Using Longitudinal Data to Support State Education Policymaking Grant Program (ED)
| Published date | 16 April 2020 |
| Date | 16 April 2020 |
| DOI | http://doi.org/10.1002/fgc.31014 |
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Grants alerts
Statistical and Research Methodology
in Education Grant Program (ED)
Scope: The Education Department’s Institute of
Education Sciences seeks applications for the
Statistical and Research Methodology in Education
announcement to support the development of a wide
range of methodological and statistical tools to better
enable applied education scientists to conduct rigorous
education research.
Deadline: July 30, 2020.
Funds: The Statistical and Research Methodology in
Education competition (CFDA 84.305D) awards will
range from $40,000 to $300,000.
Eligibility: Applicants must have the ability and
capacity to conduct scientically valid research. These
include but are not limited to nonprot and for-prot
organizations and public and private agencies and
colleges and universities.
Areas: ED said it will consider only applications
that address one of the following topics: statistical
and research methodology grants and early-career
statistical and research methodology grants.
➜ www.grants.gov; FON# ED-GRANTS-032520-001
Using Longitudinal Data to Support State
Education Policymaking Grant Program (ED)
Scope: The Education Department’s Institute of Education
Sciences seeks applications for the Using Longitudinal
Data to Support State Education Policymaking Grant
Program announcement to expand the research use of
state longitudinal data systems to examine long-term
learner outcomes and pathways in order to provide
evidence for state education policymaking.
Deadline: July 30, 2020.
Funds: The Using Longitudinal Data to Support State
Education Policymaking competition (CFDA 84.305S)
awards will range from $40,000 to $333,000.
Eligibility: Applicants must be a state educational
agency (SEA), dened as a state or territory’s
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