2-049 - Federal Support for Early Learning and Development Research: Current Research Priorities and Opportunities

Session Type: Federal Agency Symposium

Integrative Statement

Across multiple sectors, the federal government supports early learning and development research to improve short- and long-term outcomes for young children and their families. This symposium will focus on research funding opportunities and priorities within agencies of the U.S. Department of Education (ED) and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Research supported by these agencies addresses a broad array of issues related to early learning and development, such as: research that targets high risk and/or underrepresented populations to improve health and educational equity (e.g., improving school readiness in high-risk populations); research to understand the epidemiology, etiology, underlying mechanisms (e.g., neurobiological, environmental) and potentially modifiable risk and protective factors of behavioral health and educational outcomes; research to develop and test interventions targeting educational, developmental and behavioral health outcomes; and services and policy implementation research (including economics research). Studies across the continuum, from basic science to clinical and educational research, and research that informs, or is informed by, policy and practice are supported. Representatives from the Institute of Education Sciences (IES; ED), the Administration for Children and Families (ACF; HHS), the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)—both within the National Institutes of Health (NIH; HHS)—and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC; HHS) will discuss current priorities, initiatives, and funding opportunities aimed at advancing developmental science research.

Sub Unit

• Federal Agency Sessions

Chairs

• Tracy Carter Clopet, Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation, ACF, HHS

• Erin N. Cannon, SRCD Executive Branch Fellow, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation (OPRE), Administration for Children and Families (ACF), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)

Individual Presentations

• Early Learning and Early Intervention Research at the Institute of Education Sciences - Presenting Author: Caroline Ebanks, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education; Presenting Author: Amy Sussman, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education

• Priorities for Early Care and Education Research at the Administration for Children and Families - Presenting Author: Amy Madigan, Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation, ACF; Presenting Author: Nancy Geyelin Margie, Administration for Children and Families

• Early Learning and Development Research at the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development - Presenting Author: James Griffin, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute for Child Health and Human Development (NICHD); National Institutes of Health

• Early Learning and Development Research at the National Institute on Drug Abuse - Presenting Author: Belinda E Sims, National Institute on Drug Abuse

• Early Learning and Child Development from a Public Health Perspective at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) - Presenting Author: Lara Robinson, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Presenting Author: Angelika H. Claussen, CDC/National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities