Research and Grants

The College of Education works with the University's Research and Sponsored Programs, Grants Accounting, and Research Ethics and Compliance offices to encourage and support research and grant submission by its faculty, staff, and students. The current Illinois State University research mission, vision, and goals are outlined in the Strategic Plan for Research, Scholarship and Creative Expression.

COE URG Information

16-17 URG Guidelines includes information, guidelines, and application for URG Fellowship/External and First-Year Faculty Grants, including evaluation rubric (PDF)
URG Fellowship/External Grant Applications are due to departments in March (Word)
First-Year Faculty URG applications (use Research Fellowship application) are open until April (Word)
URG Small Grant guidelines and application (NEW), accepted until April (Word)
FY17 Temporary URG guidelines and application (NEW), due February 27 (Word)
URG Training (NEW)
- Approved URG examples: One, Two, Three, Four
More information about URGs, including timelines

Process and Procedures for Grant Submission Notification

In order to best support the external grant writing that takes place in the College of Education, procedures for grant submission notification have been created. The purpose of these procedures is to streamline the internal process of grant submission and support, and ensure that deadlines for external grants are met.
If your grant includes the purchase of technology, please be sure to read the Technology Purchase and Refresh Procedures and follow them accordingly.

Course Redesign

CTLTis offering “Going Global with Your Course.” Register now. The description of the course and meeting dates are as follows: Design or revamp your course to make it more globally engaged, in keeping with the latest version of Educating Illinois and the University’s International Strategic Plan.Learn about common and effective approaches for creating global courses.This cohort has the option to participate at the Summer Showcase on August 4, 2016 at the Alumni Center or to present at an Office of International Studies and Programs event. A $500 stipend is available to eligible participants who complete the program. Must be able to attend Tuesdays and Thursdays from May 24 to June 7, 9 to 3 the first week and 9 to 11:30 the rest.

Urban Teacher Pipeline is again offering the opportunity for faculty to redesign ISU courses to prepare our students to teach in urban settings. Stipends are being offered for this opportunity that will take place summer 2016. Due April 11. Learn more.

Conducting Research in Unit 5

In order to conduct research in the Unit 5 School District, please complete the Request for Research Form and send to Associate Dean at bbmeyer@ilstu.edu. She will review and notify the applicant when it is sent to the Unit 5 office for review and potential approval.

By the second week of each semester, the researcher should complete the COE Research Outcomes Report to show progress on the research. This form also notifies Unit 5 when publications or presentations are completed from the research in their school district. These reports may be sent through the Associate Dean or directly to Michelle Lamboley at lambolmm@unit5.org.

COE Research News

In a collaborative effort with May Jadallah (TCH), Alycia Hund, Jonathan Thayn, and Joel Studebaker, Promoting Students' Spatial Thinking in Upper Elementary Grades using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) is presented in the NSF 2015 Teaching and Learning Video Showcase. View their video, and join the conversation about the latest research to improve STEM and computer science teaching and learning. The video summarizes their NSF grant project.
The College of Education Chicago Teacher Education Pipeline (CTEP) office just received a $10 million dollar grant for a new Urban Center.
Two special education faculty, Dr. Maribeth Lartz and Dr. Landa-Vialard, recently received a 5-year, $1.2 million dollar Personnel Preparation grant, "EL VISTA: Early Learning Visual Impairment Services Training and Advancement" from the U. S. Department of Education.
Read story about 3 SED Faculty Award winners.

COE Grant RSS Feed

View external research grant opportunities related to COE interests. You may subscribe to the feed to receive updates directly. Some web browsers may not support this feature.

COE International Grant/Award RSS Feed

View international teaching and research opportunities. You may subscribe to the feed to receive updates directly. Some web browsers may not support this feature.

COE International Resources

COE Faculty International Resource Site

Research Workshops

NCES Announces Online Dataset Training Modules

The Distance Learning Dataset Training (DLDT) program at the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) is releasing newly developed online training modules for several NCES complex survey datasets.

The DLDT computer-based training module resource is an online, interactive tool that allows users to learn about NCES data across the education spectrum and evaluate it for suitability for particular research purposes.

There are two types of NCES DLDT modules that are available: Common modules and survey-specific modules. The common modules help you understand NCES data across the education spectrum. They also discuss the methods NCES uses to ensure that the data, published products, and reports are consistent, reliable, complete, and accurate.

Lastly, the common modules help you understand how to access public- and restricted-use datasets.

The survey-specific modules provided in this training system present more detailed information about the specific studies conducted by NCES. Survey-specific modules are currently available for the following surveys: the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study Birth Cohort (ECLS-B); the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study Kindergarten Class of 1998-1999 (ECLS-K); the High School Longitudinal Study of 2009 (HSLS:09); the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS); the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS); the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA); the National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS); the Beginning Postsecondary Students Longitudinal Study (BPS), and the Baccalaureate and Beyond Longitudinal Study (B&B).

Start learning about NCES datasets.