The Ohio State University College of Education and Human Ecology Awarded $30.6M in Grants in FY23 Fiscal Year
Grants are listed based upon the quarter in which they were awarded. Abstracts are included when available. Click on the PI’s name for their contact information and to learn more about their research.
July-September 2022
Ohio Statewide Evaluation (Triple P Online)
PI: Kenneth Steinman
Amount: $115,127
Sponsor: Triple P America
Department: Human Sciences
Evaluation and Planning for Positive Early Childhood Education Program
PI: Kenneth Steinman
Amount: $15,282
Sponsor: Triple P America
Department: Human Sciences
EDiCTS: Enhancing Diversity in Career and Technical STEM
PI: Matthew Mayhew
Amount: $499,913
Sponsor: ECMC Foundation
Department: Educational Studies
The EDiCTS Project: Enhancing Diversity in Career and Technical STEM is designed to enhance diverse student recruitment, retention, graduation, and entry in the automotive technical workforce.
For more information: https://u.osu.edu/coil/projects/
Understanding School Professionals Disciplinary Decisions and Black Children
PI: Scott Graves
Amount: $399,999
Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF)
Department: Educational Studies
To decrease suspensions, scientists need a better understanding of how perceptions of Black children and adult decision-making combine to impact the number of students subject to disciplinary practices. This project, which is grounded in attribution and social cognitive theories will include: conducting a review and analysis of research in this area; developing videos and vignettes of preschool children’s’ behavior; examining the degree and intensity of preschool teachers’ racialized perceptions of students; and implementation of field research with preschool teachers, pre-service teachers, and pre-service school psychologists to understand if they consider the immediate behavior of the child and the long-term outcomes of children when they recommend suspension from preschool.
Ketogenic Intervention in Depression (KIND study)
PI: Jeff Volek
Amount: $520,000
Sponsor: Bessemer Trust
Department: Human Sciences
The project is a collaboration with Departments of Psychiatry and Psychology. The project will examine if a well-formulated ketogenic diet as part of normal university counseling treatment results in reductions of symptoms of depression in OSU students with conformed major depression disorder. It will also explore the effects of metabolic health and other health markers.
Anti-Human Trafficking Program Evaluation for Salvation Army Central Ohio
PI: Meredith Wellman
Amount: $21,000
Sponsor: The Salvation Army
Department: Center on Education and Training for Employment (CETE)
This project entails an evaluation of a Comprehensive Services for Victims of Human Trafficking Program Grant from the federal Office of Victims of Crime (OVC) awarded to The Salvation Army of Central Ohio to enhance the quality and quantity of services available to trafficked persons in Central Ohio through interagency collaboration and a coordinated community response to victims of human trafficking.
Seminar Series
PI: Winston Thompson
Amount: $1,001
Sponsor: Philosophy of Education Society of Great Britain (PESGB)
Department: Educational Studies
Summer Success at Home 2022
PI: Rebecca Dore
Amount: $137,999
Sponsor: City of Columbus
Department: Crane Center for Early Childhood Research and Policy (CCEC)
Summer Success at Home 2022 is pilot program funded by the City of Columbus and in partnership with Nationwide Children’s Hospital Primary Care Network to distribute kindergarten readiness materials and curriculum to families in high need areas. The program provides families with a canvas bag filled with 4 weeks of activities. Each week, 5 activities are described as Watch Together, Read Together and Play Together. Across multiple distribution channels, including 11 Nationwide Children’s Hospital primary care clinics, Volunteers of America, and three community events, we distributed 268 kits to families.
More information: https://sfc.osu.edu/community-programs/summer-success/
Carotenoids: A missing link between gut microbiota and obesity
PI: Rachel Kopec
Amount: $118,304
Sponsor: North Carolina State University (USDA)
Department: Human Sciences
The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Gifted Students’ Academic Competence and Socioemotional Well-being during the Middle School Transition
PI: Tzu-Jung Lin
Amount: $49,985
Sponsor: American Psychological Association
Department: Educational Studies
In order to rebuild and reimagine our educational systems in the post-COVID era, it is essential that we develop an understanding of how the pandemic influenced students’ academic, social, and emotional development and explore how the effects of the pandemic may have varied across different student populations. Our study seeks to investigate how COVID and COVID-related school policies influenced the academic achievement and social-emotional well-being of 3rd-6th grade students making the challenging transition from elementary to middle school. Our findings are expected to provide invaluable insights to teachers and administrators who are tasked with helping middle school students recover from the challenges of the pandemic.
Read It Again!- Ohio
PI: Sunny Munn
Amount: $4,099,604
Sponsor: Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS)
Department: Crane Center for Early Childhood Research and Policy (CCEC)
Read It Again! (RIA) is a curriculum supplement that promotes language and literacy foundations. The curriculum focuses on building phonological awareness, print knowledge, vocabulary, and narrative skills.
In this project, the Crane Center will develop and scale the provision of Read It Again training, materials, and technical assistance to all 0-5 early childhood providers in the state of Ohio. The Crane Center will work closely with the Ohio Department of Jobs and Family Services (ODJFS) and/or The Ohio Child Care Resource and Referral Association (OCCRRA) to develop train-the-facilitator materials to facilitate engagement of the ODJFS licensing specialists and/or other support professionals in delivering training and technical assistance during a gradual roll-out during 2022-2023.
1994-1862 Land-Grant Institutional Partnerships Conference
PI: Stephen Gavazzi
Amount: $50,000
Sponsor: USDA (NIFA)
Department: Human Sciences
Capacity Building for Neurodevelopmental Research on Maya Children’s Language Environment
PI: Laura Justice
Amount: $342,918
Sponsor: NIH
Department: Crane Center for Early Childhood Research and Policy (CCEC)
Strategies to Augment Ketosis (STAK) for Enhanced Readiness and Disease Reversal
PI: Jeff Volek
Amount: $9,824,963
Sponsor: Department of Defense
Department: Human Sciences
“Many Americans, including a significant number of military service members – and especially veterans – are suffering from poor metabolic health. Despite billions of dollars in investments by the private and public sectors, traditional drug and lifestyle treatments have had limited success in curtailing the complications attributed to poor metabolic health, which include disrupted sleep, obesity, type 2 diabetes, heart failure and chronic kidney disease. We expect that whatever we find here will have huge relevance across the board both within and outside the military.” – Jeff Volek
More Information: https://news.osu.edu/can-achieving-beneficial-ketone-levels-improve-metabolic-health-in-the-military/
Early Childhood Education Expansion Grant – Year 2022-2023
PI: Anneliese Johnson
Amount: $60,000
Sponsor: Ohio Department of Education
Department: Crane Center for Early Childhood Research and Policy (CCEC)
OBBO teen health research pilot and CelebrateOne teen health research pilot
PI: Eric Anderman
Amount: $66,926
Sponsor: Nationwide Children’s Hospital
Department: Educational Studies
October-December 2022
Family Engagement Professional Learning Supports for Ohio’s Model Literacy Sites
PI: Meredith Wellman
Amount: $100,000
Sponsor: Ohio Department of Education
Department: Center on Education and Training for Employment (CETE)
The purpose of the “Family Engagement Professional Learning Supports for Ohio’s Model Literacy Sites” project is to provide Comprehensive Literacy State Development (CLSD) Grantees, and Ohio Department of Education and regional staff who support them, with increased knowledge and resources related to effective, research-based family engagement in education. The Ohio State University will provide a series of professional learning sessions and coaching services. This will ensure that CLSD grantees and staff who support them have a foundational understanding of effective, research-based family engagement, and access to resources they can use to engage families in enhancing student literacy achievement.
FY 2023 Technical Testing Project
PI: Bridget McHugh
Amount: $1,403,396
Sponsor: US Department of Education
Department: Center on Education and Training for Employment (CETE)
Local, state, and federal mandates require schools to assess their students’ learning. Ohio public schools offer hundreds of Career Technical Education courses that prepare high school students for future careers. Drawing on our expertise with credentialing and other high-stakes occupational assessments, The Center on Education and Training for Employment provides assessments for over 300+ CTE courses to Ohio students.
This includes working with dozens of CTE instructors from all regions of Ohio to create course-specific assessments, delivery of over 350,000 assessments, and maintenance of a customized scoring and reporting system to serve instructors, school administrators, and other stakeholders.
FY23 Corrections Consultant Project
PI: Rebecca Parker
Amount: $104,213
Sponsor: Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction
Department: Center on Education and Training for Employment (CETE)
OHSAI REDI – Phase 2
PI: David Julian
Amount: $35,000
Sponsor: Ohio Head Start Association
Department: Center on Education and Training for Employment (CETE)
The Ohio Head Start Association, Inc. (OHSAI) is a professional membership organization committed to high quality services for the most vulnerable children and families and fostering positive change in early childhood endeavors at the local, state and national levels.
The Ohio State University’s (OSU) Center on Education and Training for Employment facilitated a planning process that resulted in the identification of strategies intended to yield positive impacts for the Black children, parents/caregivers, and professionals engaged in Ohio’s Head Start system. This plan is designed to support implementation and monitoring of recommended strategies. In this current work, members of the OHSAI will engage in a structured implementation process alongside other representatives of the system from across the state.
Preparation and packing of historic garments for temporary storage during building renovation
PI: Gayle Strege
Amount: $10,000
Sponsor: National Endowment for the Humanities
Department: Human Sciences
We requested funds to purchase archival storage materials and commercial grade garment rolling racks in support of packing and moving historic and fragile garments from 1750-1920 as well as a collection of fur garments in The Ohio State University’s Historic Costume & Textiles Collection.
These goals are part of a larger project to pack and move the entire collection of historic clothing and textiles in preparation for a move to an off-site location during building renovation.
Secondary Analyses of Head Start and Early Head Start Data
PI: Scott Graves
Amount: $99,999
Sponsor: HHS Administration for Children and Families
Department: Educational Studies
This rise in preschool suspensions has had a disproportionate impact on Black children. Data from the U.S. Department of Education indicates that Black children comprise for 18% of preschool enrollment but almost half (48%) of the children suspended more than once. To gain a better understanding of social-emotional intervention in preschool settings that may help suspension issues, the US Department of Health and Human Services commissioned the Head Start CARES study.
This project asks, Are specific social-emotional programs or practices more or less effective for Black children? Is intervention effectiveness in CARES impacted by teacher-child ethnic match? The results will provide knowledge on how to improve the social-emotional functioning of children in preschool settings and provide policy makers with evidence regarding what specific interventions work for Black children.
Supporting Reading Comprehension for English Learners Through Inquiry-Based, Language Focused Instruction
PI: Becky Huang
Amount: $210,890
Sponsor: North Carolina State University (IES)
Department: Teaching and Learning
The researchers will develop a new small-group intervention for English learners (ELs) in grades 3 through 5 who have reading comprehension difficulties. The intervention called the Building Knowledge and Language through Inquiry Framework (KLI), aims to help readers strengthen their language and literacy skills while building new knowledge of interesting topics in the disciplines (science and social studies). The KLI approach aims to build students’ knowledge of both the language and the topic area through direct instruction and through inquiry-based approaches, such as having students engage in conversations about language and the topic area. By addressing both of these areas of knowledge concurrently, KLI will help improve the reading comprehension of upper-elementary ELs.
FY2023 The Ohio State University Services to Support the Ohio Aspire Professional Development Network
PI: Traci Lepicki
Amount: $320,000
Sponsor: Kent State University
Department: Center on Education and Training for Employment (CETE)
Since 1995, we have provided leadership and coordination of statewide adult education activities in collaboration with the state Aspire office at the Ohio Department of Higher Education, local programs, and a network of professional development providers. We use a process of continuous improvement to realign to the state Aspire office strategic goals and priorities, ensuring that activities align with the best interest of Aspire programs and adult learners throughout Ohio. Our associates analyze, design, develop, and implement training programs aligned to academic content, staff, and professional development standards for Ohio Aspire professionals.
Orientation and Mobility – ODE Grant FY2022-23
PI: Danene Fast
Amount: $149,083
Sponsor: Ohio Department of Education
Department: Teaching and Learning
CACFP Renewal 2022-2023
PI: Anneliese Johnson
Amount: $47,114
Sponsor: Ohio Department of Education
Department: Crane Center for Early Childhood Research and Policy (CCEC)
Street experiences, affect, and coping: Harnessing computational models for the development of a cellphone-based intervention to prevent drug use among youth experiencing homelessness
PI: Natasha Slesnick
Amount: $106,662
Sponsor: University of Nebraska (NIH)
Department: Human Sciences
Establishing science-based strategies for prevention and mitigation of human pathogens in hydroponic specialty crop systems
PI: Sanja Ilic
Amount: $110,000
Sponsor: Ohio Department of Agriculture
Department: Human Sciences
Dr. Ilic in her lab focuses on prevention of foodborne diseases. She investigates human pathogens like Salmonella and L. monocytogenes, and their transmission, proliferation and dissemination routes, and interventions to prevent and reduce risks of food contamination and human disease from farm to consumption. The findings of this study for the first time describe human pathogen survival in commercial NFT systems and highlight the urgent need for novel approaches to mitigate the risks from nutrient solution contamination in hydroponics.
Urban and Rural Tutoring Partnership for Student Acceleration
PI: Jamie Lipp
Amount: $581,333
Sponsor: Ohio Department of Education
Department: Teaching and Learning
The OSU Urban and Rural Tutoring Partnership for Student Acceleration is a 581k grant awarded to OSU from the Ohio Department of Education and the Ohio Department of Higher Education. This grant is a three part project, with two parts focusing on literacy support (OSU Columbus Campus (Jamie Lipp). and OSU Newark (Terri Hessler)) and one part focusing on math support (OSU Mansfield- Terri Bucci). These projects give OSU pre-service teachers the opportunity to tutor students in partner schools in an effort to accelerate student learning.
More information: https://education.ohio.gov/Media/Media-Releases/2022-Media-Releases/Ohio-Announces-$20-Million-in-Tutoring-Grants#.Y7UZFezMK84
Additive Manufacturing Materials Safety Training
PI: Christopher Zirkle
Amount: $273,056
Sponsor: America Makes
Department: Educational Studies
This project seeks to combine the expertise of both the College of Education and Human Ecology with the College of Engineering. The goal of the project is to create a set of curriculum to train entry level technicians on the safe use of additive manufacturing materials including metal powders and liquid polymers. The OSU team will work with both corporate and academic subject matter experts to tailor the curriculum to the current needs of the additive manufacturing industry.
January-March 2023
Career-Technical Education (CTE) Teacher Education Programs FY2023 Funding
PI: Christopher Zirkle
Amount: $112,000
Sponsor: Ohio Department of Education
Department: Educational Studies
ODE Innovation Grant
PI: Anneliese Johnson
Amount: $30,000
Sponsor: Ohio Department of Education
Department: Crane Center for Early Childhood Research and Policy (CCEC)
Family and Community Partnership Liaisons (CARES Act) Project – Phase 3
PI: David Julian
Amount: $200,000
Sponsor: Ohio Department of Education
Department: Center on Education and Training for Employment (CETE)
Training and technical assistance addressing opioid and stimulant misuse affecting rural communities in the Great Lakes Region
PI: Michael Betz
Amount: $92,380
Sponsor: University of Wisconsin (SAMHSA)
Department: Human Sciences
The Ohio Youth Resilience Collaborative (OYRC) is a partnership between the colleges of EHE, Public Health, and Food Agricultural and Environmental Sciences in collaboration with OSU Extension, local community schools, social workers, public health agencies throughout Ohio. OYRC’s mission is to promote youth resilience and empower families and communities through a wide range of evidence-based prevention programming focused on substance abuse, mental health, suicide, and relationship building.
More Information: https://greatlakesrota.extension.wisc.edu/
USDOE Mental Health Service Professional Demonstration Grant Program
PI: Scott Graves
Amount: $5,260,000
Sponsor: US Department of Education
Department: Educational Studies
Global Communities Program – Student Support
PI: Eric Anderman
Amount: $14,604
Sponsor: Planned Parenthood of Greater Ohio
Department: Educational Studies
Ohio Interagency Council for Youth Project (SYT-Implementation Part 10)
PI: Melissa Ross
Amount: $28,000
Sponsor: Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services
Department: Center on Education and Training for Employment (CETE)
Marriage/Couple and Family Therapy (M/CFT) Masters Students’ Perceptions of Competency
PI: Ashley Hicks
Amount: $12,571
Sponsor: Explorance
Department: Human Sciences
2021-2022 Early Start Columbus Summer Agreement
PI: Annelise Johnson
Amount: $65,000
Sponsor: City of Columbus
Department: Crane Center for Early Childhood Research and Policy (CCEC)
Head Start Heading to Kindergarten Evaluation – Phase 2
PI: David Julian
Amount: $20,000
Sponsor: Ohio Department of Education
Department: Center on Education and Training for Employment (CETE)
City of Columbus’ pre-kindergarten initiative 2022-2023: Ready4Success
PI: Sunny Munn
Amount: $480,000
Sponsor: City of Columbus
Department: Crane Center for Early Childhood Research and Policy (CCEC)
Biological approaches to mitigate biofilm-associated food safety risks in indoor leafy greens production
PI: Sanja Ilic
Amount: $971,516
Sponsor: USDA/NIFA
Department: Human Sciences
CTE Research Network Concept Paper for Supplemental Research Study: Building Robust Work-based Learning Data Collection Systems: Ideas from the Field
PI: Edward Fletcher
Amount: $29,907
Sponsor: American Institutes of Research (IES)
Department: Educational Studies
SPDG – Family Educator Collaboration
PI: Meredith Wellman
Amount: $10,000
Sponsor: Ohio Department of Education
Department: Center on Education and Training for Employment (CETE)
Characteristics of media use and linguistic trajectories during early childhood
PI: Rebecca Dore
Amount: $650,000
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Department: Crane Center for Early Childhood Research and Policy (CCEC)
This study will follow children from age 3 to 5 and examine their media use and language skills. Beyond how much media children use overall, data collection will include information about how much children use media with adults, how much children use interactive (apps/games) vs. noninteractive (TV/video) media, and how much children use educational media. These factors may influence the impact of media use on language development. A wide range of data sources will be used to capture a nuanced view of children’s media use. Further, information will be collected about a host of covariates that are likely to be linked to both media use and language development. This will allow for the identification of the unique relation between media use and children’s language development during this crucial time frame.
Children’s Early Educational Experiences and their Social and Behavioral Development
PI: Kelly Purtell
Amount: $146,199
Sponsor: National Institutes of Health
Department: Crane Center for Early Childhood Research and Policy (CCEC)
Fostering children’s social and behavioral skills in the early childhood years has the potential to create long-term benefits for individuals and society at large. Understanding how early educational settings help to promote them is still unclear. This study will use three large, national datasets to examine how preschool and kindergarten environments, and the alignment across them, shape young children’s social and behavioral development.
OCTF Regional Prevention Coordinator – Central (SFY23)
PI: Kenneth Steinman
Amount: $38,535
Sponsor: Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital
Department: Human Sciences
April-June 2023
SPDG – Family Educator Collaboration Through a Multi-Tiered Approach
PI: Hadley Bachman
Amount: $50,000
Sponsor: Ohio Department of Education
Department: Center on Education and Training for Employment (CETE)
The Ohio Department of Education’s State Personnel Development Grant project provides resources and professional development for improving early language and literacy outcomes for all students, including those with disabilities, English learners, and other at-risk learners. With this project, and in close coordination and integration with Ohio’s State Systemic Improvement Plan, the Ohio Department of Education and state partners will develop and implement a statewide capacity-building model to embed multi-tiered systems of support (MTSS) and transition planning as integral components of districtwide continuous improvement. Collectively, these efforts will build capacity at the state, regional, district, and building levels to support language and literacy learning for all students.
Walnuts, the Gut-Brain Axis and Cognitive Function
PI: Martha Belury
Amount: $294,000
Sponsor: USDA/NIFA
Department: Human Sciences
Coordination of regional family-community engagement network: IDEA parent, community, and educator collaboration FY 23
PI: Barbara Boone
Amount: $145,000
Sponsor: Ohio Department of Education
Department: Center on Education and Training for Employment (CETE)
Establishing Families as Partners in the Secondary Transition Planning Process Course and Module Design
PI: Barbara Boone
Amount: $38,518
Sponsor: Ohio Department of Education
Department: Center on Education and Training for Employment (CETE)
The National Study of Faculty Religious, Spiritual, and Secular Affiliation and Practice
PI: Matthew Mayhew
Amount: $1,217,200
Sponsor: Templeton Religious Trust
Department: Educational Studies
Establishing Efficacy for the Congenital Heart Disease Physical Activity Lifestyle Intervention
PI: Brian Focht
Amount: $55,584
Sponsor: Nationwide Children’s Hospital (NIH)
Department: Human Sciences
The current study aims to determine if the Congenital Heart Disease Physical Activity Lifestyle (CHD-PAL) intervention increases time spent in moderate-to-vigorous physical activity as compared to an attention control condition among teens (ages 15-16) and young adults (ages 19-25) with moderate or complex forms of congenital heart disease. Additionally, the current study will examine durability of intervention effects and explore changes on biomarkers of cardiovascular health in this population.
Summer Success at Home
PI: Rebecca Dore
Amount: $56,027
Sponsor: City of Columbus
Department: Crane Center for Early Childhood Research and Policy (CCEC)