Agency: US Department of Education
Deadline: June 26, 2009 for notice of intent to apply
July 23, 2009 for full proposals
The purposes of the Teacher Quality Partnership (TQP) program are to: improve student achievement; improve the quality of new prospective teachers by improving the preparation of prospective teachers and enhancing professional development activities for teachers; hold teacher preparation programs at institutions of higher education accountable for preparing highly qualified teachers; and recruit highly qualified individuals, including minorities and individuals from other occupations, into the teaching force.
The Teacher Quality Partnership Grants Program seeks to improve the quality of new teachers by creating partnerships among institutions of higher education (IHEs), high-need school districts (local educational agencies (LEAs)), their high-need schools, and/or high-need early childhood education (ECE) program. These partnerships would create model teacher preparation programs at the pre-baccalaureate level through the implementation of specific reforms of the IHE’s existing teacher preparation programs, and/or model teaching residency programs for individuals with strong academic and/or professional backgrounds but without teaching experience. The TQP Grants Program may also support school leadership programs to train superintendents, principals, ECE program directors, and other school leaders in high-need or rural LEAs.
It is estimated that the Department will fund 25–35 awards ranging from $1,000,000 to $2,000,000 for project periods up to 60 months. Given the extensive eligibility and grant requirements under this solicitation, the Department will be providing two technical assistance meetings scheduled for June 8, 2009 from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m and from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. in the LBJ Auditorium at the U.S. Department of Education headquarters, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20202. Prospective applicants are encouraged to attend; however, if you are unable to attend, please notify the Office of University Research Services so that arrangements can be made for a representative to attend on behalf of the applicant.
The Notice Inviting Applications as published in the Federal Register contains a more detailed needs assessment and review criteria and should be reviewed by prospective applicants. Below are highlights from the solicitation:
I. Applications Requirements:
- Description of Program;
- Description of Induction Activities;
- Description of Coordination Strategies and alignment with State and Student Academic Achievement Standards;
- Assessment of the resources available;
- Description of Evaluation Plan; and
- Commitment to participating in a national evaluation study of this program.
II. Priorities:
- Absolute Priority 1 - Partnership Grants for Pre-Baccalaureate Preparation of Teachers. Under this priority, an eligible partnership must carry out an effective program for the pre-baccalaureate preparation of teachers
- Absolute Priority 2 - Partnership Grants for the Establishment of Effective Teaching Residency Programs.
The sponsor will consider only applications that meet one or both of these absolute priorities including all aspects of each priority as specified in the Federal Register notice. Applications that do not address each aspect of an Absolute Priority for which they seek funding will be ineligible to be funded under that priority and will not be reviewed.
III. Competitive Preference Priorities:
- Competitive Preference Priority 1- Student Achievement and Continuous Program Improvement
- Competitive Preference Priority 2 - Partnership Grants for the Development of Leadership Programs.
- Competitive Preference Priority 3 - Rigorous Selection Process*
- Competitive Preference Priority 4 - Broad-based Partners*
Additional points may be awarded to applicants that address Competitive Preference Priorities 1 or 2 as specified in the Notice Inviting Applications as published in the Federal Register. Additional points are awarded only to applications rated highly on one or both of the Absolute Priorities. No additional points will be added for Competitive Preference Priorities 3 and 4, however, preference will be given to an application that addresses one or both of these priorities over an application of comparable merit that does not do so.
IV. Invitational Priority:
- Invitational Priority - Partnerships with a television public broadcast station or another entity that develops digital educational content, for the purpose of improving the quality of pre-baccalaureate teacher preparation programs or to enhance the quality of pre-service training for prospective teachers.
While the Department invites applicants to respond to this priority, it will not award additional points or other credit to applications that do so.
V. V. Eligible Partnerships Requirements (one of each):
- High-need LEA or consortium of high-need LEAs;
- High-need school, or a consortium of high-need schools served by the high-need LEA, or, as applicable a high-need early childhood education program;
- Partner Institution;
- College/School/Department of Education within the partner institution;
- College/School/Department of Arts and Sciences within the partner institution
Applicants are encouraged to view the solicitation in its entirety and any questions regarding requirements and/or eligibility can be addressed by contacting the Department at TQPartnership@ed.gov.
URL: http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2009/pdf/E9-12180.pdf
(Federal Register announcement)
http://www.ed.gov/programs/tqpartnership/applicant.html
(U.S. Department of Education Teacher Quality Partnership Program Applicant
Information Page)
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Research Programs
Agency: Russell Sage Foundation
Deadline: August 15, 2009
The Russell Sage Foundation supports research exclusively in the social sciences. Main Research Programs include the following:
- Future of Work, concerned with the causes and consequences of changes in the quality of low-wage work in advanced economies.
- U.S. Immigration, focused on the entry of immigrant families into the civic and political life of the country, and on immigrant experiences outside the traditional gateway cities.
- Cultural Contact, investigating how well U.S. institutions are managing to respond to the growing diversity of the American population.
- Social Inequality, focused on the social effects of rising economic inequality, with particular attention to the ways in which the U.S. political and educational systems have responded to growing economic disparities.
The Foundation’s major awards range between $35,000 and $500,000 and mainly provide support for analyzing data and writing up results, but the Foundation will occasionally consider larger awards for data acquisition projects highly relevant to its program goals. Applications for external awards should generally be preceded by a brief letter of inquiry to determine whether the Foundation's present interests and funds permit consideration of a proposal for research. Letters of inquiry concerning research projects should summarize the project's objectives, the work plan, the qualifications of persons engaged in the research, and an estimated budget.
URL: http://www.russellsage.org/programs/
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Research Grant
Agency: Society for Human Resource Management
Deadline: August 17 and December 14, 2009
The SHRM Foundation funds original, rigorous, high-impact empirical research projects that advance the HR profession. The research should be aimed at an academic audience while also having direct actionable implications for HR practice, whether the focus is on addressing current challenges or understanding emerging trends. Any topic will be considered; however, the grant must be for original, rigorous, empirical academic research that advances the HR profession. While aimed at an academic audience, funded research should also have clear applicability for HR practice and help contribute to evidence-based HR. As such, projects submitted for funding should have a high likelihood of both adding value to the HR academic literature (i.e., be suitable for leading academic journals) and yielding practical implications for HR managers (i.e., applied outlets should be interested in the research results). The SHRM Foundation is open to funding research using any type of research methodology as long as the proposed methodology is sound and appropriate for the proposed research question(s). Those research questions typically (but not solely) take the form of theoretically derived hypotheses.
The Foundation is seeking grant funding proposals for up to $200,000 each from individuals and institutions. Proposals are reviewed three times each year. The Foundation has funded about 10 proposals per year at an average of $63,000 per project. You may review a list of currently funded projects online. Before submitting a proposal to the SHRM Foundation, researchers are strongly encouraged to contact the Foundation's Research Coordinator to discuss their proposal.
URL: http://moss07.shrm.org/about/foundation/research/PAges/default.aspx
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Agency: Council for International Exchange of Scholars
Deadline: August 1, 2009
The traditional Fulbright Scholar Program sends 800 U.S. faculty and professionals abroad each year. Grantees lecture and conduct research in a wide variety of academic and professional fields. The program consists of over 900 award opportunities in over 130 countries for U.S. college and university faculty, administrators, professionals and independent scholars. Awards are listed in 45 different fields or disciplines and a variety of sub-disciplines and interdisciplinary fields, and are open to every academic rank—from instructor to professor emeritus—as well as untenured faculty, adjuncts, professionals outside academe and retirees.
Some awards call for a specific discipline or field, a specific host institution, and prescribed grant activities. Other awards—called All Disciplines—offer applicants greater flexibility over project activities and host institution, within limits, depending on the country. Awards vary in activity and length of stay, and grant stipends and benefits vary by country program and type of award. The various categories of awards are described below.
Once you have identified an award, prospective applicants are advised to consult the program officer responsible for the country they are considering. Program officers are experts on the countries assigned to them and can offer tips for shaping a competitive application, as well as additional information on the award, institution, or country. Contact information for program officers can be found at the beginning of each country section or on our Web site at www.cies.org/amstaff.htm.
Eligibility requirements apply at the time of application. Applicants must meet all of the following requirements—unless specific exemptions are stated in individual country or award descriptions.
- U.S. citizenship at the time of application. Permanent resident status is not sufficient.
- A Ph.D. or equivalent professional/terminal degree (including a master's depending on the field) as appropriate at the time of application. For professionals and artists outside academe, recognized professional standing and substantial professional accomplishments.
- College or university teaching experience at the level and in the field of the proposed lecturing activity as specified in the award description at the time of application.
- Foreign language proficiency as specified in the award description or as required for the completion of the proposed project. (Note: Except in certain world areas and countries, lecturing is in English.)
- Sound physical and mental health
Applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, and/or physical impairment. Effective for the 2007 competition, recipients of a traditional Fulbright Senior Scholar award (defined as longer than two months) are eligible to receive another traditional award five years after the date of completion of the previous award. The maximum number of traditional Fulbright Senior Scholar awards is two in a lifetime.
URL: http://www.cies.org/us_scholars/us_awards/AwardsCatalog.htm
