The聽National Science Foundation聽has awarded a Faculty Early Career Development Grant to Gavin R. Price, assistant professor of psychology at 杏吧原创鈥檚 Peabody College of education and human development.
The NSF鈥檚 CAREER awards support exceptionally promising college and university junior faculty who are committed to the integration of research and education and are likely to become the academic leaders of the 21st century. Price鈥檚 grant is in the amount is $2,162,117.
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Developmental Dyscalculia is a specific learning disability that affects otherwise typically developing children by impairing their arithmetic skills. It affects approximately 6 percent of Americans.
鈥淕avin Price is part of a cadre of early-career scholars who are setting the agenda for a new discipline at the intersection of education and brain science,鈥� said聽, Patricia and Rodes Hart Dean of Education and Human Development at Peabody College. 鈥淗is receipt of a prestigious CAREER Award signals important recognition as well as investment in his research.鈥�
Price is principal investigator of the聽聽at Peabody and a member of the聽聽He is a faculty member in聽聽which is one of the first of its kind in the nation.聽A partnership between Peabody and the聽, the program furthers scientific understanding in the areas of child development, educational assessment, educational intervention and family processes.
聽is a foundation-wide activity that offers the National Science Foundation鈥檚 most prestigious awards in support of early-career faculty who have the potential to serve as academic role models in research and education and to lead advances in the mission of their department or organization.
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