Programme for Educational Research - Review Studies

This funding round for review studies is part of the Programme for Educational Research 2008-2011.

Review studies are short-term, independent exploratory or review studies into subjects that are important for educational practice and policy and for which no review articles are available yet. The publication of a publically accessible summary and/or the organisation of a practice seminar is part of the study. This summary or seminar should focus on pointers that can be used to further improve educational practice.

In this second funding round, researchers can submit proposals for review studies into eight different subjects:

1. Teaching time;
2. Differentiation between and within groups;
3. Investigative learning;
4. Effects of cooperative learning;
5. Dealing with children with behavioural problems within the educational system;
6. Interprofessional collaboration between education and the health and welfare sectors;
7. The role of teachers in parental involvement and parental participation in the development of children at school;
8. The effects of scale on school organisations, the quality of the educational process and the performance of pupils.

Besides the subjects stated above, researchers can also carry out a review study on a subject they propose.

Who can apply

A research proposal can only be submitted by a researcher holding a PhD, who satisfies the criteria of past performance and who has an appointment at a Dutch university or a para-university institute. In this round a researcher may act as an applicant on more than one occasion as either a main applicant or a co-applicant.

What can be applied for

For a review study, a lump-sum grant of maximum 50,000 euro is available that will be awarded to the main applicant. The costs must be budgeted for in advance and accounted for in retrospect. Proposals awarded funding must commence within 3 months of the grant being awarded and have a maximum duration of one year.

When can be applied

• Closing date for submitting proposals was 31 May 2011, 12:00 hrs

Criteria

1. relevance
2. design
3. output and dissemination
4. planning and budgeting
5. quality main applicant/research group

Procedure

An evaluation committee shall assess the proposals. The PROO shall determine the qualifications and prioritise the proposals. In view of the relatively small size of the applications the possibility provided by Article 2.10 of the General Terms and Conditions of NWO Grants to follow a different evaluation procedure shall be used. This deviation means that the evaluation procedure shall not use referees and a rebuttal to referee's reports.

The procedure is detailed in the call for proposals.

Committees

The composition of the evaluation committee shall be announced after the procedure has been completed.

Budget

A lump sum grant of maximum 50,000 euro is available for a review study.

Financiers

Ministry of Education, Culture and Science