RESEARCH DRIVING CHANGE SPONSORED PROJECT FUNDING, FISCAL YEAR 2021
US DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
$60.64M IN AWARDS, FY21
NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH
NSF 2%
NIH 13%
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION OTHER FEDERAL
OTHER 8%
USDE 38%
STATE GOVERNMENT OTHER
$531,990 AVERAGE ANNUAL AWARD
OTHER FED 33%
STATE 6%
FISCAL YEAR 2021 NEW AWARDS, BY SPONSOR 70 60.6
60 50
52
40
47.7
51.7 44.4
48.8
37.8
30
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS
20 10 FY2016
99
ACTIVE AWARDS
FY2017
FY2018
FY2019
AWARDS BY FISCAL YEAR, IN MILLIONS -2-
FY2020
FY2021
RHONDA NESE
FINDING RESTORATIVE ALTERNATIVES TO HARMFUL DISCIPLINARY PRACTICES PROJECT: INCLUSIVE SKILL BUILDING LEARNING APPROACH (ISLA) FUNDED BY: INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION SCIENCES US DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION We know that children thrive in learning environments that are affirming of their identities, supportive of their needs, inclusive of all learners, welcoming, consistent, and safe. Yet the use of exclusionary discipline practices can transform the learning environment from a place of support to a place of harm. And that harm is disproportionately dispensed to BIPOC students, students with disabilities, students living in poverty, and students struggling academically. With a grant from the Institute of Education Sciences, Rhonda Nese, PhD, and her team are helping middle schools replace harmful exclusionary discipline practices with instructional and restorative alternatives to improve educator practices, student social and behavioral problem-solving, and student-teacher relationships. Through implementation of their model, the Inclusive Skill Building Learning Approach (ISLA), Nese and her team have refined and improved their service delivery and intervention content with input and guidance from students, educators, and district leaders. Since ISLA is a school-based model of prevention and support, COVID has had a profound impact on the ISLA team’s research. The move to online schooling pushed the team to think critically about their work and how they could best support the learning community. The team pivoted their focus, to support educators as they build and sustain relationships with their students in the online classroom setting, helping educators set up Zoom expectations and routines for their students, and connect with students and families in need. Nese and her team also became much more vocal in their advocacy for mental health services, community connections, and supports for historically underserved and minoritized groups. -3-
BEN CLARKE
SUPPORTING EARLY MATH DEVELOPMENT PROJECT: BUILDING A FLEXIBLE AND COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH TO SUPPORTING STUDENT DEVELOPMENT OF WHOLE NUMBER UNDERSTANDING (PROJECT FLEX) FUNDED BY: NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
A critical goal for the nation is ensuring all students have a successful start in learning mathematics. Ben Clarke, PhD, and colleagues at the College of Education Center on Teaching and Learning (CTL) are using a multi-year grant from the National Science Foundation to develop a comprehensive math intervention program spanning kindergarten to second grade. While Clarke and colleagues have developed intervention programs targeting kindergarten and first grade, significant challenges still exist to supporting early math development. These challenges include the learning of advanced mathematics content, ensuring that learning gains don’t fade over time, and providing greater support to students with the most severe learning needs. One way to address these challenges is through the use of a mathematics intervention program designed to span multiple grades. The purpose of this NSF-funded project is to develop and conduct initial studies of a multi-grade program targeting critical early math concepts. The project is designed to address equitable access to mathematics and STEM learning for all students, including those with, or at-risk for, learning disabilities and underrepresented groups. Clarke and colleagues will work closely with school partners and educators in the field. The goal of the project is to support student success as they engage with and learn critical mathematics content.
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FATIMA TERRAZAS ARELLANES
IMPROVING ONLINE SCIENCE INSTRUCTION PROJECT: ESCOLAR (ETEXT SUPPORTS FOR COLLABORATIVE ONLINE LEARNING AND ACADEMIC READING) SCIENCE UNITS FOR UPPER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FUNDED BY: NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION US DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Fatima Terrazas Arellanes, PhD, is pioneering new ways to improve science learning among upper elementary and middle school students with learning disabilities. Her Effective Scholastic Curriculum for Online Learning and Academic Results (ESCOLAR) curriculum provides engaging online science units for teachers to use in their classrooms as core instructional materials, replacing traditional textbooks and incorporating interactive multimedia technology to motivate and support learners in grades 3-8. Features of the units include an interactive learning environment, built-in supports for students with various disabilities and learning styles, alignment to Next Generation Science Standards, and teacher-friendly resources such as an online training course and reports of student progress. The units are designed to help upper elementary and middle school teachers meet the learning needs of diverse students, prepare all students for global citizenship, lessen the longstanding science literacy gap for students traditionally underrepresented in science education and careers, implement national and state standards, and integrate modern technology into the science classroom. The ESCOLAR program, developed with funding from the National Science Foundation and the US Department of Education Office of Special Education Programs, has been shown to effectively address the academic needs of students with specific learning disabilities, and to effectively prepare teachers to adopt national science standards and teach students with learning disabilities in general education classrooms. Results of a randomized controlled trial conducted with almost 3,000 students indicated that treatment group students, including students with learning disabilities and English language learners, significantly outperformed control group students in science knowledge gains, as measured by scores on pretest and posttest content-specific assessments. -5-
Behavioral Research and Teaching (BRT)
AWARDS TOTAL: $2,615,369
AWARD TITLE
AGENCY NAME
P.I.
A Comprehensive Measure of Reading Fluency: Uniting and Scaling Accuracy, Rate, and Prosody
U.S. Department of Education (USDE)
Joseph Nese
A Study in Equity: Oregon's Ninth Grade Transition
U.S. Department of Education (USDE)
Kathleen Scalise
Developing Computational Tools for Model-based Oral Reading Fluency Assessments - Southern Methodist University Subaward
U.S. Department of Education (USDE)
Joseph Nese
Duolingo English Test Proposal
Duolingo, Inc.
Cengiz Zopluoglu
Oregon Extended Assessment
U.S. Department of Education (USDE)
Gerald Tindal
Virginia Alternate Assessments
U.S. Department of Education (USDE)
Gerald Tindal
Virginia Alternate Assessments
Virginia Department of Education
Gerald Tindal
Center for Equity Promotion (CEQP)
AWARDS TOTAL: $1,338,406
AWARD TITLE
AGENCY NAME
P.I.
A Home Within
A Home Within
Deanna LinvilleKnobelspiesse
ESCOLAR (Etext Supports for Collaborative Online Learning and Academic Reading) Science Units for Upper Elementary School
U.S. Department of Education (USDE)
Fatima Terrazas Arellanes
Latino Education after Public School
U.S. Department of Education (USDE)
Heather McClure
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Center for Equity Promotion (CEQP)
AWARDSCONTINUED TOTAL: $1,338,406 FROM PAGE 6
Literacy Intervention for FSM Leaders of Tomorrow Contract Project LIFT
U.S. Department of Education (USDE)
Elizabeth Jankowski
Miles de Manos: Testing the Efficacy of a School-based Youth Violence Preventive Intervention in a High-Risk International Context
National Institutes of Health Heather McClure (NIH)
Project BASICS (Behavioral Accountability for a Successful Instructional Climate in U.S. Department of Schools) Education (USDE)
Claudia Vincent
Project SOARS: Student Ownership, Accountability, and Responsibility for School Safety
U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ)
Claudia Vincent
Project to support Lane ESD's Lane African American Black Student Success Program (LAABSS)
Lane Education Service District
Bertranna Muruthi
Center on Human Development (CHD)
AWARDS TOTAL: $2,565,328
AWARD TITLE
AGENCY NAME
3/4 Adapting Treatments for Suicidal College Students: A Multisite Trial
National Institutes of Health John Seeley (NIH)
Clackamas ESD Micro-PD
Clackamas Education Service District
Solaris Joye
Climate and Health Program
Oregon Health Authority
John Seeley
Intermountain ESD Educational Assistant Micro-PD
InterMountain Education Service District (IMESD)
Solaris Joye
Intermountain ESD Equity Project
Oregon Department of Education
Solaris Joye
Lane ESD EA Training & Support
Lane Education Service District
Nancy Golden
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P.I.
Center on Human Development (CHD)
AWARDSCONTINUED TOTAL: $2,565,328 FROM PAGE 7
Next Generation of AI/AN Focused Scholars in Special Education
U.S. Department of Education (USDE)
Christopher Murray
OAESD Equity and Racial Justice Lens
Oregon Association of Education Service Districts
Nancy Golden
Paths 2 the Future For All Y4 NCE Subaward
U.S. Department of Education (USDE)
John Lind
Paths 2 the Future for Young Men
U.S. Department of Education (USDE)
John Lind
University Centers for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)
Christopher Murray
Youth Suicide Prevention 2021
Oregon Health Authority
John Seeley
Center for the Prevention of Abuse and Neglect (CPAN)
AWARDS TOTAL: $1,050,000
AWARD TITLE
AGENCY NAME
P.I.
Protect Our Children 4.0
The Ford Family Foundation
Jeffrey Todahl
Supporting the Implementation of Child Abuse Prevention Strategies in the Five Rural Regions of 90by30 from 2021-2023
The Ford Family Foundation
Jeffrey Todahl
Trauma-Sensitive School Systems
South Coast Education School District
Jeffrey Todahl
Yarg Foundation’s Healthy Families Initiative and 90by30 Community Engagement Project
Yarg Foundation
Jeffrey Todahl
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Center on Teaching and Learning (CTL)
AWARDS TOTAL: $6,858,218
AWARD TITLE
AGENCY NAME
P.I.
AIR MTSS Fixed Price Contract
U.S. Department of Education (USDE)
Nancy Nelson
Broadening Participation in Mathematics for English Learners with Mathematics Difficulties: A Multi-Site Impact Study
National Science Foundation Benjamin Clarke
Building a Flexible and Comprehensive Approach to Supporting Student Development of Whole Number Understanding (Project Flex)
National Science Foundation Benjamin Clarke
Center On Improving Literacy Through Supporting Elementary School Leaders (CISEL)
U.S. Department of Education (USDE)
Francis Fien
Colorado Dyslexia Pilot Program
State of Colorado
Jessica Turtura
Comprehensive Centers Program: National Comprehensive Center on Improving Literacy for Students with Disabilities
U.S. Department of Education (USDE)
Jessica Turtura
Continuous Improvement in Schools Evaluation of the Networks for School Improvement (Gates NSI)
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
David Liebowitz
Creating a Data-Based Decision-Making and Recommendation Tool for Reading Comprehension Instruction Using Diagnostic Results from MOCCA
U.S. Department of Education (USDE)
Gina Biancarosa
Exploring Trends and Heterogeneity in the Timing and Effects of English Learner Reclassification: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (EL-RFEP)
U.S. Department of Education (USDE)
Ilana Umansky
Florida Center for Reading Research (FCRR) Learning Disability Research Center (LDRC)
National Institutes of Health Patrick Kennedy (NIH)
Individual Growth and Development Indicators: Automated Performance Evaluation of Early Language and Literacy in Espanol: IGDI-APEL Espanol
U.S. Department of Education (USDE)
Mapping Non-Response to Math Interventions, continuation
National Science Foundation Benjamin Clarke
Multiple-choice Online Causal Comprehension Assessment Refinement: Achieving Better Discrimination via Experimental Item Types and Adaptive Testing
U.S. Department of Education (USDE)
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Lillian Duran
Gina Biancarosa
Center on Teaching and Learning (CTL)
AWARDSCONTINUED TOTAL: $6,858,218 FROM PAGE 9
National Research and Development Center to Improve Education for Secondary English Learner
U.S. Department of Education (USDE)
Ilana Umansky
Reach Every Reader Assessment
Harvard University
Nancy Nelson
Validating DIBELS 8th Edition as a Screener for Dyslexia
U.S. Department of Education (USDE)
Patrick Kennedy
Multiple-choice Online Causal Comprehension Assessment for Adults: Measuring Individual Differences in Reading Comprehension Ability of Struggling Adult Learners by Text Type (MOCCA-College)
U.S. Department of Education (USDE)
Patrick Kennedy
The NumberShire Integrated Tutor System: Supporting schools to scale up evidence-based education technology to improve math outcomes for students with disabilities
U.S. Department of Education (USDE)
Caroline Shanley
Early Childhood Cares (EC CARES)
AWARDS TOTAL: $18,301,780
AWARD TITLE
AGENCY NAME
P.I.
(ECPBIS) Early Intervention/Early Childhood Special Education Services
Oregon Department of Education
Lawanda Potter
Early Intervention/Early Childhood Special Education Services
Oregon Department of Education
Judith Newman
ESSER Funds Oregon Department of Education
U.S. Department of Education (USDE)
Lawanda Potter
Head Start Reimbursement for Early Childhood CARES Services
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)
Lawanda Potter
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Educational and Community Supports (ECS)
AWARDS TOTAL: $8,599,808
AWARD TITLE
AGENCY NAME
P.I.
Adaptation of an Effective Tier II Behavior Intervention for Students in Secondary Schools
U.S. Department of Education (USDE)
K Flannery
Development of an Instructional Alternative to Out-of-School Suspension: The Instructional Suspension Learning Alternative (ISLA)
U.S. Department of Education (USDE)
Rhonda Nese
Improving the Accessibility of Design Comparable Effect Size Metrics for Single Case Research
U.S. Department of Education (USDE)
Wendy Machalicek
Innovative Leadership Education Advancing Diversity (I LEAD)
U.S. Department of Education (USDE)
Lillian Duran
MTSS Research Network
U.S. Department of Education (USDE)
Robert Horner
OAR Graduate Research Grant - Anxiety Disorders
Organization for Autism Research
Kent McIntosh
Project CO-LEAD: Leaders in Evidence Based Practices, Autism Spectrum Disorder, and Diversity
U.S. Department of Education (USDE)
Wendy Machalicek
Technical Assistance Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports V
U.S. Department of Education (USDE)
Kent McIntosh
The STELLAR Project: Phase 2
U.S. Department of Education (USDE)
Erin Chaparro
Early Intervention Program (EIP)
AWARDS TOTAL: $560,403
AWARD TITLE
AGENCY NAME
P.I.
INICIO: Interdisciplinary Interventionists and Clinicians Improving Outcomes
U.S. Department of Education (USDE)
Lillian Duran
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Early Intervention Program (EIP)
AWARDS TOTAL: $560,403 CONTINUED FROM PAGE 11
Oregon Screening Project 2020-2021
Oregon Department of Education
Jantina Clifford
PANGEA: Preparing A New Generation of Early Autism Educators
U.S. Department of Education (USDE)
Stephanie Shire
Educational Methodology, Policy, and Leadership (EMPL)
AWARDS TOTAL: $70,000
AWARD TITLE
AGENCY NAME
P.I.
A Statewide Examination of English Learner’s Access to English Language Arts: Effects of, and Solutions to, Conscribed Access [2020 NAEd/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellow]
National Academy of Education
Ilana Umansky
Oregon Education Science Laboratory (OESL)
AWARDS TOTAL: $1,424,144
AWARD TITLE
AGENCY NAME
Collaborative Research: E-facilitation Partnerships: Scalable Online Professional Development for Expanding Teacher Expertise in Equity and Pedagogy
National Science Foundation Joanna Goode
Examining the Relation between Pre-service Teachers’ Implicit Racial Biases and Cortisol Response
Spencer Foundation
Experiencing Science Practices through Research to Inspire Teaching (ESPRIT), Phase I
National Science Foundation Juliet Baxter
Grow Your Own
Oregon Department of Education
Online Professional Development for EDC Teachers
National Science Foundation Joanna Goode
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P.I.
Matthew Graham
Michelle Jacob
Prevention Science Institute (PSI)
AWARDS TOTAL: $15,333,855
AWARD TITLE
AGENCY NAME
2021 NIDA Summer Research Internship Program
National Institutes of Health Leslie Leve (NIH)
215520 RADx Supp: Creating a Sustainable Infrastructure for SARS-COV-2 Testing at Syringe Exchange Programs
National Institutes of Health Elizabeth (NIH) Stormshak
An adoption study of the development of early substance use: the joint roles of genetic influences, prenatal risk, rearing environment, and pubertal maturation
National Institutes of Health Leslie Leve (NIH)
APBS: Unique Contributions of School Climate, Support, and Teacher Bias in the Implementation of Positive Support Practices for LGBTQ Youth
Association for Positive Behavior Support
Building a Vocabulary: Lexical-semantic Development in Latino Children with Early Language Delay
National Institutes of Health Stephanie (NIH) De Anda
Developmental Linkages Between Parenting Behaviors and Child Externalizing Behaviors From Early Childhood to Adolescence: The Mediating Role of Child Executive Functions and Self-Regulation
National Institutes of Health Atika Khurana (NIH)
Enhancing Emotion Regulation to Support Weight Control Efforts in Adolescents with Overweight and Obesity
National Institutes of Health Wendy Hadley (NIH)
Enhancing Health and Quality of Life for Individuals with Dementia Through Transitional-State Snacks
Oregon Health and Science University
Samantha Shune
Enhancing Parenting Skills: Application of a Web-Based Three-Tiered Model
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)
Laura McIntyre
Exploring Pathways to Desistance and Adjustment in Adulthood Among Juvenile Justice-Involved Females
U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ)
Leslie Leve
Intervening in the Lives of Foster Care Youth: Using Integrative Data Analysis to Examine Crossover and Long-Term Mental Health Benefits of Dual-Focused Caregiver–Youth Preventative Interventions
National Institutes of Health Leslie Leve (NIH)
ITGA 2025 Initiative Application
International Town & Gown Association - 13 -
P.I.
John Gallo
Jessica Cronce
Secondary Special Education and Transition Program (SSET)
AWARDS TOTAL: $1,683,545
AWARD TITLE
AGENCY NAME
P.I.
National Technical Assistance Center on Increasing Graduation and Improving Transition to Postsecondary Education and Careers for Students with Disabilities
U.S. Department of Education (USDE)
Deanne Unruh
National Technical Assistance Center on Transition
U.S. Department of Education (USDE)
Deanne Unruh
Post School Outcomes
Oregon Department of Education
Charlotte Alverson
Project B-JUST: Brain Injury & Juvenile Services Training: Empirically Defining Training Needs and Competencies for Juvenile Services Personnel for Young Offenders with TBI
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)
Deanne Unruh
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