Opportunity Information: Apply for HHS 2012 ACF OPRE YR 0281
The Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation (OPRE) within the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is offering grants for Head Start Graduate Student Research. This initiative supports advanced graduate students in conducting dissertation research in collaboration with Head Start programs and faculty mentors. To be competitive, applicants must show a strong partnership with their program collaborators and focus on research questions that inform policies at local, state, or federal levels across various early care and education settings, such as child care, pre-kindergarten, home visiting programs, and Head Start programs.
Key expectations include a well-established partnership evident throughout the research plan, from developing research questions to data collection and dissemination of findings. For additional details about OPRE and past grantees, resources are available on their respective websites.Apply for HHS 2012 ACF OPRE YR 0281
- The Administration for Children and Families in the income security and social services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Early Care and Education Research Scholars Head Start Graduate Student Research Grants" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.600 Head Start.
- This funding opportunity was created on Mar 16, 2012 and posted on Mar 16, 2012.
- Applicants must submit their applications by May 14, 2012 Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 1159 p.m., ET, on the listed application due date.. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2025.)
- The funding agency has allocated a total of $150,000.00 to eligible and selected applicants.
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $25,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 6 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Private institutions of higher education Public and State controlled institutions of higher education.
- Accredited public, state controlled, and private institutions of higher education acting on behalf of doctoral level graduate students are eligible applicants, including (a) Tribally Controlled Land Grant Colleges and Universities, (b) Historically Black Colleges and Universities, (c) Hispanic Serving Institutions, and (d) faith based institutions of higher education. The faculty mentor who will serve as principal investigator must have a Ph.D. or equivalent in the respective field and conduct research as a primary professional responsibility. Faith based and community organizations that meet eligibility requirements are eligible to receive awards under this funding opportunity announcement. Individuals, foreign entities, and sole proprietorship organizations are not eligible to compete for, or receive, awards made under this announcement.
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