Education Research Grant Program and Special Education Research Grant Program
IES Funding Opportunities  https://ies.ed.gov/funding/

deadline extended to Sept. 8, 2020   https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2020-09-02/html/2020-19391.htm

IES National Center for Education Research NCER Competitions
1) The Education Research Competition. https://ies.ed.gov/funding/ncer_progs.asp
Under this competition, NCER will consider only applications that address one of the following topics:
Career and Technical Education.
Civics Education and Social Studies.
Cognition and Student Learning.
Early Learning Programs and Policies.
Effective Instruction.
English Learners.
Improving Education Systems.
Postsecondary and Adult Education.
Literacy.
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education.
Social and Behavioral Context for Academic Learning.
2) The Research Training Programs in the Education Sciences Competition.
Under this competition, NCER will consider only applications that address one of the following topics:
Pathways to the Education Sciences Research Training Program.
Postdoctoral Research Training Program in the Education Sciences.
Methods Training for Education Researchers.
3) The Education Research and Development Centers Competition. Under this competition, NCER will consider only applications that address the following topic: Improving Teaching and Learning in Postsecondary Institutions.
4) Research Grants Focused on Systematic Replication. Under this competition, NCER will consider only applications that address identifying what works in education through systematic replication.

IES National Center for Education Special Research NCSER Competitions
https://ies.ed.gov/funding/ncser_progs.asp
1) The Special Education Research Competition. Under this competition, NCSER encourages a broad range of research including studies that may have more than one research focus (such as reading and behavior) and may focus broadly on students with disabilities or on a particular disability (such as autism spectrum disorders).
Applicants should identify their primary focus of research from one of the following topics:
Cognition and Student Learning.
Early Intervention and Early Learning.
Educators and School-Based Service Providers.
Families of Children with Disabilities.
Reading, Writing, and Language.
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM).
Social, Emotional, and Behavioral Competence.
Systems, Policy, and Finance.
Transition to Postsecondary Education, Career, and/or Independent Living.
2) The Research Training Programs in Special Education Competition. Under this competition, NCSER will consider only applications that address one of the following two topics:
Early Career Development and Mentoring.
Methods Training for Special Education Research.
3) Research Grants Focused on NAEP Process Data for Learners with Disabilities. Under this competition, NCSER will consider only applications using the restricted-use data, including the NAEP process data, from the 2017 eighth-grade NAEP mathematics assessment to examine outcomes for students with disabilities.
4) Research Grants Focused on Systematic Replication. Under this competition, NCSER will consider only applications that address identifying what works in special education through systematic replication.