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Child Care Research Scholars

Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation
Department of Health & Human Services Administration for Children and Families
Due Date, Letters of Intent: 03/02/2009
Due Date, Applications: 03/30/2009

Funds for Child Care Research Scholars grants are available to support dissertation research on child care policy issues in partnership with State Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) lead agencies. Funding is dependent on availability and government interest.

The Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) has five primary goals: (1) to allow States flexibility to develop child care programs and policies that best suit the needs of children and parents within the State; (2) to promote parental choice to empower working parents to make their own decisions on the child care that best suits their family's needs; (3) to encourage States to provide consumer education information to help parents make informed choices about child care; (4) to provide child care to parents trying to achieve economic self-sufficiency; and (5) to assist States in implementing health, safety, licensing, and registration standards. Among the expected long-term outcomes of the CCDF are (1) improved employment and self-sufficiency outcomes for parents; and (2) increased availability of high quality child care for low-income working families.

Eligible Applicants are Doctoral-level graduate students enrolled in accredited public, State-controlled, and private institutions of higher education, including Faith-based institutions of higher education, Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs), Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), and Tribally Controlled Land Grant Colleges and Universities (TCUs).

This funding will support dissertation research, conducted in partnership with State Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) lead agencies, regarding child care policy issues. Applicants may apply for project periods up to two years and will be awarded up to $30,000 for the first year and up to $20,000 for the second year of the project. Six individual grants are expected to be awarded.

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Young Investigator Development Grants

University of Kentucky Center for Poverty Research
Due date: Friday, July 10, 2009, 5 p.m.

The Young Investigator Development Grants are open to junior faculty who are in tenure-track positions but have not yet received tenure. This program provides awards of up to $7,500 for research on a variety of issues affecting low income populations nationwide. Topics of particular interest include, but are not limited to, persistent poverty, labor-market outcomes, human capital accumulation, transfer-program participation, child and family well being, the economic status of disadvantaged and underrepresented populations, and the impact of the current recession on the poor and effects of various stimulus package measures on this population.

You may access the full RFP at http://www.ukcpr.org/FundingOpps/rfpyidg2010.pdf Contact: Jeff Spradling

Regional Small Grants

University of Kentucky Center for Poverty Research
Due date: Friday, July 10, 2009, 5 p.m.

Our Regional Small Grants program seeks proposals for social science research on issues salient to low-income populations in the American South. The American South, as defined by UKCPR, is the 16-state Southern Legislative Conference. This program provides awards of up to $20,000. The deadline for proposals is Friday, July 10, 2009, 5 p.m. Topics of particular interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Child and family well being. Examples include health insurance, health outcomes, marriage and family (e.g. Healthy Marriage Initiative), self sufficiency, transfer program participation, deep poverty, child care, and barriers to employment.
• Labor-market outcomes. Examples include labor force participation, earnings, income volatility, multiple job holding, and welfare-to-work transitions.
• Human capital accumulation. Examples include early childhood interventions, formal schooling, and welfare-to-work training.
• Interaction of federal, state, local, and non-governmental programs (e.g. faith-based) and their effects on low-income families.
• The impact of the current recession on the poor and effects of various stimulus package measures on this population.


You may access the full RFP at http://www.ukcpr.org/FundingOpps/rfprsg2010.pdf Contact: Jeff Spradling