{"id":2859,"date":"2013-10-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-10-10T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/blog\/cw_post\/research-rfp-on-competency-education\/"},"modified":"2020-02-05T12:51:05","modified_gmt":"2020-02-05T17:51:05","slug":"research-rfp-on-competency-education","status":"publish","type":"cw_post","link":"https:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/cw_post\/research-rfp-on-competency-education\/","title":{"rendered":"Research RFP on Competency Education"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_5014\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5014\" style=\"width: 179px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Beth-Miller.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5014\" alt=\"Beth-Miller\" src=\"https:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Beth-Miller.jpg\" width=\"179\" height=\"113\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5014\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Beth Miller<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Beth Miller, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nmefoundation.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nellie Mae Education Foundation<\/a>&#8216;s, Director of Research and Evaluation, announced the release of\u00a0 Research Request for Proposals (RFP)\u00a0 focusing on competency education and other high-potential student-centered learning practices.\u00a0 According to her email, &#8220;The goal of this funding opportunity is to deepen our understanding of how, why, under what conditions, and for whom student-centered approaches to learning promote both higher outcomes for all students and the closing of learning gaps for traditionally underserved groups.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Are you interested? Proposals will be accepted from institutions and organizations that are eligible for grants from NMEF and meet all other requirements specified in the RFP.\u00a0The RFP and supplementary documents are <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nmefoundation.org\/grants\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">located here.<\/a>\u00a0 For the first time, NMEF will be accepting proposals only through a web-based portal.\u00a0 To access the portal, you will need to set up an account. Directions on creating an account and submitting a proposal are included with the supplementary documents.\u00a0 If you have a problem accessing the portal please contact Stephanie Cheney at scheney@nmefoundation.org or 781.348.4240.<\/p>\n<p>The deadlines for receipt of proposals in response to this RFP is noon on <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Wednesday, October 30th.<\/span>\u00a0 Any questions about the RFP process or content should be directed to rfp@nmefoundation.org.\u00a0 Responses to questions will be posted in a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nmefoundation.org\/grants\/grant-faqs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">frequently updated FAQ on the NMEF website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","mapsvg_location":""},"legacy_category":[],"issue":[368,371],"location":[],"class_list":["post-2859","cw_post","type-cw_post","status-publish","hentry","issue-issues-in-practice","issue-learn-lessons-from-the-field"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - 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