The U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, awarded Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) a $250,000 Project Grant under the Special Education - Personnel Development to Improve Services and Results for Children with Disabilities program (CFDA 84.325). This grant will support high-quality personnel preparation to serve infants and children with autism. VUMC will leverage its expertise in biomedical research and healthcare services to advance...
This Project Grant award of $982,445.59, provided by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) under the Research in Special Education (CFDA 84.324) program, supports scientifically rigorous research at the University of South Florida (USF) to improve educational outcomes for children with disabilities. The research project aims to expand knowledge and understanding of developmental, educational, and transitional outcomes for students with or at risk for disabilities. Specific focus areas may...
This $672,648 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences (CFDA 84.324 - Research in Special Education) supports research aimed at enhancing secondary and transition outcomes for students with disabilities. The primary awardee, the University of Kansas Center for Research Inc., will utilize the "Check and Connect" and "Self-Determined Learning Model of Instruction" interventions to improve educational and transitional...
This Project Grant award of $550,089.00 from the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences (IES) under the Research in Special Education program (CFDA 84.324) supports the development and deployment of fully automated virtual-reality-based training modules for special education teachers. Over the 4-year program, the principal investigator at Vanderbilt University will collaborate with research teams at Mississippi State University and Utah State University to design,...
The Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences (IES) awarded a $465,136 Project Grant under the Research in Special Education (CFDA 84.324) program to the Children's Hospital Medical Center in Cincinnati, Ohio. The grant, titled "Identifying Social Experiences Linked to Academic Outcomes of Middle and High School Students with ASD in General Education Classrooms: Laying the Groundwork for Interventions," will fund research aimed at understanding the social experiences of...
The federal Project Grant award in the amount of $389,672.00 was provided by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES), part of the U.S. Department of Education, under the Research in Special Education program (CFDA 84.324). The award is for developing and evaluating an integrated, collaborative inclusion program for students with and without emotional and behavioral challenges. The project will be conducted by New York University (NYU) from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2025. NYU will...
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...
This $157,137.11 Project Grant award was provided by the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences (IES) under the Research in Special Education (CFDA 84.324) federal grant program. The award was made on January 8, 2025 to The Research Foundation For The State University Of New York (RF-SUNY) to conduct scientifically rigorous research aimed at improving educational outcomes for children with disabilities. The project will address areas such as early intervention, academic...
This federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences (CFDA 84.324 - Research in Special Education) in the amount of $424,316 provides funding to Vanderbilt University to conduct research on the relationships and engagement of students with or at high risk for emotional/behavioral disorders. The award, titled "Building Relationships in Intensive Intervention: Exploring Dyadic Interactions, Relationship Quality, and Engagement for Students...
This federal Project Grant award of $189,673.56 from the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences (CFDA 84.324 - Research in Special Education) supports scientifically rigorous research to improve educational outcomes for children with disabilities. The award, effective from December 4, 2024 to July 31, 2025, will fund research conducted by the University of Illinois that aims to expand knowledge and understanding of developmental, educational, and transitional outcomes for...