Dear Former Head Start and Child Care Scholars,
We hope this message finds you well. We are once again contacting you to ask for your help spreading the word about the latest Head Start and Child Care Scholars announcements titled “Early Care and
Education Research Scholars: Head Start Graduate Student Research Grants” and “Early Care and
Education Research Scholars: Child Care Research Scholars” from The Office of Planning, Research and
Evaluation in the Administration for Children and Families.
As a former scholar, you are a valuable member of a productive network of researchers that now spans
18 years. In an effort to encourage the brightest rising stars in the field, we ask that you share the following announcement with your own networks. If you are teaching, collaborating with, or mentoring students who are conducting research related to Head Start, Early Head Start, or Child Care, we'd especially encourage you to share these announcements with them. A primary goal of the grants is to promote mentor-student relationships that build capacity for high quality research. Because you have prior experience with these grants, you are particularly well positioned to move into the mentorship role for a new Head Start or Child Care scholar (if you haven't done so already!). Please find the details of the grant announcements below. And, as always, feel free to contact us with any questions.
Best wishes,
Nina Philipsen Hetzner and Elizabeth Shuey
The Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation (OPRE) in the Administration for Children and Families,
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, has recently published two discretionary research funding announcements titled “Early Care and Education Research Scholars: Head Start Graduate
Student Research Grants” and “Early Care and Education Research Scholars: Child Care Research
Scholars”, which are summarized below. If you have questions regarding these grant announcements, please email HSGraduateResearchReviews@icfi.com
or ChildcareScholars@icfi.com
, respectively, or call
1-877-350-5913.
The full announcement for “Early Care and Education Research Scholars: Head Start Graduate Student
Research Grants” is available at: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/grants/open/foa/index.cfm?switch=foa&fon=HHS-2014-ACF-OPRE-YR-0785
The full announcement for “Early Care and Education Research Scholars: Child Care Graduate Student
Research Grants” is available at: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/grants/open/foa/index.cfm?switch=foa&fon=HHS-2014-ACF-OPRE-YE-0775
The purpose of the Head Start Graduate Student Research Grants is to support research addressing issues related to Head Start and Early Head Start. The purpose of the Child Care Student Research
Grants is to support research addressing issues related to child care and CCDF.
Both funding announcements aim to support work that will inform policy decisions and solutions, particularly for underserved/understudied populations, utilizing the most rigorous research

methodology, and promoting mentor-student relationships that support students’ independent lines of research.
Who is eligible to apply? Funds for Head Start and Child Care Graduate Student Research Grants are available to accredited public, State-controlled, and private institutions of higher education acting on behalf of a doctoral-level graduate student. All eligible applicants must have a faculty mentor, who has a
Ph.D. or equivalent in the respective field, and conducts research as a primary professional responsibility in their university/institution. Eligible U.S. institutions may apply on behalf of their own university faculty who will serve as Principal Investigator for an international non-U.S. citizen who is an advanced graduate student enrolled in their program.
What is the funding award limit and project period? Applicants may apply for project periods up to 24 months with two 12-month budget periods. Up to $25,000 may be awarded for each budget period.
What types of research are supported? Proposed projects must address applied research questions that will inform and improve Head Start and/or Early Head Start (for the Head Start Grants) or child care and
CCDF (for the Child Care Grants). For suggestions of topics that may be of interest to ACF, please see each full announcement. For information about previous Head Start and Child Care Graduate Student
Research Grants, see http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/opre/research/project/head-start-graduatestudent-research-program-0 or http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/opre/research/project/child-careresearch-scholars-0 , respectively.
When is the application deadline? Letters of intent are due April 15, 2016 and applications are due June 1, 2016.
If you have questions regarding these grant announcements, please email HSGraduateResearchReviews@icfi.com
, ChildcareScholars@icfi.com
, or call 1-877-350-5913.
Elizabeth A. Shuey, Ph.D.
SRCD/AAAS Policy Fellow
Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation
Administration for Children and Families
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
330 C Street, SW, 4 th Floor
Washington, DC 20201
Email:
Phone: 202-401-5664 Fax: 202-205-3598