Competed annually, UMBC's START awards provide up to $25,000 in research funding for faculty who will use these funds to better position themselves for further scholarly work that is not internally funded. To that end, priority is given to untenured, tenure track faculty still establishing themselves, to tenured faculty who are re-establishing themselves after interruptions, and to tenured faculty entering new areas dependent on interdisciplinary collaboration.
Also competed annually, the SURFF program provides $6,000 in summer salary to early-career faculty who would benefit from the opportunity to focus on establishing their scholarly independence.
The multidisciplinary Sherman Center for Early Learning in Urban Communities (Sherman Center) was established to advance George and Betsy Sherman’s vision of improving learning experiences and outcomes for young children in Baltimore City.
As part of this mission, I am pleased to invite proposals for the 2017-18 Sherman Center Faculty Research Award. This award seeks to expand knowledge about policies and practices that enhance the learning of young children, ages three through eight, in urban communities like Baltimore. Research topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
- evaluation of new or existing school-based and out-of-school time learning interventions;
- school, teacher, family, and community factors associated with academic growth, socio-emotional well-being, and/or positive behavioral outcomes for young children; and
- the impact of school policies on family and community engagement in students’ learning processes and outcomes.