March 14, 2025

Initiative offers funds for social, behavioral, educational sciences research

Lilly Jonas, sophomore Elementary Education & Early Child Education major, plays with children during their Student Teaching in Early Childhood Education: Preschool course inside the Ruth Staples Child Development Lab.
Jordan Opp | University Communication and Marketing

Jordan Opp | University Communication and Marketing
Lilly Jonas, sophomore elementary education and early child education major, plays with children during a Student Teaching in Early Childhood Education: Preschool course inside the Ruth Staples Child Development Lab.

For the past 20 years, the Nebraska Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families and Schools has remained committed to making positive difference in people’s lives through research in the social, behavioral and educational sciences.

As the center looks ahead to the next two decades years, it is offering a new funding opportunity: The CYFS Signature Research Impact program

Funding for this program is provided by generous private donations directed to the center through the University of Nebraska Foundation, in alignment with its Only in Nebraska campaign priority to invest in transformational research and innovation.

Research receiving a Signature Research Impact award will align with the center’s mission, support one or more of the center’s six thematic areas, and have relevance to issues impacting Nebraska’s children, families, schools and/or communities.

To apply, principal investigators must be a faculty member at one of the University of Nebraska campuses and a CYFS research affiliate. To learn more about becoming a research affiliate, please contact Sue Sheridan, center director, at ssheridan2@unl.edu.

Up to three awards will be made. The maximum award request is $20,000 for up to two years.

A notice of intent to submit is required to allow adequate planning. The Request for Applications provides comprehensive guidance for preparing both the NOI and full proposal application.

The NOI is due by 5 p.m. March 28. Full proposals are due by 5 p.m. April 30.

Visit the program page for more details, including a link to download the full Request for Applications.