Program Development and Evaluation

Posted by Brady Education Foundation on October 2, 2017

Brady Education Foundation Seeks Applications for Program Development and Evaluation

The Brady Education Foundation seeks to close the achievement/opportunity gap for children at risk for poor school outcomes due to environmental factors associated with poverty.

To advance this mission, the foundation is accepting stage-one applications for projects related to the development and evaluation of programs that are consistent with a strength-based approach and show promise of being feasible, effective, and sustainable.

1) Program Development: One-year grants will be awarded to projects aimed at developing and testing the feasibility of new programs that promote positive cognitive and/or achievement outcomes for children (birth through 18 years) from underserved groups and/or low-resourced communities. Priority will be given to programs/projects that represent strong collaborative relationships between researchers, practitioners, and other community stakeholders (as appropriate), and where the community/population being studied is reflected by the composition of the project’s leadership team; programs/projects consistent with strength-based approaches rather than deficit models; programs/projects that leverage other funding; and/or programs/projects that, in addition to showing promise of being effective, show promise of being affordable, accessible, and sustainable. Past Program Development grants have ranged between $25,000 and $276,000.

2) Existing Program Evaluation: Grants for up to three years will be awarded to evaluate the effectiveness of programs designed to promote positive cognitive and/or achievement outcomes for children (birth through 18 years) from underserved groups and/or low-resourced communities. Preference will be given to programs/projects that represent strong collaborative relationships between researchers, practitioners, and other community stakeholders as appropriate, and where the community/population being studied is reflected in the composition of the project’s leadership team; programs/projects consistent with strength-based approaches rather than deficit models; programs/projects for which operational funding for the program is already secured so that funding from the foundation is used only for evaluation activities; programs/projects that show promise of being affordable, accessible, and sustainable; programs projects that employ randomized control designs (including wait list-control designs when assignment to wait-list condition is randomized); and/or programs/projects that evaluate effects on measurable child outcomes. Past Existing Program Evaluation grants have ranged between $241,000 and $792,000.

To be eligible, applicants must be a nonprofit organization recognized as tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the United States Internal Revenue Code.

Stage-one applications must be received no later than December 1, 2017. Upon review, selected applicants will be invited to submit stage-two applications by April 1, 2018.

See the Brady Education Foundation for complete program guidelines and application instructions.

Deadline: December 1, 2017 (Stage-One Applications)

http://www.bradyeducationfoundation.org/applicationguidelines.html