Division for Early Childhood Research Request

Thank you for your interest in collaborating with the Division for Early Childhood (DEC) for your research. DEC is committed to partnering with families, practitioners, and researchers in pursuit of positive outcomes for all

children and their families. To that end, the research request process helps ensure research that utilizes DEC resources and/or is disseminated through DEC channels aligns with DEC’s mission, vision, stated means policies, Recommended Practices (DEC RPs), and the Racial/Equity Point of View (RE POV).

Approval or rejection of any research proposal through the DEC Research Request process does not endorse or prevent the research from being conducted. Further, DEC can not evaluate any proposal for adherence to requirements such as those related to Human Subjects Research and Institutional Research Board (IRB) approval. Therefore, approval of a request does NOT take the place of the project being approved through your institution, employer, and/or agency. DEC does not serve in such a capacity and any research must be reviewed and approved through appropriate processes by the researcher.

Contact Information

Primary Researcher First Name

Last Name

Institutional Affiliation

Title for Research Request (100 Characters or Fewer)

For Example: "Call for Research Participants: Optimizing Adaptive Behavior of Preschoolers with Motor Disabilities"

You may also include a longer subtitle if needed.

Identify Expected Date for Beginning of Research

mm/dd/yyyy

Identify Expected Date for End of Research

mm/dd/yyyy

Request Deadline

What is the latest date that your research request can be disseminated?

mm/dd/yyyy

Provide a concise, plain language summary of the purpose and anticipated outcomes of the research (100 words or less).

Describe the study participants (including characteristics/roles and numbers).

Describe what the researchers are requesting of DEC (e.g., time commitment, information sent to DEC members via DEC Update newsletter).

Please note: DEC does not post research requests to social media. Approved research requests are posted to DEC's News page and the DEC Update (newsletter). Members may also disseminate their call for participants via DEC Collaborate once the request is approved.

Describe the benefit(s) for DEC from this research study. Describe how DEC will be mentioned in the research.

You might include:

Information on how the research contributes to DEC Vision and Mission
Information on what categories of DEC members (e.g. family members, practitioners, researchers) might benefit from the research and how
Attribution to DEC as a source of recruitment and the reason for choosing DEC members as a source of recruitment efforts on the final publication

As noted above, this review process is in place to ensure research associated with DEC resources adheres to DEC’s vision, mission, priority issues agenda, stated ends policies, Recommended Practices, and the Racial Equity Point of View. Therefore, please carefully describe how your request aligns with the following.

Describe how the project aligns with DEC stated ends policies.

Describe how the proposed project aligns with the DEC Priority Issues Agenda.

Describe specifically how the proposed project aligns with up to three DEC Recommended Practices.

Describe specifically how the proposed project aligns with the DEC Racial Equity Point of View (RE POV).

Has the IRB approved?

I acknowledge that upon approval of my research request, DEC may contact me in the future and request that I share results and outcomes of my research. I understand that this may include DEC asking for a report or other product to be shared with DEC membership.

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