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Applications for Research Training Programs in Special Education - 84.324B are due October 1, 2026. Build your timeline backwards from this date to cover registrations, approvals, and final submission checks.
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Using Longitudinal Data to Support State Education Policymaking in Special Education is sponsored by U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences (IES), National Center for Special Education Research (NCSER). This program supports research teams working with state agencies to use their student data, covering learners with or at risk for disabilities from birth through postsecondary education. Every application must include the responsible state agency as a partner.
Research Training Programs in Special Education is sponsored by U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences (IES), National Center for Special Education Research (NCSER). This program funds early-career mentoring and methods training for special education researchers, with awards up to $800,000. It supports two tracks: Early Career Development and Mentoring, and Methods Training for Special Education Research.
The Institute of Education Sciences launched no new grant competitions in all of FY2026. On August 6, 2026 it announced a three-tranche FY27 restart: five topic-agnostic competitions due October 1, flagship field-initiated grants held until December, and eight research topics that IES says will persist through FY2029.
Read articleThe Institute of Education Sciences announced its FY27 grantmaking on August 6 — five competitions with an October 1 deadline, optional letters of intent September 3, and awards from $350,000 to $1.2 million. The bigger news is structural: IES has narrowed its research priorities to literacy and STEM for general education and four topics for special education through FY2029, and is organizing grantees into coordinated hubs. Here is what changed, what the award ceilings actually are, and why the field-initiated competitions everyone is waiting for do not open until December.
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