Project Grant H327L020043

This Project Grant award of $488,662 from the Department of Education Institute of Education Sciences' Research in Special Education (CFDA 84.324) program supports research dissemination activities from January 2021 through January 2022. As the prime awardee, Child Trends, Inc. will leverage its Child Trends News Service project to strategically communicate special education research funded by IES to parents and teachers through local television news reports and broader networks. Under two...

This federal Project Grant award of $249,999.00 from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services under the Special Education - Personnel Development to Improve Services and Results for Children with Disabilities program (CFDA 84.325) supports the University of Massachusetts Boston in preparing diverse personnel to provide related services in assistive technology for people with visual impairments. The award, effective from September 1, 2024 to...

The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services awarded a $1,799,999 project grant to Utah State University (USU) to operate the National Center on Accessible Digital Educational Materials and Instruction (NCADEMI). The grant, which runs from October 2024 to September 2025, supports the development and implementation of technological solutions to improve educational outcomes for students with disabilities. As the prime grantee, USU will leverage its...

This federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services under the Educational Technology, Media, and Materials for Individuals with Disabilities program (CFDA 84.327) provides $374,334 to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to develop and implement artificial intelligence (AI) tools to minimize text complexity and improve educational outcomes for students with disabilities. The project, titled "Minimizing...

The University of Kansas Center for Research Inc. was awarded a $375,000 Project Grant under the Educational Technology, Media, and Materials for Individuals with Disabilities program (CFDA 84.327), funded by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services. The project, titled "PROJECT ISTAR: AN INTEGRATED, STRATEGIC TECHNOLOGY-BASED ADAPTIVE WRITING PROGRAM," will develop and implement an innovative, technology-based writing intervention...

The University of Massachusetts Boston was awarded a $250,000 federal Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services under the Special Education - Personnel Development to Improve Services and Results for Children with Disabilities program (CFDA 84.325). The grant, titled "A NEW VISION FORWARD: THE DIVERSE PERSONNEL PREPARATION FOR TEACHER OF STUDENTS WITH VISUAL IMPAIRMENTS", will support the development of degree...

This $242,170 federal Project Grant award, titled "PROJECT AACCESS: AACELERATING COMMUNICATION FOCUSED INTERVENTIONS IN EDUCATIONAL SETTINGS BY SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGISTS", is funded by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services under the Special Education - Personnel Development to Improve Services and Results for Children with Disabilities program (CFDA 84.325). The award supports Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC), a...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service awarded a $200,930 Distance Learning and Telemedicine (DLT) Grant to East Dakota Educational Cooperative (doing business as Teachwell Solutions), a U.S. local government and school district entity located in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The grant, provided under the CFDA 10.855 Distance Learning and Telemedicine Loans and Grants program, will fund the acquisition of advanced audio, video, and information technologies to extend...

The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services awarded a $124,372 Project Grant under the Special Education - Personnel Development to Improve Services and Results for Children with Disabilities program (CFDA 84.325) to J Sargeant Reynolds Community College in Goochland, Virginia. The award, effective October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2025, will support the development of the "American Sign Language Educational Interpreter Preservice through...

This $147,947 federal Project Grant award, funded by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services under the Special Education - Personnel Development to Improve Services and Results for Children with Disabilities program (CFDA 84.325), aims to increase the number of qualified special education teachers, develop an associate degree in early childhood special education, and build faculty capacity at United Tribes Technical College (UTTC). The award,...