NCSeT is pleased to announce a Call for Proposals to support dissertation research investigating the impact of supported electronic text on middle school or high school students’ reading comprehension of content area material.
Dissertation Grants Program
Call for Proposals
Overview
The National Center for Supported eText (NCSeT), under the direction of Dr. Lynne Anderson-Inman at the University of Oregon is pleased to announce a Call for Proposals to support dissertation research investigating the impact of “supported electronic text” on middle or high school students’ comprehension of content area reading materials. For more information on supported etext and the research currently underway at NCSeT, applicants should consult Supported eText: Assistive Technology through Text Transformations by Anderson-Inman and Horney (2007), and the NCSeT web site: http://ncset.uoregon.edu.
Purpose
The purpose of the NCSeT Dissertation Research Grant Program is to support doctoral students as they engage in rigorously designed research that impacts the understanding of how students learn from digital text that has been enhanced to improve comprehension or extend learning. The grant program will also connect awardees with a national community of researchers with similar research interests and resources in ways that will enhance the quality and value of the dissertation research. NCSeT dissertation research grants will range from $2,000 to $10,000. Grant funds may be used to defray costs associated with implementation, data collection, and analysis. Grant funds may not be used to pay the investigator for his/her time or provide for technology infrastructure (e.g., computers or printers).
Eligibility
Doctoral students are eligible to apply for an NCSeT Dissertation Grant Award if they have advanced to candidacy and are either in the process of preparing their dissertation proposals or already have an approved proposal. Prior to receiving funds, grantees must submit evidence that: (a) their dissertation proposal has been approved by their committee and (b) their research protocol has been approved by their Institutional Review Board (IRB) for the protection of human subjects.
Application Process
Applications will be accepted continuously until September 15, 2009. Applicants will be notified about the status of their proposal within 30 days of submission. Unsuccessful proposals may be refined and resubmitted at a later date. Application materials can be found on the NCSeT Website.
Questions
Questions about NCSeT proposal preparation should be directed to Dr. Mark Horney (mhorney@uoregon.edu), NCSeT Dissertation Grants Program Manager
*U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) Award # H327R050005
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NCSeT Dissertation Grants Program 3.20.09