Institute of Education Sciences (IES): National Center for Education Research (NCER): Research Training Programs in The Education Sciences, Assistance Listing Number (ALN) 84.305B
- Posted
- November 12, 2024
- Closed
- March 7, 2025
- Cost sharing
- No
- Instrument
- Grant
- Assistance listing
- 84.305
- Category
- Education
- Archives
- April 6, 2025
Program funding history
Awards made under Assistance Listing 84.305 across FY2025–FY2027, from public federal spending records.
- FY2025 obligated
- $128.6M
- FY2026 obligated
- $81.9M
- FY2027 (to date) obligated
- $0
- Awards in window
- 265
Top recipients: American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences, Mdrc, University of Washington, Digital Promise Global, Regents of the University of Michigan
Source: USAspending.gov · refreshed October 2026 · Program page: awards, recipients and the opportunities under this listing →
Synopsis
Note: Each funding opportunity description is a synopsis of information in the Federal Register application notice. For specific information about eligibility, please see the official application notice. The official version of this document is the document published in the Federal Register. Free Internet access to the official edition of the Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations is available on GPO Access at: http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/index.html. Please review the official application notice for pre-application and application requirements, application submission information, performance measures, priorities and program contact information.
For the addresses for obtaining and submitting an application, please refer to our Revised Common Instructions for Applicants to Department of Education Discretionary Grant Programs, published in the Federal Register on December 7, 2022.
Purpose of Program: Through the Research Training Programs in the Education Sciences Grant Program, IES aims to prepare individuals to conduct rigorous and relevant education research that advances knowledge within the field and addresses issues important to education policymakers and practitioners.
Assistance Listing Number (ALN) 84.305B.
Who can apply
- Private institutions of higher education
- County governments
- Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
- Special district governments
- State governments
- City or township governments
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
1. Eligible Applicants: For the Pathways to the Education Sciences topic, the applicant must either be:• A minority-serving institution (MSI) located in the territorial United States that confers bachelor’s or master’s degrees in academic fields relevant to education; or• An academic institution located in the territorial United States that confers bachelor’s or master’s degrees in academic fields relevant to education and that partners with an eligible MSI. Any member of the partnership may serve as the grantee. An institution may not submit an application to the Pathways Training Program, or be a partner on an application, if it is the grantee or partner on an FY 2021 Pathways Training grant award. For Predoctoral Interdisciplinary Research Training Program in the Education Sciences, the applicant must be an academic institution located in the territorial United States that confers doctoral degrees in academic fields relevant to education. An institution may not submit an application to the Predoctoral Training Program if it received an FY 2020 Predoctoral Training grant award. For Early Career Development and Mentoring Program for Education Research and Methods Training for Education Researchers, applicants that have the ability and capacity to conduct scientifically valid research are eligible to apply. Eligible applicants include, but are not limited to, nonprofit and for-profit organizations and public and private agencies and institutions of higher education, such as colleges and universities.
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