Research & Program Evaluation Grant in Early Education

The Brady Education Foundation seeks to close the achievement gap by increasing the school readiness of children at risk for poor school outcomes due to environmental factors associated with living in poverty. The foundation pursues its mission by promoting collaboration between researchers and educators via the funding of research and program evaluations in early education. The Brady Education Foundation funds two types of projects: 1. Evaluations of existing model programs 2. Innovative research on model development, including both efficacy and effectiveness studies The foundation favors projects that bring researchers and service providers together to prove and improve the effectiveness of early care and education environments for at-risk children, projects that leverage other funds, projects with the potential to inform or guide policy or funding decisions, and projects that structure time for researchers/evaluators and program providers to collaborate. 

Funding Range: Generally, grants of $25,000 - $400,000 are awarded for one, two or three years. Indirect costs or overhead costs may not exceed 10 percent of the total project cost.

Deadlines: 
April 22, 2013
August 15, 2013
December 15, 2013


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