Awards were made for a total of 21 projects over three semesters in 2020 and 2021. Visit the Covid Seed Grant Lighting Talks event page for latest updates on the work of the funded teams.
May 7, 2021
A total of five awards were made in the third COVID-19 Seed Funding competition. Gift funds will support projects focusing on one of three priority areas: (1) Supplemental funding for prior COVID-19 Seed Grants; (2) Transition-focused, preparing for post-pandemic research; or (3) Theoretical or methodological innovations. Each project funded in the Spring 2021 competition is receiving up to $10,000 to conduct immediate research activities and to prepare competitive applications for external research support.
December 22, 2020
Recognizing the new energy and focus that COVID-19 seed funding brought to education research in Spring 2020, the College of Education staged a second competition in Fall 2020. A total of nine projects have now been selected for Fall 2020 College of Education COVID-19 Research Seed Funding Awards. Gift funds will support nine high-relevance projects that address projects focusing on one or more of three priority areas: (1) Developing novel or modified methods for research and analysis in the new realities of remote and online learning; (2) Organizing research on topics relating to educational inequality, exacerbated by the virus and recent incidents of systemic racism; and (3) Improving teaching and/or learning in new online formats. Each project funded in the Fall 2020 competition is receiving up to $10,000 to conduct immediate research activities and to prepare competitive applications for external research support.
June 15, 2020
A total of ten awards were made in the College of Education COVID-19 Research Seed Funding Competition. Gift funds support these high-relevance projects addressing an array of emerging needs and conditions across the education spectrum. Each project has been granted funding of up to $5000 to conduct immediate research activities and to prepare competitive applications for external research support.
College News story, August 20, 2020: COVID-19 Ignites New Education Research