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

Student Mental Health Promotion Project

Funding Amount: $165,000.00
Funding Dates: 9/1/2009 - 8/31/2012
Funding Agency: Shaler Area School District
Researcher: Carl Fertman - Principal Investigator

Student Mental Health Promotion Project

Funding Amount: $495,000.00
Funding Dates: 9/1/2009 - 8/31/2012
Funding Agency: Fox Chapel School District
Researcher: Carl Fertman - 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

Communities of Excellence in School Readiness

Funding Amount: $360,000.00
Funding Dates: 1/1/2009 - 12/31/2011
Funding Agency: Heinz Endowments

Early Head Start Project

Funding Amount: $133,250.00
Funding Dates: 6/1/2009 - 9/30/2011
Funding Agency: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Assessing Instructional Content and Interactions 'At-Scale'

Funding Amount: $99,958.00
Funding Dates: 9/1/2008 - 8/31/2011
Funding Agency: William T. Grant Foundation

Assessing Instructional Content and Interactions 'At-Scale' - WT Grant

Funding Amount: $399,832.00
Funding Dates: 9/1/2008 - 8/31/2011
Funding Agency: William T. Grant Foundation

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

Real Help Real Time

Funding Amount: $340,000.00
Funding Dates: 7/1/2009 - 6/30/2011
Funding Agency: Heinz Endowments

Summer Fellows Institute for School Superintendents

Funding Amount: $50,000.00
Funding Dates: 7/1/2009 - 4/30/2011
Funding Agency: Grable Foundation

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

Early Head Start Project

Funding Amount: $410,000.00
Funding Dates: 1/1/2007 - 12/31/2010
Funding Agency: Howard Heinz Endowment

Cases of Reasoning and Proving Secondary Mathematics (CORP)

Funding Amount: $387,184.00
Funding Dates: 9/1/2009 - 8/31/2010
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Researcher: Margaret Smith - Principal Investigator

Preoperative Lifestyle Intervention in Bariatric Surgery

Funding Amount: $10,670.00
Funding Dates: 9/1/2009 - 8/31/2010
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Researcher: John Jakicic - Principal Investigator

Inquiry into Curriculum

Funding Amount: $40,400.00
Funding Dates: 7/1/2009 - 8/31/2010
Funding Agency: Pittsburgh Public Schools
Researcher: Jennifer Cartier - 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

Juvenile Justice Programs Training and Technical Assistance Project

Funding Amount: $173,838.00
Funding Dates: 7/1/2009 - 6/30/2010
Funding Agency: Juvenile Justice Programs Training and TA Project

Maximizing Adolescents Potentials Program (MAPS)

Funding Amount: $365,000.00
Funding Dates: 7/1/2009 - 6/30/2010
Funding Agency: Allegheny County
Researcher: Carl Fertman - Principal Investigator

PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA)

Funding Amount: $3,945,980.00
Funding Dates: 7/1/2009 - 6/30/2010
Funding Agency: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Researcher: Naomi Zigmond - Principal Investigator

Pittsburgh Public Schools Family Consultants

Funding Amount: $106,772.00
Funding Dates: 7/1/2009 - 6/30/2010
Funding Agency: Pittsburgh Public Schools
Researcher: Louise Kaczmarek - Principal Investigator

Educational Leadership Initiative

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

Western Pennsylvania Educational Leadership Initiative (ELI) - Heinz

Funding Amount: $200,000.00
Funding Dates: 7/1/2008 - 6/30/2010
Funding Agency: Heinz Endowments
Researcher: Alan Lesgold - Principal Investigator

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: $100,000.00
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

Early Child Education

Funding Amount: $150,000.00
Funding Dates: 4/12/2004 - 6/30/2010
Funding Agency: Grable Foundation
Researcher: Christina Groark - Principal Investigator

Obesity and Nutrition Research Center (ONRC)

Funding Amount: $105,857.00
Funding Dates: 7/25/2009 - 5/31/2010
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Researcher: John Jakicic - Principal Investigator

Linking Teacher Preparation to Student Learning in Mathematics and Science Education

Funding Amount: $812,109.00
Funding Dates: 6/1/2006 - 5/31/2010
Funding Agency: Vanderbilt University
Researcher: Jennifer Cartier - 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

Research Utilization in the Adoption of State Merit Aid Programs

Funding Amount: $39,626.00
Funding Dates: 5/1/2009 - 5/1/2010
Funding Agency: The Spencer Foundation

2/3 Improving Depression Outcome by Adding CBT for Insomnia to Antidepressants

Funding Amount: $5,848.00
Funding Dates: 5/1/2009 - 4/30/2010
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health

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

Funding Amount: $92,012.00
Funding Dates: 5/1/2009 - 4/30/2010
Funding Agency: Tufts University
Researcher: Amy Otto - Principal Investigator

Drug Abuse Vulnerability: Mechanisms and Manifestations

Funding Amount: $5,780.00
Funding Dates: 5/1/2009 - 4/30/2010
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Researcher: Clement Stone - Principal Investigator

Early Income disparities and Academic Trajectories; An Analysis Across Contexts

Funding Amount: $38,232.00
Funding Dates: 5/1/2009 - 4/30/2010
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Researcher: Heather Bachman - Principal Investigator

Psychosocial Stress Exposure: Real-Time and Structured Interview Technologies

Funding Amount: $25,113.00
Funding Dates: 5/1/2009 - 4/30/2010
Funding Agency: DrubAbu
Researcher: Clement Stone - 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: $148,500.00
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: $164,592.00
Funding Dates: 9/1/2008 - 4/18/2010
Funding Agency: Education Development Center, Inc.
Researcher: Maureen McClure - 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: Maureen McClure - Principal Investigator

Indonesia Improved Quality of Decentralized Basic Education (IQDBE)

Funding Amount: $308,540.00
Funding Dates: 4/19/2006 - 4/18/2010
Funding Agency: Education Development Center, Inc.
Researcher: Maureen McClure - Principal Investigator

Long-Term Effects on Early Social-Emotional Experience

Funding Amount: $434,322.00
Funding Dates: 4/1/2009 - 3/31/2010
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Researcher: Robert McCall - Principal Investigator

Research Supplement to Promote Diversity in Health Related Research

Funding Amount: $40,987.00
Funding Dates: 4/1/2009 - 3/31/2010
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Researcher: Robert McCall - Principal Investigator

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

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

Funding Amount: $16,572.00
Funding Dates: 3/1/2009 - 2/28/2010
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Researcher: Kevin Kim - Principal Investigator

GAPS 2

Funding Amount: $50,000.00
Funding Dates: 2/1/2009 - 1/31/2010
Funding Agency: Pittsburgh Foundation

Physical Activity Following Surgery-Induced Weight Loss

Funding Amount: $14,771.00
Funding Dates: 2/1/2009 - 1/31/2010
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Researcher: John Jakicic - Principal Investigator

Partnerships for Family Support

Funding Amount: $150,000.00
Funding Dates: 7/1/2009 - 12/31/2009
Funding Agency: Heinz Endowments

Self-Regulated Exercise in CF: A Randomized Trial

Funding Amount: $65,399.00
Funding Dates: 1/14/2009 - 12/31/2009
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Researcher: Robert Robertson - 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

Family Centers of Excellence in School Readiness

Funding Amount: $60,000.00
Funding Dates: 1/1/2009 - 12/31/2009
Funding Agency: Heinz Endowments

The Healthcare Quality Minute

Funding Amount: $40,000.00
Funding Dates: 1/1/2009 - 12/31/2009
Funding Agency: Jewish Healthcare Foundation
Researcher: Roger Klein - Principal Investigator

Western Pennsylvania Educational Leadership Initiative

Funding Amount: $100,000.00
Funding Dates: 9/1/2008 - 12/31/2009
Funding Agency: Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation
Researcher: Alan Lesgold - Principal Investigator

Environment Health Initiative (EHI)

Funding Amount: $10,000.00
Funding Dates: 7/1/2008 - 12/31/2009
Funding Agency: American Forest Foundation
Researcher: Jere Gallagher - Principal Investigator

Partnerships for Family Support

Funding Amount: $150,000.00
Funding Dates: 1/1/2008 - 12/31/2009
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 - 12/31/2009
Funding Agency: Lehigh University
Researcher: Naomi Zigmond - 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

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

Funding Amount: $40,000.00
Funding Dates: 10/1/2007 - 12/31/2009
Funding Agency: The Spencer Foundation
Researcher: Gabriel Stylianides - Principal Investigator

Responsible Parenting and Economic Stability for Non-Custodial Father

Funding Amount: $150,000.00
Funding Dates: 3/1/2007 - 12/31/2009
Funding Agency: Howard Heinz Endowment
Researcher: Christina Groark - 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

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

Ubiquitous Computing and Ambitious Learning at the University Prep School

Funding Amount: $500,000.00
Funding Dates: 12/1/2008 - 11/30/2009
Funding Agency: Heinz Endowments
Researcher: Alan Lesgold - Principal Investigator

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
Questions or comments about this page can be directed to our inquiry form.