Deadline: 9-Jun-22
The Foundation for Child Development (FCD) is currently accepting proposals for its Young Scholars Program (YSP) to support a scholarship for early-career researchers.
YSP funds implementation research that is policy- and practice-relevant and that examines the preparation, competency, compensation, well-being, and ongoing professional learning of the early care and education (ECE) workforce.
Goals
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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.
- Improve teacher preparation and ongoing professional learning, with special attention to the influence and role of institutions of higher education.
Priority Populations
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The Foundation supports research that is related to the ECE workforce that serves the YSP priority populations of young children who experience the harmful effects of poverty and discrimination across the birth to age eight continua. The priority populations include below:
- 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 special education classifications
- Children experiencing homelessness
- Victims of trauma and/or child maltreatment
Research Focus
- Supporting the Early Care and Education Workforce
- Supporting Implementation Research on the ECE Workforce
Funding Information
- Up to three grants are available for support of individual scholarships.
- For proposed research projects involving either primary data collection or a combination of primary data collection and secondary data analysis, the maximum grant award, including indirect costs, is $225,000 to be used over a two- to three-year period. Grant funds are intended to support the Principal Investigator's salary and direct research expenses. Indirect and overhead costs are limited to 15 percent of the total direct personnel costs.
- For proposed research projects solely focused on secondary data analysis, the maximum grant award, including indirect costs, is $180,000 to be used over a two- to three-year period. Grant funds are intended to support the Principal Investigator's salary and direct research expenses. Indirect and overhead costs are limited to 15 percent of the total direct personnel costs.
- In general, up to 10 percent of direct personnel costs may be used towards senior faculty or advisors as consultants.
- Each award will be paid directly to and will be administered by, the affiliated 501(c)(3) nonprofit institution/organization at which the recipient holds his/her full-time position.
- Principal Investigators may only submit one proposal during an award cycle.
- Award recipients are designated as Foundation for Child Development Young Scholars.
Eligibility Criteria
- Principal Investigators must have received their doctoral degrees (e.g., Ph.D., Ed.D., Psy.D., J.D.) between January 1, 2013, and June 30, 2021. Physician applicants must have received their M.D. degrees between January 1, 2010, and June 30, 2021. A minimum of one year must have elapsed since receiving their degrees before Principal Investigators may apply to the program.
- Applicants must be United States citizens, legal permanent residents, or those who have employment authorization from the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services at the time of the award and for the duration of the fellowship.
- For the duration of the fellowship, individual Principal Investigators must be full-time, paid employees of the affiliated 501(c)(3) nonprofit institution/organization (including research firms) or of a public American college or university located in the United States and its territories that will receive and process the Foundation's grant as well as support (e.g., contribute material and in-kind support) the funded research project, if awarded.
- The affiliated 501(c)(3) nonprofit institution/organization (including research firms) or public American college or university must have a minimum annual operating budget of $2.5 million, have a minimum three-year track record in leading and conducting multi-year research projects (at least three over the last three years), include research as a core activity as described in recent annual reports, and have produced and publicly disseminated a minimum of five publications (over the last five years) reporting the results of their research.
- The applicant is the sole Principal Investigator and will lead the proposed research (no Co-Investigators). More than one applicant may apply from a single institution.
- Returning applicants are welcome and strongly encouraged to re-apply.
For more information, visit FCD.
For more information, visit https://www.fcd-us.org/about-us/young-scholars-program/