University portals: research on children, and where it gets funded.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Cambridge, Massachusetts · 4 links

• Early Childhood Cognition Lab (opens a Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) page in a new tab)Research centerStudies how young children learn and think, from concepts and causal reasoning to morality, emotion, persistence and play.
• Lifelong Kindergarten group, MIT Media Lab (opens a Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) page in a new tab)Research centerCreates technologies and activities that support young people as creative, curious, caring and collaborative learners.
• Teaching Systems Lab (opens a Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) page in a new tab)Research centerResearch and media on K–12 teaching, including teachers’ and students’ accounts of how generative AI is affecting schools.
• Research Administration Services (opens a Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) page in a new tab)Research funding officeMIT’s central office for sponsored research proposals and awards.

Stanford University

Stanford, California · 4 links

• Stanford Center on Early Childhood (opens a Stanford University page in a new tab)Research centerWorks with families, educators and communities toward the goal of every child thriving from the start.
• Maternal & Child Health Research Institute (MCHRI), Stanford Medicine (opens a Stanford University page in a new tab)Research centerSupports preclinical, clinical and basic-science research to improve the health of pregnant women and children.
• John W. Gardner Center for Youth and Their Communities (opens a Stanford University page in a new tab)Research centerResearch in partnership with school districts, nonprofits, foundations and agencies on practical ways to create opportunities for young people.
• DoResearch, Office of the Vice Provost and Dean of Research (opens a Stanford University page in a new tab)Research funding officeStanford’s research portal: internal and external funding searches, proposal resources and guidance.

On the record: In October 1996 she gave an invited colloquium at Stanford University, “Pathways to competence and maladaptation: A tale of risk, resources, and resilience” (from her University of Minnesota CV (opens a PDF on the University of Minnesota site in a new tab)). A talk is not an affiliation, and these institutions have not reviewed this page.

Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts · 4 links

• Center on the Developing Child (opens a Harvard University page in a new tab)Research centerApplies science to pursue better, more equitable outcomes for young children facing adversity, and publishes free science-based resources.
• Saul Zaentz Early Education Initiative, Harvard Graduate School of Education (opens a Harvard University page in a new tab)Research centerLaunched in 2016; research, professional learning and collective action on early learning environments and experiences.
• Office for Sponsored Programs (opens a Harvard University page in a new tab)Research funding officeSupports proposal submission, award acceptance and administration, invoicing and reporting for sponsored awards across the university.
• Office of the Vice Provost for Research (opens a Harvard University page in a new tab)Research funding officeEncourages and coordinates research across Harvard’s schools and affiliated institutions, with updates on federal funding policy.

On the record: Her CV lists invited talks connected to Harvard: Grand Rounds in Psychiatry at Children’s Hospital, Harvard University (June 2008); an invited address at the Conference on Emerging Adulthood at Harvard University (November 2003); and a keynote at a conference sponsored by the Judge Baker Children’s Center of Harvard University and the Devereux Foundation (October 2002). From her University of Minnesota CV (opens a PDF on the University of Minnesota site in a new tab). A talk is not an affiliation, and these institutions have not reviewed this page.

California Institute of Technology (Caltech)

Pasadena, California · 1 link

• Office of Sponsored Research (opens a California Institute of Technology (Caltech) page in a new tab)Research funding officeHelps faculty review, submit, negotiate and accept extramural grants, contracts and cooperative agreements.

Honest note: We could not find a Caltech research center focused on child health, child development, resilience or pediatrics, so only its research funding office is listed.

Columbia University

New York, New York · 4 links

• Columbia Center for Children’s Environmental Health (CCCEH), Mailman School of Public Health (opens a Columbia University page in a new tab)Research centerCommunity-based research in Northern Manhattan, the South Bronx and globally on how early-life exposure to environmental pollutants affects children’s health.
• National Center for Children and Families (NCCF), Teachers College (opens a Columbia University page in a new tab)Research centerResearch on policy, education and development for children and their families; housed at Teachers College, Columbia University.
• Department of Pediatrics, Vagelos College of Physicians & Surgeons (opens a Columbia University page in a new tab)Research centerPediatric clinical care, education, research and global health.
• Sponsored Projects Administration (opens a Columbia University page in a new tab)Research funding officeSupports Columbia researchers through the full life cycle of a sponsored project.

On the record: Her CV lists Grand Rounds in Child Psychiatry at Columbia University (May 2008) and an invited presentation at the Dart Center for Journalism & Trauma’s Global Reporting Institute on Early Childhood Experience and the Developing Brain, Columbia, New York City (March 2017). From her University of Minnesota CV (opens a PDF on the University of Minnesota site in a new tab). A talk is not an affiliation, and these institutions have not reviewed this page.

University of California, Berkeley

Berkeley, California · 3 links

• Institute of Human Development (IHD) (opens a University of California, Berkeley page in a new tab)Research centerInterdisciplinary research and training to promote development and thriving across the life course, for infants, children, adolescents and families.
• Center for the Study of Child Care Employment (CSCCE) (opens a University of California, Berkeley page in a new tab)Research centerFounded in 1999; research and policy on the early care and education workforce.
• Sponsored Projects Office (opens a University of California, Berkeley page in a new tab)Research funding officeReviews and authorizes proposals, and negotiates and accepts contracts and grants for sponsored projects.

ETH Zurich

Zurich · 2 links

• Research funding and the Grants Office (opens a ETH Zurich page in a new tab)Research funding officeThe Grants Office is ETH’s access point for national and international research funding; ETH also runs its own grant and fellowship programs.
• Nutritional status monitoring, Laboratory of Nutrition and Metabolic Epigenetics (opens a ETH Zurich page in a new tab)Research centerIncludes Switzerland’s national monitoring of childhood obesity, run since 2002, and the Swiss Iodine Survey.

Honest note: We could not find a dedicated child development, child health or pediatric research center at ETH Zurich. One research group whose work includes national childhood nutrition monitoring is listed, with the funding office. (The University of Zurich is a separate university and is not included here.)