Project Grant ARC22C20962

This Project Grant award of $200,000.00 from the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (CFDA 93.433) will fund a three-year formative evaluation and evaluability assessment of the Atlanta Regional Commission's Behavioral Health Coaching program. The program aims to promote housing stabilization and independence for adults with disabilities and behavioral health conditions living in publicly subsidized housing. The key objectives of the study are to:...

This $471,322 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences (CFDA 84.305 - Education Research, Development and Dissemination) will fund a meta-analysis of college writing interventions and their impact on writing and learning outcomes. The principal investigator is from the University of California, Irvine, and the project will involve co-investigators from Arizona State University and the University of Iowa. The goal is to identify...

This federal Project Grant award, valued at $920,882 and awarded by the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences (IES) under the Research in Special Education program (CFDA 84.324), will fund an evaluation of the K-5 Second Step social-emotional learning program and bully prevention unit. The study will assess the impact of these programs on youth violence and school climate among students with and at-risk for disability identification. The University of Missouri System...

The Urban Institute, in partnership with the American Probation and Parole Association (APPA) and the National Center for Victims of Crime (NCVC), is conducting a $365,675 study funded by the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) Research, Evaluation, and Development Project Grants program (CFDA 16.560). The study aims to advance the evidence-implementation capacity of probation/parole agencies and victim service providers that interact with people in the community. This involves a cluster...

This $399,674 federal Project Grant award, funded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program, supports a research project to evaluate and develop measures of questionable research practices (QRPs) across academic disciplines. The project aims to explore how differing definitions of QRPs may impact the adoption of registered reports, which are a mechanism to reduce QRPs by conducting peer review prior to data collection. The research...

This $208,420 Project Grant was awarded by the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences under the Education Research, Development and Dissemination program (CFDA 84.305) to the Georgia State University Research Foundation. The award supports a 4-year research project to understand the challenges that low-skilled adults in the U.S. face when engaging with digital assessments for adaptive problem-solving skills. The project involves developing and piloting think-aloud...

The University of South Florida (USF) has been awarded a $558,265 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences (CFDA 84.324 - Research in Special Education) to develop and validate a social, emotional, and behavioral risk screener for early childhood. The project will run from July 1, 2024, to June 30, 2025. The goal of this research effort is to generate actionable insights that can enhance educational practices, policies, and support systems for...

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...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) project grant awarded under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program provides $697,718 to the American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences (AIR) to expand the functionality of MetaReviewer, a free, web-based software tool that supports the conduct of systematic reviews and meta-analyses in STEM education research. The project will develop three new key features in MetaReviewer: (a) a literature search portal to manage literature search...

This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute of Justice, under the Research, Evaluation, and Development Project Grants program (CFDA 16.560), provides $136,485 to Temple University to conduct a qualitative study examining the factors that influence service utilization by vulnerable populations in the context of a street outreach co-response program. The study will engage with key stakeholders, including police officers, outreach workers, and program clients, through...