Applications close March 15th, and interviews will begin shortly thereafter! 

We are currently seeking educators from Arizona, Colorado, and Texas to become Project EAGLE Trainers as part of a federally funded Javits research grant. Fifteen trainers–five from each state–will participate in a five-day orientation on the Project EAGLE dynamic identification system, to be held from July 13-17, 2025, at the University of Connecticut’s Confratute. Following this training, the trainers will return to their respective states to conduct five workshops during the 2025-26 academic year, sharing the Project EAGLE approach to identifying unrecognized gifted students.

Benefits for Selected Trainers:

• Complimentary attendance at Confratute 2025 at the University of Connecticut, including registration, meals, and lodging
• Travel expenses covered to and from Connecticut
• Comprehensive training on the Project EAGLE dynamic approach and best practices for delivering professional development
• A $3,600 stipend for participation in the training and conducting five in-state workshops
• Supplies and reimbursement for expenses related to conducting the workshops

Complete application to be a Project EAGLE Trainer by March 15, 2025 here.

For more information, email projecteagle@uconn.edu

We are currently seeking educators from Arizona, Colorado, and Texas to become Project EAGLE Trainers as part of a federally funded Javits research grant. Fifteen trainers–five from each state–will participate in a five-day orientation on the Project EAGLE dynamic identification system, to be held from July 13-17, 2025, at the University of Connecticut’s Confratute. Following this training, the trainers will return to their respective states to conduct five workshops during the 2025-26 academic year, sharing the Project EAGLE approach to identifying unrecognized gifted students.

Benefits for Selected Trainers:

• Complimentary attendance at Confratute 2025 at the University of Connecticut, including registration, meals, and lodging
• Travel expenses covered to and from Connecticut
• Comprehensive training on the Project EAGLE dynamic approach and best practices for delivering professional development
• A $3,600 stipend for participation in the training and conducting five in-state workshops
• Supplies and reimbursement for expenses related to conducting the workshops

Complete application to be a Project EAGLE Trainer by March 15, 2025 here.

For more information, email projecteagle@uconn.edu

Dr. Celeste Sodergren has joined the Project EAGLE team as a Postdoctoral Research Associate! Dr. Sodergren obtained her Ph.D. in Educational Psychology in Gifted Education from Baylor University in the summer of 2024 and joined the team in the fall. Celeste comes to the Renzulli Center with a background in communication and in district leadership in gifted education. Her research interests include the development of gifted education leaders, the needs of parents of gifted students, and how we might leverage non-cognitive factors in intelligence to strengthen gifted students’ success in academics and in life. She is particularly excited about the next phase of Project EAGLE, in which we are recruiting teachers to be trainers.

Dr. Sodergren notes, “I am excited to be welcomed to this remarkable team and I am looking forward to the work we will accomplish together. Empowering teachers with new skills, ideas, and opportunities is one of my favorite things to do, and I am grateful for the opportunity to join Project EAGLE in time to be a part of this important work.”

A team of Neag School of Education researchers is developing a new initiative designed to help educators overcome language differences to identify gifted students among English learners.

Project EAGLE (Eliciting Advanced Gifted Learning Evidence) is one of several gifted education grants at UConn, including the National Center for Research on Gifted Education (NCRGE), that address unrecognized talent in schools. (Read more)

Project EAGLE (Eliciting Advanced Gifted Learning Evidence) at the University of Connecticut is seeking a qualitative researcher with math and gifted English learner experience for a Postdoctoral Fellow position. The person in this position will work on a study of math lessons designed to elicit gifted behaviors in elementary English learners through a dynamic identification approach. This position will be a core team member who must be able to both learn and work independently as well as collaborate effectively with co-workers. There will be substantial opportunities to engage in the entire research process and collaborate on research presentations and publications. For more information and to apply go to

https://jobs.hr.uconn.edu/en-us/job/496801/postdoctoral-research-associate-project-eagle or contact Del Siegle (del@uconn.edu).