Research Design Studio

Category: Current Projects

  • Grissom Gold After School Program – 2024 Report
    October 24, 2024 by

    The RDS supports Muncie Community Schools, Grissom Elementary School, and the Muncie YMCA with their collaborative implementation of the 21st Century Community Learning Centers grant. Grissom Gold is an after school program that promotes academic support, student health, and builds social and emotional skills. The Grissom Gold program is in it’s fourth year of funding. […]

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  • MCS Learning Recovery Grant
    September 28, 2021 by

    The RDS is partnering with Muncie Community Schools and other affiliated partners to support the Learning Recovery Grant.  Through this grant, students disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic will receive additional academic support.  The RDS is specifically involved in ensuring the programs supported by the grant are effective in improving learning outcomes.  To do so, […]

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  • RDS and Hancock County’s Dolly Parton Imagination Library
    September 28, 2021 by

    RDS has partnered with the Hancock County Community Foundation to support their efforts in evaluating Hancock County’s Dolly Parton Imagination Library. Additional community supporters include The Dollywood Foundation, Greenfield Central Schools, Mount Vernon Schools, Eastern Hancock Schools, and New Palestine (Southern Hancock) Schools.  The evaluation is focused on examining if the access to monthly books at home for […]

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  • RDS to Serve as External Evaluator for Indianapolis Youth Human Trafficking Prevention Program
    September 28, 2021 by

    Pathway International, a nonprofit organization offering home-based family and community services for Hoosiers in the Indianapolis area and surrounding counties, has enlisted the expertise of the Research Design Studio (RDS) starting in fall 2021. RDS will serve as an external evaluator to document the efficacy of Pathway’s “SMART” program, an educational intervention program designed to […]

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  • RDS Analysis of Sponsored Programs Administration (SPA) AsPIRE Grant Data
    September 28, 2021 by

    The AsPIRE grants programs support the development and implementation of faculty research and creative interests, generally with a goal of providing the starting point to a line of research or creative activity that will transition to external funding support to continue or expand the reach of the work. The AsPIRE grant programs are curated and managed by Sponsored Programs Administration, […]

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