Pennsylvania Education Equity Project Request for Proposals Due May 1st

Public Agenda is accepting applications for the Pennsylvania Education Equity Project, aiming to fund projects demonstrating effective strategies for implementing Pennsylvania’s new culturally relevant and sustaining education mandate. Six or more grants of up to $30,000 each, will be awarded to researchers affiliated with public or nonprofit U.S. universities. The deadline to apply is 11:59pm ET on May 1, 2024. Join one of the online Q&A sessions on either Friday, April 12th, or Tuesday, April 16th. Learn more below and on PA's site here.

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Reminder: The Pennsylvania Education Equity Project Request for Proposals is open!

OVERVIEW
Culturally relevant and sustaining education is an effort to create equitable outcomes for all students and dismantle the systemic and institutional barriers that hinder the success of students–particularly those who have been historically marginalized. 

In 2022, the Pennsylvania Board of Education mandated training for educators in culturally relevant and sustaining education (CRSE) competencies. Continuing professional development programs are required to integrate CRSE competencies no later than the 2023-24 academic year, and educator preparation and induction programs must integrate the competencies no later than the 2024-25 academic year.

The initial implementation of the CRSE competencies in Pennsylvania teacher education programs is an opportunity to focus actionable research on challenges and best practices in translating policy into effective educational practices.

Online Q&A Session: Potential applicants, please join us for a virtual question-and-answer session with our research team. For your convenience, we've added an additional date.

• Friday, April 12th, 11:30 am-12:30pm ET on Zoom - REGISTER
• Just Added: Tuesday, April 16th, 11:30am-12:3opm ET on Zoom - REGISTER

ELIGIBILITY 
Pennsylvania Education Equity Project Grants are open to researchers affiliated with public or nonprofit U.S. universities, and the affiliated university must administer the grant. We expect to award six or more grants of up to $30,000. 

Grants made through Public Agenda’s Pennsylvania Education Equity Project cannot cover indirect overhead. The Principal Investigator (PI) for a proposed project must have a doctoral-level degree. Doctoral candidates may be part of the research team and may be a Co-PI as long as at least one Co-PI has a doctoral degree. We will distribute each grant, in full, to a designated lead university that will be responsible for any sub-grants (e.g., to a Co-PI at a different university).

HOW TO APPLY
To apply for a Pennsylvania Education Equity Project, submit all application materials using the form at the bottom of this page. Please adhere to the file naming and upload instructions in the guidelines below. 

The deadline to apply is 11:59pm ET on May 1, 2024.

Applications must include all of the following information, and we strongly recommend that applicants use this application template. Please reach out to Emily Sandusky, Public Agenda’s Director of Research Accelerators, at [email protected] with any questions about your potential grant application.

Learn more: ​https://publicagenda.org/proposal/peep-rfp/

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