Applications for New Awards: Education Research and Special Education Research Grant Programs

Information regarding program and application requirements for the competitions will be contained in the NCER and NCSER RFAs, which will be available on or before June 8, 2017 on the Institute's website  http://ies.ed.gov/funding/   .  Each competition will have its own application package. The dates on which the application packages will be available and the deadlines for these competitions are found in the chart at the end of the Federal Register notice  https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2017-05-30/html/2017-11107.htm

  The Institute's National Center for Education Research (NCER) will hold five competitions: One competition for education research; one competition for education research and development centers; one competition for partnerships and collaborations focused on problems of practice or policy; and two competitions for low-cost, short-duration evaluation of education interventions.

    The Institute's National Center for Special Education Research (NCSER) will hold five competitions: One competition for special education research; one competition for research training programs in special education; two competitions for low-cost, short-duration evaluation of special education interventions; and one competition for research networks focused on critical problems of policy and practice in special education.

 

NCER Competitions - The Education Research Competition.
grants.gov  https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=294175
Application Package Available: June 22, 2017. Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: August 17, 2017.
Under this competition, NCER will consider only applications that address one of the following 12 topics:

• Cognition and Student Learning.
• Early Learning Programs and Policies.
• Education Leadership.
• Education Technology.
• Effective Teachers and Effective Teaching.
• English Learners.
• Improving Education Systems.
• Postsecondary and Adult Education.
• Reading and Writing.
• Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education.
• Social and Behavioral Context for Academic Learning.
• Special Topics, which include:

1. Arts in Education.
2. Career and Technical Education.
3. Systemic Approaches to Educating Highly Mobile Students.
    

The Education Research and Development Centers Competition.
Grants.gov  https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=294176
 Application Package Available July 13, 2017. Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: September 21, 2017.
Under this competition, NCER will consider only applications that address one of the following four topics:

• Improving Education Outcomes for Disadvantaged Students in Choice Schools.
• Improving Rural Education.
• Writing in Secondary Schools.
• Exploring Science Teaching in Elementary School Classrooms.

The Partnerships and Collaborations Focused on Problems of Practice or Policy Competition.
Grants.gov https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=294197
Application Package Available: June 22, 2017. Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: August 17, 2017.
Under this competition, NCER will consider only applications that address one of the following two topics:

• Researcher-Practitioner Partnerships in Education Research.
• Evaluation of State and Local Education Programs and Policies.
   

The Low-Cost, Short-Duration Evaluation of Education Interventions Competition.
Grants.gov 84.305L-1  https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=294199
Grants.gov 84.305L-2  https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=294199
Application Package Available: January 11, 2018. Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: March 1, 2018.
Under these two competitions, NCER will consider only applications that address low-cost, short-duration evaluation of education interventions.

 

NCSER Competitions - The Special Education Research Competition.
Grants.gov https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=294200
Application Package Available: June 22, 2017. Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: August 17, 2017.
Under this competition, NCSER will consider only applications that address one of the following 11 topics:

• Autism Spectrum Disorders.
• Cognition and Student Learning in Special Education.
• Early Intervention and Early Learning in Special Education.
• Families of Children with Disabilities.
• Mathematics and Science Education.
• Professional Development for Teachers & School-Based Service Providers.
• Reading, Writing, and Language Development.
• Social and Behavioral Outcomes to Support Learning.
• Special Education Policy, Finance, and Systems.
• Technology for Special Education.
• Transition Outcomes for Secondary Students with Disabilities.
   

The Research Training Programs in Special Education Competition.
Grants.gov https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=294202
Application Package Available: June 22, 2017. Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: August 17, 2017. 
Under this competition, NCSER will consider only applications that address one of the following three topics:

• Postdoctoral Research Training Program in Special Education and Early Intervention.
• Early Career Development and Mentoring.
• Methods Training Using Sequential, Multiple Assignment, Randomized Trial (SMART) Designs for Adaptive Interventions in Education.

 

The Low-Cost, Short-Duration Evaluation of Special Education Interventions Competition.
Grants.gov https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=294203
Application Package Available: June 22, 2017. Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: August 3, 2017
Under these two competitions, NCSER will consider only applications that address low-cost, short-duration evaluation of special education interventions.

 

The Research Networks Focused on Critical Problems of Policy and Practice in Special Education Competition.
Grants.gov  https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=294204
Application Package Available: July 13, 2017. Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: September 21, 2017.

Under this competition, NCSER will consider only applications that address research on Multi-Tiered Systems of Support under one of the following two topics:

• Network Lead.
• Research Team.