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Research initiatives at Texas Christian University are getting a $3 million boost thanks to a gift from the Bezos Family Foundation.<\/p>\n

The donation created an endowed fund to cover the College of Education\u2019s research and community-engaged projects.<\/p>\n

Research is a top priority of the private university as it strives toward the coveted R1 status<\/a> from the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education<\/a>, recognition signaling the highest level of research activity.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith this endowment, we\u2019ll continue to invest in the research, innovation and partnerships that define a great college education,\u201d College of Education Dean Frank Hernandez said in a news release. \u201cAs TCU moves toward R1, this funding helps ensure we\u2019re not only expanding knowledge, but preparing the next generation of educational leaders to do the same.\u201d<\/p>\n

A TCU News<\/a> article from November acknowledged that the university must diversify sources of research funding as government agencies that previously provided support to schools significantly cut such spending.<\/p>\n

The funding is the latest contribution to the Fort Worth university from the Bezos Family Foundation, a nonprofit created by Jackie and Mike Bezos to invest in the development and application of \u201cthe science of learning\u201d as a way of supporting young people. Jackie and Mike Bezos are the parents of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and TCU alums Christina Bezos-Poore and Mark Bezos, who both graduated in 1992.<\/p>\n

In 2020, the foundation donated $5 million to support an endowed chair for early childhood education and a scholarship program for KinderFrogs, the university\u2019s lab school primarily for children with intellectual disabilities.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur partnership with TCU\u2019s College of Education is a long-term investment in faculty-led and community-driven research that fuels innovation, strengthens faculty excellence and the student experience, and helps shape the future of learning on a national scale,\u201d Jody Rosentswieg, managing director of strategic initiatives at the Bezos Family Foundation, said in the release.\u00a0<\/p>\n

McKinnon Rice is the higher education reporter for the Fort Worth Report. Contact her at mckinnon.rice@fortworthreport.org<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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