RESEARCH GRANT SUMMARY 18 Principal Investigator grants (total funding well over $1 million)
2012 – 2017
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Savage, R. S. Responding to intervention: Schools where all children are taught to read. SSHRC Insight grant. $350,000 awarded with Eileen Wood (Wilfrid Laurier University), Noella Piquette (Lethbridge) and Helene Deacon (Dalhousie).
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2013 – 2015
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Savage, R. S. Families and Schools in unison: Teaching all children to read. Max Bell Foundation. $200,000 awarded. Team as above.
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2010 - 2011
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Savage, R. S. Similarities in Teaching English and French Second Language (STEF). Ministry of Education, Leisure and Sport (MELS, Quebec) Entente-Quebec-Canada grant $70,000 (2010-11).
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2011 - 2014
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Savage, R. S. STEF, MELS. A further $25,000 was awarded for the 2011-2012 year following strong progress in year 1, $50,000 in 2012-13 and $40,000 for 2013 - 2014.
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2008 - 2012
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Savage, R. S. The efficacy and effectiveness of the ABRACADABRA web-based reading intervention. Social Sciences and Health Research Council of Canada standard grant. $108,000. With Philip Abrami (Concordia)
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2007-2009
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Savage, R. S. ABRACADABRA: A study in the development, implementation, and effectiveness of a web-based literacy resource. Canadian Language and Literacy Research Network Investigator – Large Grant program ($250, 000 awarded). With Philip Abrami, & Erin Comaskey (Concordia).
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2007-2009
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Savage, R. S. Canadian Language and Literacy Research Network Investigator–Initiated Research Program. Grant no: 27071301. ABRACADABRA: Strengthening the link: A Study in the Development, Implementation and Effectiveness of a Web-based Literacy Resource. ($146,500 awarded).
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2004 – 2007
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Savage, R. S. Social Sciences and Health Research Council Standard Grant no: 410-2004-1371: Children’s use of analogies in reading and spelling acquisition. $127,000 awarded.
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2005 – 2007
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Savage, R. S. Using technology to coordinate core and supplementary reading instruction in Success for All schools. US Department of Education Grant number S332B05004: $15,000
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2006 – 2007
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Savage, R. S. The nature of effective teaching in Level 1 Cycle 1. Sir Wilfred Laurier School Board, $20,000.
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2006
2007
2008
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Savage, R. S. Highly Qualified Personnel Award 3 times. ($6,000 x 3 = $18,000). Canadian Language and Literacy Research Network.
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2003 – 2006
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Savage, R.S. TWO McGill University personal grants awarded. ($5,000 each).
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1995 – 1998
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Savage, R. S. TWO Staff development grants. EBC / NFER (UK) (total award value - £3,000 = $7,200 Canadian).
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1992 – 1994
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Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC-UK) Scholarship (award value - £15,000 = $36,000 Canadian).
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Team Grants Awarded (29 grants totalling over $6 million)
2013-2015
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Evaluating the value-added impact of technology-based reading programs in Key Stage 1 £756,466 UK Sterling ($1,202,780) awarded. Janet Vousden, Clare Wood (Coventry University UK).
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2011 - 2015
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Exploiter les connaissances des enfants sur les relations entre les mots afin d’ameliorer l’orthographe au Quebec francophone: Etude experimentale et d’intervention. FQRSC (Action concertée, Programme de recherche sur l'écriture). ($150,000 awarded), with Laura Gonnerman Hélène Deacon (Dalhousie University).
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2011 - 2012
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The Critical Transition: From Learning-to-read to Reading-to-learn. SSHRC partnership grants ($20,000), with Willms, D., Timmons, V., Deacon, H., Siegel. L., & Yong, Z.
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2011 - 2018
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FQRSC Volet regroupements stratégiques: Centre for the Study of learning and Performance, $83,160. Abrami, P., with Savage, R. and other members of CSLP.
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2009 - 2013
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Le désign et l'évaluation des environnements d'apprentissage assisté par les technologies. FQRSC equipe grant. $708, 924 team grant awarded. Abrami, Philip C., Bernard, Robert Savage, Robert, Schmid, Richard., Bures, Eva., Davidson, Ann Louise., Dedic, Helena., & Rosenfield, Steven.
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2010 - 2013
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Computers, parents, and early childhood: Exploring their contribution to developing reading skills. $87,497 Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council grant, with Wood, E., Evans, M.E., & Gottardo, A.
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2010 - 2011
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Supporting early literacy activities - a community approach. Alberta Rural Development Network Grant. $10,000 with Piquette, N.
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2009 - 2012
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Improving foundational literacy through technology in regional and remote schools through a randomized controlled trial. $411, 528 (Australian) awarded, with Lea, T. S., Carapetis, J., Morris, P., Louden, W. R., & Abrami, P.
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2008
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Community-University Research Alliance. Yes we can! - supporting the literacy needs of all Canadians with ABRACADABRA. $20,000 applied for. SSHRC community-university research alliance grant. Abrami, P., and colleagues.
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2007-2009
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CRLMB McGill post-doctoral award for Corinne Haigh. Award of $50,000, with Fred Genesee (McGill).
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2007-2008
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ABRACADABRA: A study in the development, implementation and effectiveness of a Web-based literacy resource. Canadian Council on Learning. $70,000 with Abrami, P., Wood, E., & Comaskey, E.
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2007-2010
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ABRACADABRA! Improving literacy through Technology. Telstra Foundation Social Innovation Grants: technology Operating: $750,000; Canadian's portion: $135,000), with Tess Lea, Charles Darwin University, Australia).
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2008-2009
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Essential Education Skills for Canadians in the New Economy: Building understanding to improve practice. Ministère du Dévelopement Economique, de L’Innovation et de L’Exportation (MDEIE $585,629), with Collins, L., de Almeida, R., Gatbonton, E., Horst, E. M., Savage, R., Schmid, R., Segalowitz, N., Strobel, J., & Trofimovich, P.).
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2007 – 2009
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The suitability of French immersion for anglophone students who are at-risk for language or reading impairment. Canadian Language and Literacy Research Network. Investigator-Initiated research program. $150,000, with Genesee, F (Psychology) and Lyster, R. (Education), McGill University.
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2005 – 2009
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Evaluating technology-based learning environments. FQRSC team grant renewal under the Soutiens aux équipes de recherches program. $642,940 awarded. With CSLP team.
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2006-2008
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Maximising the effectiveness of phonological therapy. Canadian Language and Literacy Research Network team grant. $151,500 team grant awarded, with Susan Rvachew CSD McGill.
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2006-2007
2006-2007
2006-2007
2006 - 2007
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ABRACADABRA: Un système Web équilibré d'intervention en lecture à l'échelle du mot et du texte. Le Centre de Transfert pour la réussite educative de Québec. $194,092 team grant, with CSLP
Transitioning to high school: Connecting and belonging. Ministry de Education Loisir et Sport. $72,961 team grant awarde, with Valerie Ford, Educational Consultant: Riverside School Board.
Supporting Inclusive Practice in New Frontiers School Board. Ministry de Education Loisir et Sport. $52,000 team grant awarded, with Karen Zey, Educational Consultant: New Frontiers School Board.
Soutiens des écoles utilisant l’e-portfolio et ABRACADABRA. $52,000 team grant awarded. Ministry de Education Loisir et Sport. with CSLP team.
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2005 – 2006
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Bilingual Education in Canada’s official languages: Meeting the needs of all students. SSHRC strategic grant application. $98,000 awarded, with F. Genesee.
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2007 - 2008
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Performance of at-risk students in French Immersion: A follow-up study. SSHRC strategic grant application. $85,000 awarded. Further two-year team grant, with F Genesee.
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2005 – 2006
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Technical Support: Centre for Research on Language Brain and Mind. $15,000 team grant awarded, with Genesee, F, Lyster, R, and Rvachew, S.
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2005 – 2006
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ABRACADABRA: A balanced reading approach for Canadians designed to achieve best results for all. Inukshuk Fund. $143,500 team grant awarded (with Hipps, G., Therrien, M.C., & Wade, A.).
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2003 – 2005
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An early elementary literacy toolkit to improve reading skills and prevent student dropouts $10,000 team grant awarded. Chawkers Foundation (with Tucker, B., Therrien, M.C., & Wade, A.).
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2003 – 2011
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Volet Regroupement Stratégiques. $1,663,200.Abrami, P. C. (Concordia University), and other members of the CSLP. This includes 6 universities, 3 CEGEPS, and 32 researchers.
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2001 – 2004
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Evaluating technology-based learning environments. FQRSC (Soutiens aux équipes de recherches programme). $190,000 team grant awarded, with Abrami, P.
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2001 – 2004
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Preventing dyslexia through early intervention. JJ Trust and Helen Arkell Dyslexia Association Research fund (£100,000, $200,000 Canadian), with Sue Carless director of support services London Borough of Sutton.
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1998
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The listening Comprehension Test. Product development grant for a commercial listening comprehension test from National Foundation for Educational Research, U. K. £80,000 ($192,000 Canadian) awarded, with Hagues, N., Siddiqui, R., and Merwood, P.
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1999 – 2000
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Department of Education Professional Training Bursary (award value - £21,000 = C$50,000) for professional training as a School Psychologist.
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1992 – 1994
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Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) Scholarship for Masters Degree at the Department of Experimental Psychology, Cambridge University (award value - £15,000 = $36,000 Canadian).
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Grants Currently Under Consideration
2014 – 2016
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Love of Reading. Janette Pelletier (University of Toronto) and Robert Savage. $406,059 requested to explore the impact of extra books on teenage literacy.
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2014 – 2016
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Ministère de l’Éducation, du Loisir et du Sport (MELS): ABRACADABRA, une resource web gratuite appuyée par la recherche, pour favoriser l'apprentissage de la lecture et de l'écriture. Demande de soutien financier au ministère de l’éducation, du loisir et du sport (MELS) pour la traduction et l'adaptation en français d'ABRACADABRA, une ressource web gratuite, appuyeé par la recherche, pour favoriser l'apprentissage de la lecture et de l’écriture. $750,000 requested, with Monique Brodeur (PI) et Julien Mercier, Université du Québec à Montréal, Phil Abrami, Anne Wade Concordia University.
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2014 - 2018
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Meta-academic Skill Development for Highest Risk Preschool-aged Children: Developing Academic Resilience. Chagnon Foundation grant to McGill Education Faculty. Steven Shaw as PI. Robert Savage (and 4 McGill colleagues) as co-applicants. $2,750,000 requested. (INITIAL PROPOSAL LOI ACCEPTED, FULL PROPOSAL IN CURRENT DISCUSSION WITH THE FOUNDATION).
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