Sample Funded Proposals
NOTE: Each proposal file is password-protected with a unique password to retain confidentiality. Passwords can be obtained by e-mailing Holly Rauch or Rhonda Stephens. Please specify which proposal(s) you wish to view when requesting passwords.
US Department of Education
USC Special Education Program Improvement Project (USC SEPIP) - PI: Christine Christle - 10/01/2011 - 09/30/2012
Sankofa: Understanding Sierra Leones History, Language, and Culture To Teach Future Generations - PI: Gloria Boutte - 03/01/2011 - 08/31/2012
Preparing School Counselors as Related Service Providers for Children and Youth Disabilities - PI: Donna Gibson - 8/16/08 - 8/15/09
Preparation of Leadership Personnel: Project PALEEIS - PI: Erik Drasgow - 8/16/08 - 8/15/09
Preparation of Early Childhood Special Education (ECSE) Personnel in South Carolina - PI: William Brown - 1/1/07 - 12/31/08
Preparing Special Education Administrators in Response to Intervention Practices - PI: Kathleen Marshall - 8/16/09 - 8/15/10
Institute of Education Sciences (USDE)
Validation of the Behavioral and Emotional Screening System for Early Identification and Intervention for Emotional and Behavioral Problems in Preschool - PI: Christine DiStefano - 7/1/10 - 6/30/11
South Carolina State Deparment of Education (Note: These were non-competing awards)
Proposal for Evaluation of the OAASIS Project - PI: Tammie Dickenson - 2008
Evaluation Proposal:
SCRI K-5 Phase 3 Implementation and Achievement Study - PI: Tammie Dickenson - 2008
Developing Health Education Program Assessment - PI: Ching Ching Yap - 2007
Proposal for an Evaluation of Teacher Quality Research (TQR) Project Investment, Implementation, and Student Achievement Effects - PI: Ching Ching Yap - 2008
South Carolina Commission on Higher Education
High School Teacher Inquiry and Technology Professional Development - PI: Christine Lotter - 2006
On-TRACK: Teaching Reading and Content Knowledge - PI: David Virtue - 2007
National Science Foundation
Effects of Inquiry-Based Teaching Experiences on Graduate Students Research Skill
Development - PI: David Feldon - 9/1/07 - 8/31/09
Improving STEM Retention through Instruction: Leveraging Faculty Expertise - PI: David Feldon - 10/1/07 - 9/30/10
Spencer Foundation
The Secondary School Study - PI: Craig Kridel - 5/1/07 - 4/30/09
Arthur Vining Davis Foundation
Project RAISSE: Reading Assistance Initiative
for Secondary School Educators - PI: Mary Styslinger - 7/1/06 - 8/5/08
National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)
Literacy-in-Persons: Practicing Literacy in an African American Community in the
Rural South - PI: Amy Johnson - 8/1/07 - 11/30/08
USC Research Foundation Research Opportunity Program - Category I
Teacher-Implemented Interventions to Enhance Young Children's Physical Activity in Preschools - PI: William Brown - 2004
Effects of a Corrective Reading Program on the Reading Abilities, Academic Grades,
Attitudes, and Behaviors of Youth Attending Alternative Schools in South Carolina - PI: Christine Christle - 2007
Efficiency Metrics in the Evaluation of Simulation Task Performance - PI: David Feldon - 2007
USC Research Foundation Research Opportunity Program - Category II
Archival Research into the Life and Contributions of John Erskine, an Important Early 20th Century Educator of Popular Renown and Private Genius - Katherine Chaddock - 2007
RPS: Water Quality Investigations: Improving Secondary Science Education through a USC-Professional Development Schools Partnership - PI: Christine Lotter - 2006
Comparing Student Attitudes Toward High-Stakes Testing - PI: Kenneth Vogler - 2007
USC Research Foundation Magellan Scholar Program
MGS: Who Are the Best Teachers for Young African-American Males? - Beth Powers-Costello - 2012
College of Education Research Incentive Grants
Comparing Student Attitudes Towards High-Stakes Testing - PI: Kenneth Vogler
USC Provost Social Sciences Grant Program
Literacy-in-Persons: Life History, Literacy, and Education in the Rural South - PI: Amy Johnson