FOA-2021
Young Scholars Program; LOI due June 8, 2021
Agency
The
Foundation for Child Development
Description:
The
Foundation for Child Development connects research, policy, and practice to
help build early childhood systems that enable children to reach their full
potential. To that end, FCD currently is accepting LOIs for its 2021 Young
Scholars Program (YSP), which funds implementation research that is
policy and practice-relevant and examines the preparation, competency,
compensation, well-being, and ongoing professional learning of the early care
and education (ECE) workforce.
Three
specific goals frame the foundation’s current programmatic priority to
strengthen the ECE workforce: professionalize the early childhood field and
build greater awareness of the status of the early childhood workforce; enhance
the quality of professional practice; and improve teacher preparation and
ongoing professional learning, with special attention to the influence and role
of institutions of higher education. The foundation supports research that
is related to the ECE workforce that serves the YSP
priority population of young children, from birth to age eight, who experience
the harmful effects of poverty and discrimination.
Priority
populations include children from low-income families and/or those experiencing
extreme poverty; children with diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds; immigrant
or refugee families, undocumented minors, or children whose family members have
been detained or deported; dual language and multilingual learners; children
with social education classifications; children experiencing homelessness; and
victims of trauma and/or child maltreatment.
Award
amounts are up to $225,000 for primary data collection or a combination of
primary data collection and secondary data analysis and up to $180,000 for
secondary data analysis.
To
be eligible, researchers must have received their doctoral degrees (e.g., PhD,
EdD, PsyD, JD, etc.)
between January 1, 2012, and June 30, 2020. Physician applicants must have
received their MD degrees between January 1, 2009, and June 30, 2020. The
affiliated 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization or public
American college or university must have a minimum operating budget of $2.5
million and a minimum three-year track record in conducting multiyear research
projects (at least three over the last three years).
The
foundation encourages applications from scholars who are from underrepresented
groups that have historically experienced poverty, racism, prejudice, and
discrimination.
Closing
Date:
June
8, 2021 (LOIs)
Link to Full Announcement:
https://www.fcd-us.org/about-us/young-scholars-program/
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