This document provides information to those interested in submitting proposals to conduct day-care research or demonstration projects for the Office of Child Development (DHEW). In the first section of the document, the status of research findings in day care is summarized. These findings concern: Auspices, Staff, Physical Facilities, Issues Relating to Children, Day Care Curriculum, Families in Day Care Services, Support Services in Day Care Programs, and Measurement and Evaluation. The second section of the document concerns FY 72 Day Care R&D Priorities and Approaches. Selected areas for research are: Program Quality (Conceptual Analyses, Empirical Studies, and Demonstration Projects); Staff Quality (Conceptual Analyses, Empirical Studies, and Demonstration Projects), Parent Involvement and Effectiveness (the day care program, the family, and the child), Immediate and Long Term Effects of Day Care on Infants, Pre-school Children, Primary and Adolescent Children (Empirical Studies), Impact of Day Care on the Family and Other Social Institutions (Conceptual Analyses and Empirical Studies); and Other Studies of Day Care Characteristics and Effects (Conceptual Analyses, Empirical Studies, and Instructions for Submitting Proposals). (DB)