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FSU researchers receive $3M
to create national repository for data on learning disabilities

The federal government will award nearly $3 million over five years to researchers at Florida State University, so they can build a first-of-its-kind national data repository that aims to inspire innovative research that helps children with learning disabilities.

The ambitious project, supported by FSU Libraries, is led by Sara Hart, associate professor of psychology and research faculty at the Florida Center for Reading Research, and Chris Schatschneider, professor of psychology and associate director of the Florida Center for Reading Research. They will lead an effort to create an enormous big-data repository on campus containing decades of knowledge about learning disabilities.

Hart said the new repository, called “LDbase” and funded by the National Institutes of Health, will be a powerful resource that opens up new areas of research and accelerates discoveries.

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