Cognition and Student Learning Research Grants

Overview

The Office of Educational Research and Improvement is supporting a new program of research that brings recent advances in cognitive science and neuroscience to bear on significant educational problems. The overarching goal of this program of research is to establish a scientific foundation for educational practice by supporting research on key processes of attention, memory, and reasoning that are essential for learning and that are likely to produce substantial gains in academic achievement.

Grants Competition

The grants competition for this program recently ended and proposals are being reviewed. Those interested in viewing the announcement for the competition can find it at http://www.ed.gov/legislation/FedRegister/announcements/2001-4/122101c.html.
The application package is available in PDF (88K) and Word (98K) format.

A pre-application meeting for the CASL grant program was held on February 19th, 2002, in Washington, D.C. Participants received technical assistance and information about the funding priority. Presentations from the meeting and resource information may be downloaded using the following links.

CASL Pre-Application Meeting

• Agenda: PDF (85K) and Word (93K)
  
  
• Nuts and Bolts of the Application Process: PDF (86K) and Word (42K)
  
  
• Welcome and Introductions: PDF (78K) and Word (32K)
  
  
• New Directions in Educational Science: Dr. Valerie Reyna: PDF (89K) and Word (45K)
  
  
• Bringing the Science of Cognition to Educational Research and Practice: Dr. Robert A. Bjork: PDF (228K) and Word (95K)
  
  
• Questions and Answers PDF (87K) and Word (42K)
  
  
• Handouts:
  
  
  • Helpful Web Sites: PDF (84K) and Word (45K)
    
    
  • Preparing the Application: PDF (85K) and Word (93K)
    
    
  • Statistical Highlights of Student Achievement: PDF (79K) and Word (89K)
    
    

This page last modified May 23, 2002 (jer)