In 2002 Congress passed the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002 (ESRA), authorizing the creation of the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) as the research, evaluation, statistics, and assessment arm of the Department of Education, and crystallizing the federal government's commitment to providing national leadership in expanding fundamental…

Research universities are critical contributors to our national research enterprise. They are the principal source of a world-class labor force and fundamental discoveries that enhance our lives and the lives of others around the world. These institutions help to create an educated citizenry capable of making informed and crucial choices as…

"Children's Budget 2019" is a comprehensive analysis of how kids and families have been faring in the federal budget over the past five years. The book captures and analyzes historical funding data and spending trends across a wide range of policy areas including child welfare, early childhood, education, health, housing, income support,…

"Children's Budget 2018" captures and analyzes historical funding data and spending trends across a wide range of policy areas including child welfare, early childhood, education, health, housing, income support, nutrition, safety and training, tracking federal investments in nearly 200 different programs. To determine the amount of…

"Children's Budget 2017" captures and analyzes historical funding data and spending trends across a wide range of policy areas including child welfare, early childhood, education, health, housing, income support, nutrition, safety and training, tracking federal investments in nearly 200 different programs. For each program listed, this…

"Research Universities and the Future of America" presents critically important strategies for ensuring that our nation's research universities contribute strongly to America's prosperity, security, and national goals. Widely considered the best in the world, our nation's research universities today confront significant financial…

Directed toward groups, organizations, and programs dependent on effective fund raising, this book views the grant management responsibility as an extension of fund-raising and offers advice on how to be successful at grant management. Such topics as grant program organization, management strategies, fiscal controls, monitoring, reporting and…

This report presents the findings of the investigation, conducted by the National Advisory Council on Women's Educational Programs, on how federal programs affect girls and women. The council investigated the extent to which the Education Division of HEW has used the tools available to it (including enforcement of Title IX of the Education…

During calendar year 1994, the U.S. Department of Education published significant revisions to the Education Department General Administrative Regulations (EDGAR). These regulatory changes addressed the noncompeting continuation (NCC) application process for discretionary grants and cooperative agreements, the Department's implementation of the…

As a resource for grantseekers, this book is divided into two sections. Part 1, "How to Seek and Win Grant Support," provides a step-by-step system for successful grantseeking, from organization preparation to proposal writing to follow-up. Part 2, "A Directory of Funding Sources," contains more than 500 detailed entries for…