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External Funding

External Funding. Idaho State University College of Education Mentoring Series February 10, 2012. External Funding. TOPIC: External Funding Dr. David Mercaldo Department of School Psychology, Literacy, and Special Education [SPLISE]. External Funding. Who am I?

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  1. External Funding Idaho State University College of Education Mentoring Series February 10, 2012

  2. External Funding • TOPIC: External Funding • Dr. David Mercaldo • Department of School Psychology, Literacy, and Special Education [SPLISE]

  3. External Funding • Who am I? • [or, I read therefore I am] • [1] - Nudge : improving decisions about health, wealth, and happiness / Richard H. Thaler, Cass R. Sunstein. L. [Behavioral economics, University of Chicago]] • [2] Origins of political order: from pre-human times to the French Revolution / Francis Fukuyama. • [3] State of education policy research / edited by David K. Cohen, Susan H. Fuhrman, Fritz Mosher • [4] Using evidence : how research can inform public services / Sandra M. Nutley, Isabel Walter and Huw T.O. Davies. [Evidence-based approach to improving service, UK]

  4. Deaf Education Project • Education of the Deaf Project: 1990-2007 • US Department of Education • Office of Special Education Programs • Division of Personnel Preparation • [Disclosure statement: I was part of a team that developed these grants. My responsibilities included collecting data to support the grant proposal as well as documenting the need and significance of the proposal. I also was Director of the Master of Science in Deaf Education program in CSED @ ISU.]

  5. Where is the money? • The purpose of this presentation is to address two big questions • [1] Where is the money? • [2] How do I get some of that money?

  6. What is External Funding? • It is reported that when William “Willie” Sutton was asked why he robbed banks, he responded, “That’s where the money is.” • Money, in the form of external funding can be found by looking at a number of sources, three of which are:

  7. ISU Financial Resources • [I] ISU Office of the Provost, External Research Resources • http://www.isu.edu/acadaff/resources.shtml

  8. Funding from Private Sources • [II] Private • [b] Foundation Center [ http://foundationcenter.org/

  9. Government Grants • [III] Government • [1] Grants.gov http://www.grants.gov/ • [a] Navigating Grants.gov • [1] New Opportunities this week………Indian Education –Professional Development • [2] Grant Search http://www.grants.gov/search/basic.do • ** Category • ** Agency

  10. Grants.gov

  11. US Department of Education • [3] US Department of Education http://www.ed.gov/ • [Check bottom of US Ed Dept. web page for Funding]

  12. US Department of Education

  13. Obtaining Money • Question #2: How do I get some of that money?? • Structure of a US Department of Education grant application • Indian Education---Professional Development

  14. Grant Applications • Structure of an Application & Structure of the Narrative • Application • [1] Absolute Priorities • [a] data • [b]training

  15. Narrative • Structure of the Narrative • [a] Need • [b] Significance [or contribution] • [c] Project design • [d] Project services • [e] Project personnel [vita] • [f] Project resources • [g] Project management team • [i] Project evaluation [

  16. Data Sources • Project Need & Significance • [1] Data Sources [to support project need & significance] • [2] Research Centers [to clarify project need & significance] • If one’s intention is to compete in grant competitions, then, one must provide data that is current and from reliable sources. Equally important is to document that is known about a given subject, gaps in that knowledge base, and how one intends to address those gaps. In essence, find out what recognized researchers and research organizations are doing or have done.

  17. Data Mining & Data Sources • [1] ISU Library http://bengalweb.isu.edu/tag.8361fc480d1c9998.render.userLayoutRootNode.uP?uP_root=root&uP_sparam=activeTab&activeTab=u1036l1s13&uP_tparam=frm&frm= • [1a] Resources by Subject • ** Grants [Community of Science, Grants.gov, Academic Search Complete, etc]

  18. Government Data Sources • [2] US Government sources • [2a] National Center for Education Statistics • http://nces.ed.gov/ • [2a] Data tools [CCD Build a Table] [Common Core of Data] • http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/bat/ • [2b] Data Accountability Center [Ideadata.org] • https://www.ideadata.org/default.asp

  19. National Center for Education Statistics

  20. National Center for Education Statistics

  21. Data Sources • [3] Selected Categories • Category 1: Young children and families • [a] The Annie E. Casey Foundation • http://www.aecf.org/ • Kids Count Data Center • [b] Duke Center for Child and Family Policy

  22. Annie E. Casey Foundation

  23. Kids Count Data Center

  24. Data Sources • Category 2: Adolescent • [a] Guttmacher Institute http://www.guttmacher.org/ • Category 3: Contemporary American Society • [a] Pew Research Center http://pewresearch.org/ • Pew Social & Demographic Trends http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/

  25. Data Sources • Group I: General • National • [1] Education Commission of the States • http://www.ecs.org/ • [2] National Conference of State Legislatures • http://www.ncsl.org/ • [3] US Government Accounting Office • http://www.gao.gov/

  26. Education Commission of the States

  27. Education Commission of the StatesEducation

  28. State level research organization • [4] Idaho Legislature, Office of Performance Evaluation • http://www.legislature.idaho.gov/ope/

  29. Data Sources • Group II: Technical • [1] RAND Corp • http://www.rand.org/

  30. RAND Corporation

  31. Abt Associates • [2] Abt Associates • http://www.abtassociates.com/

  32. Abt Associates

  33. American Institutes for Research • [3] American Institutes for Research • http://www.air.org/

  34. American Institutes for Research

  35. SRI International & RTI International • [4] SRI International • http://www.sri.com/ • [5] RTI International • http://www.rti.org/

  36. SRI International & RTI International

  37. SRI International & RTI International

  38. SRI International & RTI International

  39. SRI International & RTI International

  40. Mathematica Policy Research • [6] Mathematica Policy Research • http://www.mathematica-mpr.com/

  41. Mathematica Policy Research

  42. MPR [Education]

  43. National Academies • [4] National Academies http://www.nationalacademies.org/ • [National Research Council http://www.nationalacademies.org/nrc/index.html • [Note: The National Academies Press (for books on-line)]

  44. National Academics

  45. National Research Council

  46. Social Science Research Council • [5]Social Science Research Council http://www.ssrc.org/ • [6] Brookings Institute http://www.brookings.edu/

  47. Brookings Institute

  48. Professional Teacher Organizations • Group III: Professional Teacher Organizations [some of the many organizations] • [1] National Council of Teachers of Mathematics • http://www.nctm.org/news/default.aspx?id=160 • [a] Icon [publications, research, white papers, etc] • http://www.nctm.org/news/default.aspx?id=160 • [2] National Science Teachers Association • http://www.nsta.org/

  49. What Have We Covered? • The purpose of this presentation has been to address two big questions • [1] Where is the money? • [2] How do I get some of that money? • Any questions???

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