College of Education External Grant Awards and Contracts

Awards for Calendar Year 2024 – Total Amount Awarded: $17,342,046

• Aimee Julian

  Department of Educational Administration and Foundations

  Award Amount: $100,000
  Project Title: Critical Components Tool for Special Education Programs
  Sponsor(s): Illinois State Board of Education

• Aimee Julian

  Department of Educational Administration and Foundations

  Award Amount: $129,712
  Project Title: Vocational Rehabilitation Council Support
  Sponsor(s): Illinois Department of Human Services

• Aimee Julian

  Department of Educational Administration and Foundations

  Award Amount: $100,000
  Project Title: Autism Training and Technical Assistance Project (ATTA)
  Sponsor(s): Illinois State Board of Education

• Aimee Julian

  Department of Educational Administration and Foundations

  Award Amount: $24,999
  Project Title: CAP-IT: Customized Apprenticeship Programming - Information Technology
  Sponsor(s): Illinois Community College Board

• Aimee Julian

  Department of Educational Administration and Foundations

  Award Amount: $519,195
  Project Title: ICCB CTE Improvement Project
  Sponsor(s): Illinois Community College Board

• Aimee Julian

  Department of Educational Administration and Foundations

  Award Amount: $200,00
  Project Title: Homeless Liaison Training Center (HLTC) for the Illinois Community Colleges
  Sponsor(s): Illinois Community College Board

• Aimee Julian

  Department of Educational Administration and Foundations

  Award Amount: $25,000
  Project Title: Early Childhood Professional Development
  Sponsor(s): Illinois Community College Board

• Aimee Julian

  Department of Educational Administration and Foundations

  Award Amount: $320,000
  Project Title: ICCB Behind Every Employer
  Sponsor(s): Illinois Community College Board

• Aimee Julian

  Department of Educational Administration and Foundations

  Award Amount: $32,999
  Project Title: WEI Symposium Support
  Sponsor(s): Illinois Central College

• Aimee Julian

  Department of Educational Administration and Foundations

  Award Amount: $1,100,000
  Project Title: WIOA Professional Development
  Sponsor(s): Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity

• Aimee Julian

  Department of Educational Administration and Foundations

  Award Amount: $24,000
  Project Title: IBHE HOUSE Summit
  Sponsor(s): Illinois Board of Higher Education

• Aimee Julian

  Department of Educational Administration and Foundations

  Award Amount: $95,721
  Project Title: Learning Renewal Summit
  Sponsor(s): Illinois Community College Board

• Aimee Julian

  Department of Educational Administration and Foundations

  Award Amount: $100,000
  Project Title: ATOMAT COMMUNITY MAPPING PROJECT
  Sponsor(s): Illinois Community College Board

• Amy Brokaw

  University High School

  Award Amount: $933
  Project Title: FY24 School District Library Grant
  Sponsor(s): Illinois State Library

• Anna Smith

  School of Teaching and Learning

  Principal Investigator: Lara Handsfield

  Award Amount: $78.265
  Project Title: Co-Editorship of Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice
  Sponsor(s): Literacy Research Association

• Christina Borders

  Illinois Tutoring Initiative

  Award Amount: $6,982,000
  Project Title: Illinois Tutoring Initiative
  Sponsor(s): Illinois Board of Higher Education

• Kelli Appel

  Dean's Office and School of Teaching and Learning

  Principal Investigator: Allison Meyer

  Award Amount: $510,057
  Project Title: ECE Online Workforce Program at Illinois State University
  Sponsor(s): Illinois Board of Higher Education

• Mindy Ely

  Department of Special Education

  Award Amount: $228,707
  Project Title: Leveraging Instruction to Maximize Interdisciplinary Teaming in Learning Environments of Family Systems When Children Have Sensory Disabilities (LIMITLESS)
  Sponsor(s): U.S. Department of Education

• Miranda Lin

  Department of Educational Administration and Foundations

  Principal Investigator: Ryan A. Brown and Stacey Jones-Bock

  Award Amount: $109,133
  Project Title: Early Childhood Faculty Preparation Program
  Sponsor(s): W. Clement and Jessie V. Stone Foundation

• Natalie Shaheen

  Department of Special Education

  Award Amount: $481,175
  Project Title: CAREER: Teachers Learning to be Technology Accessibility Allies to Blind and Low-Vision Students in Science
  Sponsor(s): National Science Foundation

• Nichelle Michalak

  Department of Special Education and Dean's Office

  Principal Investigator: Stacey Jones-Bock

  Award Amount: $1,239,899
  Project Title: Autism Professional Learning and Universal Supports Project (IDEA Discretionary)
  Sponsor(s): Illinois State Board of Education

• Sheri Bettis

  National Board Resource Center

  Award Amount: $4,500,000
  Project Title: National Board Certification Initiative (E-Grant)
  Sponsor(s): Illinois State Board of Education

• Stacey Jones-Bock

  Dean's Office

  Principal Investigator: Kelli Appel

  Award Amount: $440,251
  Project Title: Redbird Educator Scholars Program
  Sponsor(s): Illinois State Board of Education