Administration for Children and Families - OPRE

Description

The Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation (OPRE) of the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) has opened competition for the Head Start Graduate Student Research Grants to support dissertation research by advanced graduate students who are working in partnership with Head Start programs and with faculty mentors. Competitive applicants will 1) demonstrate a collaborative partnership with their program partners, and 2) pursue research questions that directly inform local, state, or federal policy relevant to multiple early care and education practices. Applicants should consider pursuing data collection across contexts, including child care, pre-kindergarten (pre-K), home-visiting programs, Head Start, Early Head Start, and/or others. Applicants are expected to demonstrate an established partnership with their early care and education program partners that should be apparent throughout the research plan, from development and refinement of the research questions through the proposed data collection, interpretation, and dissemination. For more information about OPRE, please go to http://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre. For further information about previous Head Start Graduate Student Research Grantees, please refer to http://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/research/project/head-start-graduate-student-research-program. The *EXPIRED* Funding Opportunity Announcement for the prior Fiscal Year can be reviewed at https://ami.grantsolutions.gov/HHS-2017-ACF-OPRE-YR-1219. Awards are dependent on the availability of funds and the best interest of the federal government.

Who can apply

• State governments
• County governments
• City or township governments
• Special district governments
• Independent school districts
• Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
• Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
• Public housing authorities / Indian housing authorities
• Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized)
• Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than higher education)
• Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status (other than higher education)
• Private institutions of higher education
• For-profit organizations other than small businesses
• Small businesses
• Others

Contact

ACF Applications Help Desk<br/>app_support@acf.hhs.gov
app_support@acf.hhs.gov