University of Pittsburgh School of Education

School of Education

School of Education
 

Funded Grants and Research Projects

Study of Health Outcomes of Weight-Loss (SHOW)

Funding Amount: $77,958.00
Funding Dates: 9/30/1999 - 7/31/2013
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Researcher: John Jakicic - Principal Investigator

Cases of Reasoning and Proving in Secondary Mathematics (CORP)

Funding Amount: $2,101,270.00
Funding Dates: 9/1/2007 - 8/31/2012
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Researcher: Margaret Smith - Principal Investigator

Preoperative Lifestyle Intervention in Bariatric Surgery

Funding Amount: $12,226.00
Funding Dates: 9/1/2007 - 8/31/2012
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Researcher: John Jakicic - Principal Investigator

The Effect of a Stepped-Care Approach to Long-Term Weight Loss

Funding Amount: $3,702,391.00
Funding Dates: 9/1/2007 - 8/31/2012
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Researcher: John Jakicic - Principal Investigator

Osteoporotic Fractures in Men MrOS Renewal Pittsburgh

Funding Amount: $11,083.00
Funding Dates: 8/1/2006 - 7/31/2012
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Researcher: John Jakicic - Principal Investigator

School-Based Service Project

Funding Amount: $66,000.00
Funding Dates: 9/1/2008 - 8/31/2011
Funding Agency: Central Catholic High School
Researcher: Carl Fertman - Principal Investigator

Support for Faculty

Funding Amount: $138,909.00
Funding Dates: 4/1/2006 - 3/31/2011
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health

Support for Faculty to Teach Survival Skills and Ethics

Funding Amount: $142,848.00
Funding Dates: 12/1/1999 - 3/31/2011
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health

Indonesia Improved Quality of Decentralized Basic Education (IQDBE)

Funding Amount: $308,540.00
Funding Dates: 4/19/2006 - 9/30/2010
Funding Agency: Education Development Center, Inc.
Researcher: Maureen McClure - Principal Investigator

Identifying Child Care, Family, and Child Strengths that Promote Low-Income Children's School Readiness Skills

Funding Amount: $449,800.00
Funding Dates: 5/1/2008 - 8/31/2010
Funding Agency: The Spencer Foundation
Researcher: Heather Bachman - Principal Investigator

Educational Leadership Initiative

Funding Amount: $20,000.00
Funding Dates: 7/1/2008 - 6/30/2010
Funding Agency: The Buhl Foundation

Positive Behavioral Interventions and Support (PBIS)

Funding Amount: $300,000.00
Funding Dates: 3/1/2008 - 6/30/2010
Funding Agency: Pittsburgh Board of Education
Researcher: Mary Kerr - Principal Investigator

STARS Technical Assistance

Funding Amount: $300,000.00
Funding Dates: 7/1/2007 - 6/30/2010
Funding Agency: Heinz Endowments

STARS Technical Assistance

Funding Amount: $230,500.00
Funding Dates: 1/1/2007 - 6/30/2010
Funding Agency: Heinz Endowments

Improving Self Monitoring in Weight Loss with Technology

Funding Amount: $33,194.00
Funding Dates: 9/15/2005 - 6/30/2010
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health

Improving Self-Monitoring in Weight Loss with Technology

Funding Amount: $21,810.00
Funding Dates: 9/15/2005 - 6/30/2010
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health

Improving Self-Monitoring in Weight Loss with Technology

Funding Amount: $21,810.00
Funding Dates: 9/15/2005 - 6/30/2010
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Researcher: Barbara Myers - Principal Investigator

Preventing Adverse Effects of Class II and Class III Obesity

Funding Amount: $71,692.00
Funding Dates: 6/1/2006 - 5/31/2010
Funding Agency: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Researcher: John Jakicic - Principal Investigator

Principals Academy of Western Pennsylvania (DSF)

Funding Amount: $100,000.00
Funding Dates: 5/15/2008 - 4/30/2010
Funding Agency: DSF Charitable Foundation
Researcher: Otto Graf - Principal Investigator

Early Income Disparities and Academic Trajectories: An Analysis Across Contexts

Funding Amount: $74,250.00
Funding Dates: 5/1/2008 - 4/30/2010
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Researcher: Heather Bachman - Principal Investigator

Indonesia Improved Quality of Decentralized Basic Education (IQDBE)

Funding Amount: $58,862.00
Funding Dates: 7/1/2006 - 4/18/2010
Funding Agency: Education Development Center, Inc.
Researcher:

The Iterative Design of Modules to Support Reading Comprehension Instruction

Funding Amount: $917,749.00
Funding Dates: 4/1/2008 - 3/31/2010
Funding Agency: U.S. Department of Education
Researcher: Linda Kucan - Principal Investigator

Superintendents Forum (Frick)

Funding Amount: $20,000.00
Funding Dates: 4/1/2007 - 3/31/2010
Funding Agency: Henry C. Frick Educational Fund of the Buhl Foundation
Researcher: Maureen McClure - Principal Investigator

Superintendents Forum (Grable)

Funding Amount: $60,000.00
Funding Dates: 4/1/2007 - 3/31/2010
Funding Agency: Grable Foundation
Researcher: Maureen McClure - Principal Investigator

Autism Specialization in Early Intervention/Early Childhood Special Education

Funding Amount: $200,000.00
Funding Dates: 1/1/2009 - 12/31/2009
Funding Agency: U.S. Department of Education
Researcher: Louise Kaczmarek - Principal Investigator

Understanding Transitions to Adulthood to Child Welfare Involved Youth

Funding Amount: $32,642.00
Funding Dates: 1/1/2008 - 12/31/2009
Funding Agency: Allegheny County
Researcher: Kevin Kim - Principal Investigator

Principals Academy of Western Pennsylvania

Funding Amount: $139,040.00
Funding Dates: 12/12/2007 - 12/31/2009
Funding Agency: Grable Foundation
Researcher: Otto Graf - Principal Investigator

Early Head Start Project

Funding Amount: $410,000.00
Funding Dates: 1/1/2007 - 12/31/2009
Funding Agency: Howard Heinz Endowment

Autism Specialization in Early Intervention/Early Childhood Special Education

Funding Amount: $400,000.00
Funding Dates: 1/1/2006 - 12/31/2009
Funding Agency: U.S. Department of Education
Researcher: Louise Kaczmarek - Principal Investigator

Autism Specialization in Early Intervention/Early Childhood Special Education

Funding Amount: $400,000.00
Funding Dates: 1/1/2006 - 12/31/2009
Funding Agency: U.S. Department of Education
Researcher: Louise Kaczmarek - Principal Investigator

Early Head Start Project

Funding Amount: $260,000.00
Funding Dates: 1/1/2008 - 12/21/2009
Funding Agency: Howard Heinz Endowment

The Effects of Differentiated Tasks on Learning from Text

Funding Amount: $17,400.00
Funding Dates: 11/15/2007 - 11/15/2009
Funding Agency: Verizon Foundation
Researcher: Linda Kucan - Principal Investigator

Pennsylvania Reading First Evaluation

Funding Amount: $1,389,340.00
Funding Dates: 7/2/2007 - 9/30/2009
Funding Agency: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Researcher: Naomi Zigmond - Principal Investigator

Preservice Teachers' Challenges in Beginning to Teach Mathematics: The Activity of Reasoning and Proving

Funding Amount: $40,000.00
Funding Dates: 10/1/2007 - 8/31/2009
Funding Agency: The Spencer Foundation
Researcher: Gabriel Stylianides - Principal Investigator

A Dual-Role Theory of Scientific Reasoning

Funding Amount: $55,000.00
Funding Dates: 9/1/2007 - 8/31/2009
Funding Agency: National Academy of Education
Researcher: Michael Ford - Principal Investigator

Examining Social Class Specific Interpretive Practices in Students' Responses to Literature Across Texts and Contexts

Funding Amount: $12,400.00
Funding Dates: 9/1/2007 - 8/31/2009
Funding Agency: National Council of Teachers of English Research Foundation
Researcher: Amanda Thein - Principal Investigator

Student Mental Health

Funding Amount: $472,500.00
Funding Dates: 9/1/2006 - 8/31/2009
Funding Agency: Fox Chapel School District
Researcher: Carl Fertman - Principal Investigator

Comprehensive Assessment of Long-Term Effects of Reducing Intake of Energy

Funding Amount: $103,605.00
Funding Dates: 9/1/2005 - 8/31/2009
Funding Agency: Duke University
Researcher: Amy Otto - Principal Investigator

Literacy Tutor Project - Phase III

Funding Amount: $200,000.00
Funding Dates: 7/1/2008 - 6/30/2009
Funding Agency: Heinz Endowments
Researcher: Rebecca Hamilton - Principal Investigator

PA Alternate System of Assessment

Funding Amount: $3,945,980.00
Funding Dates: 7/1/2008 - 6/30/2009
Funding Agency: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Researcher: Naomi Zigmond - Principal Investigator

The Watson Institute - School Based Behavior Support Program

Funding Amount: $59,411.00
Funding Dates: 5/1/2008 - 6/30/2009
Funding Agency: Watson Institute
Researcher: Mary Kerr - Principal Investigator

Education Leadership Pilot Project

Funding Amount: $75,000.00
Funding Dates: 9/1/2007 - 6/30/2009
Funding Agency: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Researcher: Charlene Trovato - Principal Investigator

The Classroom Excellence Initiative (Grable Foundation)

Funding Amount: $300,000.00
Funding Dates: 12/11/2006 - 6/30/2009
Funding Agency: Grable Foundation
Researcher: James Turner - Principal Investigator

Advanced Proficiency Development in Chinese, Japanese and Korean

Funding Amount: $266,000.00
Funding Dates: 7/1/2006 - 6/30/2009
Funding Agency: U.S. Department of Education

Advanced Proficiency Development in Chinese, Japanese and Korean

Funding Amount: $125,000.00
Funding Dates: 7/1/2006 - 6/30/2009
Funding Agency: U.S. Department of Education

Student Mental Health

Funding Amount: $153,000.00
Funding Dates: 7/1/2006 - 6/30/2009
Funding Agency: Shaler Area School District
Researcher: Carl Fertman - Principal Investigator

Psycho Physiological Influences on Physical Activity

Funding Amount: $90,513.00
Funding Dates: 9/16/2004 - 6/30/2009
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health

Psychophys Factors

Funding Amount: $900,880.00
Funding Dates: 9/16/2004 - 6/30/2009
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Researcher: Barbara Myers - Principal Investigator

Psychophys Factors

Funding Amount: $900,880.00
Funding Dates: 9/16/2004 - 6/30/2009
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Researcher: Barbara Myers - Principal Investigator

Psycho-physiological Influences on Physical Activity

Funding Amount: $1,264,610.00
Funding Dates: 9/16/2004 - 6/30/2009
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health

Psycho-physiological Influences on Physical Activity

Funding Amount: $1,178,792.00
Funding Dates: 9/16/2004 - 6/30/2009
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Researcher: Robert Robertson - Principal Investigator

University Community Leaders and Individuals with Disabilities

Funding Amount: $24,569.00
Funding Dates: 7/1/1995 - 6/30/2009
Funding Agency: Health Resource Services
Researcher: Charlene Trovato - Principal Investigator

University Community Leaders and Individuals with Disabilities (UCLID)

Funding Amount: $15,096.00
Funding Dates: 7/1/1995 - 6/30/2009
Funding Agency: Health Resource Services
Researcher: Louise Kaczmarek - Principal Investigator

University Community Leaders and Individuals with Disabilities (UCLID)

Funding Amount: $30,010.00
Funding Dates: 7/1/1995 - 6/30/2009
Funding Agency: Health Resource Services
Researcher: Louise Kaczmarek - Principal Investigator

University Community Leaders and Individuals with Disabilities (UCLID)

Funding Amount: $48,843.00
Funding Dates: 7/1/1995 - 6/30/2009
Funding Agency: Health Resource Services
Researcher: Charlene Trovato - Principal Investigator

Educational Leadership Initiative - ELI (Grable)

Funding Amount: $400,000.00
Funding Dates: 4/13/2007 - 5/31/2009
Funding Agency: Grable Foundation
Researcher: Alan Lesgold - Principal Investigator

Socialist Republic of Viet Nam: Preparing the Secondary Education Sector Development Program

Funding Amount: $550,000.00
Funding Dates: 7/1/2008 - 4/30/2009
Funding Agency: Asian Development Bank
Researcher: W. Jacob - Principal Investigator

Drug Abuse Vulnerability: Mechanisms and Manifestations

Funding Amount: $5,841.00
Funding Dates: 5/1/2008 - 4/30/2009
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Researcher: Kevin Kim - Principal Investigator

Psychosocial Stress Exposure: Real-Time and Structured Interview Technologies

Funding Amount: $24,500.00
Funding Dates: 5/1/2008 - 4/30/2009
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Researcher: Clement Stone - Principal Investigator

Long-Term Effects on Early Social-Emotional Experience

Funding Amount: $418,230.00
Funding Dates: 4/1/2008 - 3/31/2009
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Researcher: Robert McCall - Principal Investigator

Obesity and Nutrition Research Center

Funding Amount: $56,744.00
Funding Dates: 3/1/2008 - 3/31/2009
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Researcher: John Jakicic - Principal Investigator

Analysis of the Ctyoking-Immunological Model of a Cancer-Related Symptom Cluster

Funding Amount: $10,210.00
Funding Dates: 3/1/2008 - 2/28/2009
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Researcher: Kevin Kim - Principal Investigator

School Based Preventative of Type 2 Diabetes

Funding Amount: $33,298.00
Funding Dates: 3/1/2008 - 2/28/2009
Funding Agency: George Washington University
Researcher: John Jakicic - Principal Investigator

Responsible Parenting and Economic Stability for Non-Custodial Father

Funding Amount: $150,000.00
Funding Dates: 3/1/2007 - 2/28/2009
Funding Agency: Howard Heinz Endowment
Researcher: Christina Groark - Principal Investigator

Physical Activity Following Surgery Induced Weight Loss

Funding Amount: $13,102.00
Funding Dates: 3/1/2008 - 1/31/2009
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Researcher: John Jakicic - Principal Investigator

Family Centers of Excellence in School Readiness

Funding Amount: $360,000.00
Funding Dates: 12/1/2006 - 1/1/2009
Funding Agency: Howard Heinz Endowment

Development of Biomarker and Fu ctional Assessment Tools to Evaluate the Effect of Glucosamine on Joint Structure/Function and Quality of Life

Funding Amount: $5,000.00
Funding Dates: 1/1/2008 - 12/31/2008
Funding Agency: Beverage Institute for Health and Wellness
Researcher: John Jakicic - Principal Investigator

Latin American Orphanage Project

Funding Amount: $135,940.00
Funding Dates: 1/1/2008 - 12/31/2008
Funding Agency: Whole Child International
Researcher: Christina Groark - Principal Investigator

Partnerships for Family Support

Funding Amount: $150,000.00
Funding Dates: 1/1/2008 - 12/31/2008
Funding Agency: Howard Heinz Endowment

Project MP3: Monitoring Progress in Pennsylvania Pupils - Multi-Tiered Model for Progress Monitoring from Preschool through Grade 4

Funding Amount: $45,000.00
Funding Dates: 1/1/2008 - 12/31/2008
Funding Agency: Lehigh University
Researcher: Naomi Zigmond - Principal Investigator

The Healthcare Quality Minute

Funding Amount: $40,000.00
Funding Dates: 1/1/2008 - 12/31/2008
Funding Agency: Jewish Healthcare Foundation

High School Excellence

Funding Amount: $42,120.00
Funding Dates: 7/1/2007 - 12/31/2008
Funding Agency: Pittsburgh Public Schools
Researcher: Alan Lesgold - Principal Investigator

NUE: Nanodevices and NonoEngineering Laboratory at University of Pittsburgh

Funding Amount: $10,659.00
Funding Dates: 1/1/2007 - 12/31/2008
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Researcher: Noreen Garman - Principal Investigator

Western Pennsylvania Education Leadership Initiative

Funding Amount: $200,000.00
Funding Dates: 7/1/2007 - 10/30/2008
Funding Agency: Heinz Endowments
Researcher: Alan Lesgold - Principal Investigator

Pre-K through Third Grade Crosswalk of Standards

Funding Amount: $5,000.00
Funding Dates: 3/27/2008 - 9/30/2008
Funding Agency: Pittsburgh Public Schools
Researcher: Louise Kaczmarek - Principal Investigator

Global Identity-Building as a Strategy for Reforming Civic Education in the 21st Century

Funding Amount: $39,400.00
Funding Dates: 1/1/2008 - 9/30/2008
Funding Agency: The Spencer Foundation
Researcher: John Myers - Principal Investigator

Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center on Recreational Technology

Funding Amount: $9,032.00
Funding Dates: 10/1/2007 - 9/30/2008
Funding Agency: U.S. Department of Education
Researcher: Feifei Ye - Principal Investigator

Western Pennsylvania Educational Leadership Initiative (ELI) (Pittsburgh Fdn.)

Funding Amount: $100,000.00
Funding Dates: 10/1/2007 - 9/30/2008
Funding Agency: Pittsburgh Foundation
Researcher: Alan Lesgold - Principal Investigator

Allegheny County's Early Childhood System of Care Initiative

Funding Amount: $224,000.00
Funding Dates: 9/30/2007 - 9/29/2008
Funding Agency: Allegheny County Department of Human Services

Early Head Start

Funding Amount: $1,218,568.00
Funding Dates: 9/30/2007 - 9/29/2008
Funding Agency: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Western Pennsylvania Education Leadership Initiative (ELI) (Benedum)

Funding Amount: $200,000.00
Funding Dates: 9/12/2007 - 8/31/2008
Funding Agency: Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation
Researcher: Alan Lesgold - Principal Investigator

Childrens Hospital Subcontract

Funding Amount: $29,475.00
Funding Dates: 9/1/2007 - 8/31/2008
Funding Agency: Childrens Hospital of Pittsburgh
Researcher: John Jakicic - Principal Investigator

Comprehensive Assessment of Long-Term Effects of Reducing Intake of Energy

Funding Amount: $71,889.00
Funding Dates: 9/1/2007 - 8/31/2008
Funding Agency: Duke University
Researcher: Amy Otto - Principal Investigator

Math Science Partnership of Southwest Pennsylvania

Funding Amount: $440,870.00
Funding Dates: 9/1/2007 - 8/31/2008
Funding Agency: Allegheny Intermediate Unit
Researcher: Cynthia Tananis - Principal Investigator

Survival Skills and Ethics Workshops for Neuroscientists

Funding Amount: $47,800.00
Funding Dates: 9/1/2007 - 8/31/2008
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health

School-Based Service Proj.

Funding Amount: $196,000.00
Funding Dates: 9/1/2005 - 8/31/2008
Funding Agency: Allegheny Valley School District
Researcher: Carl Fertman - Principal Investigator

School-Based Service Project

Funding Amount: $60,000.00
Funding Dates: 9/1/2005 - 8/31/2008
Funding Agency: Central Catholic High School
Researcher: Carl Fertman - Principal Investigator

Enhancing Exercise

Funding Amount: $1,544,529.00
Funding Dates: 9/1/2003 - 8/31/2008
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Researcher: John Jakicic - Principal Investigator