Caplan Foundation for Early Childhood Invites Letters of Intent – Jan 31

Posted by Caplan Foundation for Early Childhood on January 14, 2020

The Caplan Foundation for Early Childhood supports development projects and promising research with the potential to significantly enhance the physical and mental health, safety, nutrition, play, social integration, and/or quality of life of children from birth through seven years of age.

To that end, the foundation currently invites Letters of Intent in the following categories:

Early Childhood Welfare — Children can only reach their full potential when all aspects of their development — intellectual, emotional and physical — are optimally supported. Providing a safe and nurturing environment is essential as is imparting the skills of social living in a culturally diverse world. Therefore, the foundation supports projects that seek to perfect child-rearing practices and to identify models that can provide creative, caring environments in which all young children thrive.

Early Childhood Education and Play — Research shows that children need to be stimulated as well as nurtured, early in life, if they are to succeed in school, work, and life. That preparation relates to every aspect of a child’s development, from birth to age seven, and everywhere a child learns — at home, in childcare settings, and in preschool. The foundation therefore seeks to improve the quality of both early childhood teaching and learning through the development of innovative curricula and research-based pedagogical standards, as well as the design of imaginative play materials and learning environments.

Parenting Education — To help parents create nurturing environments for their children, the foundation supports programs that teach parents about developmental psychology, cultural child-rearing differences, pedagogy, issues of health, prenatal care and diet, as well programs that provide both cognitive and emotional support to parents.

Letters of Intent must be received no later than January 30, 2020. Upon review, selected applicants will be invited to submit a full application.

See the Caplan Foundation website for complete program guidelines and application procedures.

Deadline: January 31, 2020 (Letters of Intent)

Learn more and apply: https://earlychildhoodfoundation.org/