Obtaining Grant Funding for Literacy Research

Session Submission Type: Alternative Format Session

Abstract

This session will share information and strategies about obtaining grant funding for literacy research. Speakers include an IES grants officer and eight experienced scholars who have obtained grants from IES, NSF, the Spencer Foundation and the W.T. Grant Foundation. The session has two parts: A panel discussion and break-out groups in which audience members will have a chance to meet in small groups with the panelists to get feedback on their own projects.

Content Area

• Area 13: Other Topics

Chair

• Amanda Godley, University of Pittsburgh

Presenters

• Cynthia Lewis, University of Minnesota

• Maisha T. Winn, University of Wisconsin, Madison

• George Newell, The Ohio State University

• Cassandra Scharber, University of Minnesota

• Kouider Mokhtari, University of Texas at Tyler

• David Dickinson, Vanderbilt University

• Bridget Dalton, University of Colorado Boulder

• Eurydice Bauer, University of Illinois

• Rebecca McGill-Wilkinson, Institute of Education Sciences

Individual Presentations

• Obtaining Grant Funding for Literacy Research - Amanda Godley, University of Pittsburgh