Personnel Preparation of Special Education, Early Intervention, and Related Services Personnel

Personnel Preparation of Special Education, Early Intervention, and Related Services Personnel is sponsored by U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP). This opportunity supports mission-aligned projects and measurable outcomes.

Opportunity Listing - OSERS-OSEP: Personnel Preparation of Special Education, Early Intervention, and Related Services Personnel, Assistance Listing Number (ALN) 84. 325K OSERS-OSEP: Personnel Preparation of Special Education, Early Intervention, and Related Services Personnel, Assistance Listing Number (ALN) 84. 325K Agency: Department of Education Assistance Listings: 84.

325 -- Special Education - Personnel Development to Improve Services and Results for Children with Disabilities Last Updated: May 13, 2026 View version history on Grants.

gov Program Description: The purposes of the Personnel Development to Improve Services and Results for Children with Disabilities program are to (1) help address State-identified shortages and needs for personnel preparation in special education and early intervention, including infants and toddlers, and youth with disabilities; and (2) ensure that those personnel have the necessary skills and knowledge, derived from practices that have been determined through scientifically based research, to be successful in serving those children.

The purpose of the Personnel Preparation of Special Education, Early Intervention, and Related Services Personnel (84. 325K) competition is to prepare and increase the number of personnel who have the necessary qualifications to serve children with disabilities.

Under this absolute priority, ED will fund grantees that use evidence-based strategies to prepare scholars in special education, early intervention, and related services at the bachelor’s degree, certification, master’s degree, educational specialist degree, or clinical doctoral degree levels to serve in a variety of settings, including natural environments (the home and community settings in which children with and without disabilities participate), early learning programs, child care, classrooms, and schools.

Assistance Listing Number (ALN): 84. 325K. Applicants are required to follow the 2025 Common Instructions for Applicants to Department of Education Discretionary Grant Programs , published in the Federal Register on August 29, 2025 (90 FR 42234) and available at ED 2025 Common Instructions .

Note: For new potential grantees unfamiliar with grantmaking at ED, please consult our “ Getting Started with Discretionary Grant Applications ” webpage. Institutions of higher education (IHEs),2 and private nonprofit organizations.

Note: Eligible applicants must have a bachelor’s degree, certification, master’s degree, educational specialist degree, or clinical doctoral degree program that prepares scholars in special education, early intervention, and related services or be a private nonprofit organization that has the legal authority to enter into grants and cooperative agreements with the Federal government on behalf of an applicant that has a bachelor’s degree, certification, master’s degree, educational specialist degree, or clinical doctoral degree program that prepare scholars in special education, early intervention, and related services.

Note: If you are a nonprofit organization, under 34 CFR 75.

51, you may demonstrate your nonprofit status by providing: (1) proof that the Internal Revenue Service currently recognizes the applicant as an organization to which contributions are tax deductible under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code; (2) a statement from a State taxing body or the State attorney general certifying that the organization is a nonprofit organization operating within the State and that no part of its net earnings may lawfully benefit any private shareholder or individual; (3) a certified copy of the applicant’s certificate of incorporation or similar document if it clearly establishes the nonprofit status of the applicant; or (4) any item described above if that item applies to a State or national parent organization, together with a statement by the State or parent organization that the applicant is a local nonprofit affiliate.

Grantor contact information Telephone: (202) 987-0141 Email: sunyoung. ahn@ed. gov File name Description Last updated FY26_84.

325K_Application_Notice_and_Instructions_FINAL2. pdf FY26 84. 325K Application Notice and Instructions FINAL2 Jun 2, 2026 03:10 PM UTC Fed_Reg_FY26_84.

325K_Personnel_Prep_Competition_Announcement. pdf 84. 325K Competition Announcement Notice May 19, 2026 04:46 PM UTC Link to additional information Funding opportunity number : Cost sharing or matching requirement : Funding instrument type : Opportunity Category Explanation : Category of Funding Activity : Your account requires additional identity verification.