Institute of Education Sciences (IES) Research & Training Grants (FY2025)

Institute of Education Sciences (IES) Research & Training Grants (FY2025) is sponsored by U.S. Department of Education – IES. Research and training grant competitions in education sciences (e. g.

, Education Research and Development Center Program, Research Training, Special Education Dissertation Research Fellowship).

Funding Opportunities | IES Steps to Applying for IES Grants Identify a current funding opportunity Find an opportunity that matches your research interests and the deadlines for that opportunity Learn more about the application process by attending virtual office hours Ask questions about the application process and choosing an appropriate funding opportunity. View a video on the application review process.

Download the Application Submission Guide below, find your Request for Applications and application package (search for ALN 84. 305 or ALN 84. 324).

Download the IES Application Submission Guide IES Application Submission Guide Search for Request for Applications Download the application package (Search for ALN 84. 305 or ALN 84. 324).

Upload important documents Submit your Letter of Intent (optional but strongly encouraged). Register or update your organization on Grants. gov and SAM.

gov Read the Department's Fact Sheet for information about the Federal government's transition from DUNS Number to Unique Entity Identifier (UEI). Submit documents before your deadline Submit your application to Grants. gov before the application deadline.

Learn About the Funding Process at IES The Office of Science is responsible for the scientific peer review process for the grant applications. Online Resources for Applicants Need more information about potential funding opportunities? Explore frequently asked questions, attend virtual office hour sessions, or browse available resources.

FY 2025 Requests for applications Education Research and Development Center Program - 84. 305C Education Research and Development Center Program - 84. 305C Research Training Programs in the Education Sciences - 84.

305B Research Training Programs in the Education Sciences - 84. 305B Special Education Dissertation Research Fellowship Program — 84. 324G The Institute of Education Sciences (IES) provides scientific evidence to improve education practice and policy and shares th...

Building Evidence of Effectiveness of Strategies to Increase Postsecondary Student Su... First, the program seeks to build the capacity of state higher education agency (or equivalent), college, and university empl... Statistical and Research Methodology in Education — 84.

305D In this Request for Applications (RFA), NCER invites applications for projects that will contribute to its Statistical and Re... Future RFAs will be listed here as they are available. The IES Application Submission Guide provides information on how to prepare and submit applications through Grants.

gov to the research and research training grant programs in IES's National Centers for Education Research (NCER), Special Education Research (NCSER), and Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance (NCEE). Use this guide to learn about IES-specific guidance and recommendations to help you ensure your application is complete and submitted on time.

See the Request for Applications for your competition for important information about substantive requirements and submission deadlines. FY2025 Application Submission Guide Unsolicited Grant Opportunities IES is no longer considering new FY2025 unsolicited prospectus submissions. Should this change in the future, we will post an update.

We appreciate your interest in contributing to high-quality, useful education research. The Institute of Education Sciences (IES) will consider unsolicited applications for research, evaluation, and statistics projects that would make significant contributions to the mission of the organization.

Under this announcement, we will consider applications for projects that are not eligible under our FY2025 grant competitions, both open and closed. The applicant must demonstrate that the project was not eligible under one of our FY2025 grant competitions.

A project that lacks student education outcomes and would be eligible under an FY2025 competition if student education outcomes had been included is not eligible as an unsolicited project under this announcement. In addition, we do not provide funds for projects that consist solely of program delivery or the provision of services to students. Activities supported by IES must be relevant to U.S. schools.

IES will also not consider applications under this unsolicited announcement that in prior years would have been eligible under IES competitions or topics that are not being run in FY2025. This includes, but is not limited to, the National Center for Education Research's Postdoctoral Education Research Training program (irregularly competed as a topic under ALN 84.

305B), and the National Center for Special Education Research's Postdoctoral Research and Methods Training programs (irregularly competed as topics under ALN 84. 324B).

FY 2025 Unsolicited grant opportunities IES Peer Review Panel Discussions IES Peer Review Panel Discussions After Submitting an IES Application The Office of Science, which oversees the peer review of grant applications, invites you to watch a short video about what happens to your IES grant application after you submit it to Grants.

gov. Learn More about IES Grants Please navigate to the following links to learn more about research and training programs supported by IES. You can also learn more about grants funded by IES by using our project search tool. Need Help?

For general inquires, contact IES . For questions about specific funding opportunities, contact the National Center for Education Research (84. 305 RFAs) or the National Center for Special Education Research (84.

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) May I submit an application if I did not submit a letter of intent (LOI)? May I submit the same application to more than one of the IES grant programs? May I submit multiple applications to the same program?

May I submit applications to more than one research grant program or to a training program and a research grant program? May I apply if I am not located in the United States? Yes.

However, IES strongly encourages you to submit one. If you miss the deadline for submitting an LOI, contact the appropriate program officer for guidance. An institution may submit multiple applications to a single IES grant program, or to a single topic within a grant program, only if the applications are substantively different from one another.

Yes. An institution may submit separate applications to more than one program. Submitting an application to any grant program has no bearing on applying to the other grant programs.

It depends. You may apply to any IES grant program if your institution is located outside of the territorial United States except for our training grant programs. IES awards training grants only to institutions within the territorial United States.