Cooperative Agreement 90CA1868

The U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences awarded a $541,455 Project Grant under the Education Research, Development and Dissemination program (CFDA 84.305) to Seattle Children's Hospital to update school-based measurement of organization, time management, and planning skills for the modern secondary classroom. The project involves developing and piloting improved assessment tools for these critical executive function skills in secondary school students. Seattle...

The U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $289,134 Project Grant to Empowerment Resource Center Inc., a non-profit organization based in Atlanta, Georgia, under the AIDS Education and Training Centers (AETC) Program (CFDA 93.145). The grant, with a project period from September 1, 2024, to August 31, 2025, supports Empowerment Resource Center's efforts to enhance the healthcare workforce's capacity to provide high-quality HIV prevention, care, and treatment services....

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Social and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) provides $349,640 to the University of Illinois to conduct innovative research on how a student's location and school resources affect their long-term cognitive, non-cognitive, and life outcomes. The research leverages unique administrative data spanning over 20 years to examine the causal impacts of school quality measures, teacher/principal effectiveness, and...

This $1,445,599 Project Grant award from the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) under the CFDA program "National Institute of Justice Research, Evaluation, and Development Project Grants" (16.560) supports a 3-year demonstration project to test an evidence-based implementation framework for improving risk-need-responsivity (RNR)-informed case management capacity, implementation, and reach among persons of color on probation. The key objectives are to: 1) conduct a formative evaluation...

This three-year, $375,000 project grant from the National Science Foundation's National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, operating under the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences program (CFDA 47.075), will develop tools to analyze process data from computer-based educational assessments and adaptive designs for testing and learning. The Columbia University researchers will focus on statistical learning methods to understand students' cognitive processes using log file data...

The Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) awarded a $1,561,072 Project Grant under the Appalachian Area Development program (CFDA 23.002) to the Employment Opportunity & Training Center, operating as Outreach - Center For Community Resources, a non-profit organization based in Scranton, Pennsylvania. The two-year grant, effective from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2026, will fund a workforce training initiative. Outreach - Center For Community Resources has extensive experience delivering...

This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865), provides $689,752 to The Pennsylvania State University to conduct an experimental study of the Research-to-Policy Collaboration (RPC) model. The RPC model aims to increase engagement between state policymakers and the research community, build policymakers' awareness and value of research on child abuse and...

The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Community Living, through the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (CFDA 93.433) program, awarded a $200,000 Project Grant to the American Institutes for Research (AIR) in partnership with Think College and Worth. The three-year grant aims to co-develop a new intervention called "MY ROAD" to empower inclusive postsecondary education (IPSE) programs in evaluating and expanding...

This $2,234,643 Project Grant award from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) will fund the University of Oregon's "Expanding Access and Accelerating Delivery of Interventions to Promote Mental Health for Underserved Adolescents" (ACCESS) center. The ACCESS center aims to improve mental health outcomes for underserved youth through school-based prevention programs and practices. Key activities include...

The Disability Community Resource Center will receive $130,263 in Formula Grant funding from the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Community Living under the ACL Centers for Independent Living program (CFDA 93.432) from March 1, 2022 to September 30, 2024. The grant funds will support the Center's delivery of services as part of California's statewide network of centers for independent living. As outlined under the ACL Centers for Independent Living program, the Center...