Assessment Funding Opportunities
Information about available internal funding for assessment work in your program can be found under the
Internal Assessment Grant link on the left.
External funding opportunities may be available for assessment work in your school or department. Many grant programs exist that promote and support assessment of student learning for the purpose of improvement. Below you’ll find a list of just some of the many funding opportunities available at this time. For a printer-friendly PDF copy of this information please
click here.
Interested Parties
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Grant Title
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Description
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Link
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| All schools & departments |
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American Educational Research Association Grants
Program |
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Funds are for research topics that cover a wide range of education policy-related issues. Research projects related to science and/or mathematics education are especially encouraged. Other topics of interest include teachers and teaching, including policies and practices related to student achievement and assessment; educational participation and persistence; the quality of educational institutions; and others. The project must include the analysis of data from at least one NSF, NCES, or other nationally or internationally representative data set.
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http://www.aera.net/ grantsprogram/ res_training/ res_grants/RGFly.html |
| Department of Accounting |
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American Accounting Association’s Innovation in Accounting Education Award
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The award is intended to encourage innovation and improvement in accounting education. It recognizes significant programmatic changes or a significant activity, concept, or set of educational materials. The primary criteria used to judge submissions include: innovation (something new or different that will spur interest in the study of accounting or that will improve the effectiveness of accounting education); demonstrated educational benefits or value (evidence of the educational merit of the innovation); and adaptability by other educational institutions or to other situations (the quality of a nomination is enhanced to the extent that the innovation has been adopted elsewhere).
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http://aaahq.org/awards/award6.htm
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Department of Mathematics
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National Science Foundations’ Workforce Program in the Mathematical Sciences
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Funding supports efforts to: increase the number and diversity of U.S. students who successfully pursue undergraduate and graduate degrees in mathematics and statistics; broaden graduate education and undergraduate education content in the mathematical sciences to prepare students for a wider range of career opportunities; and enhance the professional skills of mathematical sciences postdoctoral associates, graduate students, and undergraduate students to better prepare them for both academic and nonacademic employment. All projects must include measurable proposed outcomes and specific methods for evaluation of the success of the activity and for assessment of progress toward the goals to be achieved.
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http://www.nsf.gov/
funding/pgm_summ.
jsp?pims_id=503233
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| Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department |
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American Society for Engineering Education’s (ASEE) Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) Distinguished Educator Award
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The award is given annually to an educator who has shown evidence of vision and contribution to ECE Education. Nominees will be evaluated based upon outstanding teaching effectiveness and educational scholarship. Educational scholarship includes significant contributions to ECE education that go beyond his/her own institution. Examples of such evidence include development of instructional methods of materials, including assessment instruments.
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http://www.asee.
org/activities/awards/otherDivision.cfm#
Electrical_and_Comp
uter_Engineering_
Division
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Stuart Foundation Grant |
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The Foundation funds innovations in practice and policy to build a strong teaching profession for California and Washington, so that all students will be taught by a fully qualified and effective teacher. This includes the assessment and improvement of the education of teachers.
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http://www.stuart
foundation.org/
BecomeOurPartner/
GrantApplicationPr
ocess.aspx
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School of Education
Seaver College
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National Science Foundation’s Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement (CCLI) Program |
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This program seeks to improve the quality of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education for all undergraduate students. The program supports efforts to create, adapt, and disseminate new learning materials and teaching strategies, develop faculty expertise, implement educational innovations, assess learning and evaluate innovations, and conduct research on STEM teaching and learning.
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http://www.nsf.gov/ funding/pgm_summ. jsp?pims_id=5741 |
If you have questions about funding opportunities available for program and institution level assessment, please contact
Joseph C. McNicholas, Ph.D., Director of Pre-Award Services and Associate Director,
Office for Research and Sponsored Projects. If you have questions about program assessment, please contact
Laura J. Massa, Ph.D., Director of Assessment,
Office of Assessment.
To search for additional funding opportunities, visit
www.cos.com and open your free, LMU-sponsored account.