for students
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Virtual Learning
• Support research on and evaluation of instructional practices, content, and learning tools within widely-used online instructional delivery platforms
• Explore how the large amounts of data generated by platforms can be used to address practical needs and questions of practitioners and researchers
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Statistical and Research Methodology in Education (84.305D)
• Research projects intended to expand and improve the methodological and statistical tools available for education researchers
• These tools will be used to improve the design of research studies, analysis of research data, and interpretation of research findings
• Special topic for early career projects
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Partnerships and Collaborations Focused on Problems of Practice and Policy (84.305H)
• Researcher-Practitioner Partnerships in Education Research
• Continuous Improvement Research in Education
• Evaluation of State and Local Education Programs and Policies
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Researcher-Practitioner Partnerships
• Supports partnerships composed of research institutions and state or local education agencies– Identified education problem of high priority for the
education agency that has important implications for student outcomes
• Supports partnership’s development of a research plan
• New or existing partnerships
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Continuous Improvement Research in Education
• Supports partnerships between research institutions and state or local education agencies– To address specific education problem of high priority for
the education agency that has important implications for student outcomes
• Existing, well-established partnerships• Implement, adapt, and revise an approach to
addressing the issue or problem
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Evaluation of State and Local Education Programs and Policies
• Support for rigorous evaluations of education programs or policies that are paid for and implemented by State or local education agencies
• Evaluations are to determine both the overall impact of the programs/policies and the impact across a variety of conditions
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Award Parameters (84.305B-H & 84.324B)
Program Maximum Number of Years
Maximum Award(direct + indirect)
305B Predoc Training Postoc Training Methods Training
5 years5 years3 years
$4,000,000$700,000
$1,000,000
324B Early Career in Special Ed 4 years $400,000
305C Knowledge Utilization Standards in Schools Virtual Learning
5 years5 years5 years
$5,000,000$10,000,000$10,000,000
305D Stats/Methods Early Career
3 years1.5 years
$900,000$200,000
305H Researcher-Practitioner Part. Continuous Improvement Eval. Of State and Local
2 years4 years5 years
$400,000$2,500,000$5,000,000
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Now that you’ve decided to apply, what’s next?
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Then, Contact a Program Officer• Program Officers can offer guidance and technical assistance
• Program Officers are associated with competitions and/or topics
• Contact information is included at the end of each RFA
• Contact information is also available on each of the program pages on the IES website
Contact Relevant Program Officers
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Documents for Submission
• RFA– No separate submission guide
• FY 2015 Application Packages will be available on June 5, 2014 at www.grants.gov
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Application Deadline
Letter of Intent Due
Date
Application Package Posted
Start Dates
August 7, 2014
4:30:00 PM DC Time
June 5, 2014 June 5, 2014 July 1, 2015to
Sept 1, 2015
Important Dates and Deadlines
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Submit a Letter of Intent
• Letters of Intent are strongly encouraged– Program Officer will contact you to offer assistance– Used to identify expertise needed for peer-review panels and to
secure a sufficient number of reviewers– Non-binding and not used in review
• LOIs are submitted electronically– https://iesreview.ed.gov
• If you miss the deadline, please contact the relevant Program Officer to let him/her know of your intent to submit
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Application Due Dates
• Applications are accepted once a year• For FY 2015, applications are due August 7, 2014 at
4:30:00 PM Washington DC time (Eastern)• We do NOT accept late applications • The authorized representative at your institution (not
the PI) actually submits the grant to IES
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Peer Review Process
• Applications are reviewed for compliance and responsiveness to the RFA
• Applications that are compliant and responsive are assigned to a review panel
• Two or three panel members conduct a primary review of each application– Most competitive applications move to full panel
• At panel meeting, the most competitive applications are reviewed by full panel
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Notification
• All applicants will receive e-mail notification that the following information is available via the Applicant Notification System (ANS):• Status of award• Peer reviewer summary statement
• If you are not granted an award the first time, consider resubmitting and talking with your program officer
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Help Us Help You
• Read the Request for Applications carefully
• Call or e-mail IES Program Officers early in the process
• As time permits, IES program staff can review draft proposals and provide feedback
Don’t be afraid to contact us!
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For More Information
http://ies.ed.gov/funding
Rebecca [email protected]
Kimberley [email protected]
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