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Research Training Programs in Special Education is sponsored by 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.
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IES has invested in training programs 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.
Through these programs, the National Center for Education Research (NCER) and National Center for Special Education (NCSER) seeks to fund new approaches to train and mentor students and researchers from diverse backgrounds in order to encourage their entry into and success within education research careers. These efforts seek to improve the quality of education research and encourage new ideas, approaches, and perspectives.
The Institute of Education Sciences (Institute) requests applications to its Research Training Programs in Special Education (84. 324B). **Application Deadline:** For FY 2025, NCSER is accepting applications under one program: Early Career Development and Mentoring (Early Career).
**Application Deadline:** The Principal Investigator (PI) will conduct a program of research focused on the relationships between elementary school special educators' working conditions (job demands and resources to meet those demands) and educator and student outcomes. As the number of students with disabilities served in the general education classroom continues to grow, special educators increasingly work in inclusive settings.
Prior research has described challenging working conditions for special educators in... **Federal Funding Program:** Research Training Programs in Special Education (ALN 84. 324B) In this Request for Applications (RFA), NCSER invites applications for the Research Training Programs in Special Education (Training) (ALN 84.
324B).
**Application Deadline:** The Principal Investigator (PI) will conduct a program of research for improving reading and spelling outcomes for adolescents with word-level reading difficulties or disabilities (WLRD) while participating in mentoring and training activities to develop expertise in iterative intervention development, models of word reading and spelling, and the development and dissemination of products with education stakeholders.
Many adolescents, including those with learning disabilities, have... **Federal Funding Program:** Research Training Programs in Special Education (ALN 84. 324B) The Principal Investigator (PI) will conduct a program of research focused on improving self-regulation for high school students with disabilities and challenging behavior.
The PI will also participate in mentoring and training to build skills related to school-based experimental research, iterative intervention development, and grant writing and management. Students with disabilities can experience social, emotional, and behavior problems at significantly higher rates than their peers... **Federal Funding Program:** Research Training Programs in Special Education (ALN 84.
324B) The Principal Investigator (PI) will conduct a program of research focused on improving outcomes for Latine transborder caregivers and their young children with or at risk for autism. The PI will also participate in mentoring and training to build skills related to community-engaged cultural adaptation, mixed methods, and single-case design research.
Early intervention for Latine children on the autism spectrum is challenging as there are systemic barriers that prevent families from... **Federal Funding Program:** Research Training Programs in Special Education (ALN 84. 324B) In this Request for Applications (RFA), NCSER invites applications for the Research Training Programs in Special Education (Training) (ALN 84.
324B). **Application Deadline:** The purpose of this project is to conduct, evaluate, and continually refine a training program, Comprehensive Program for Adaptive Interventions Training in Education Sciences (CATIE). CATIE is designed to train education scientists in the use of sequential multiple assignment randomized trials (SMART) for constructing adaptive interventions.
**Federal Funding Program:** Research Training Programs in Special Education (ALN 84. 324B) The Principal Investigator (PI) will conduct a program of research for improving the reading and writing abilities of high school students with or at risk for high-incidence disabilities.
The PI will also participate in mentoring and training activities to develop knowledge and skills related to the iterative development of interventions, effective professional development, multilevel modeling, and grant writing. Increasing the reading and writing capacities of students with high-incidence... **Federal Funding Program:** Research Training Programs in Special Education (ALN 84.
324B) The Principal Investigator (PI) will conduct a program of research for improving outcomes for African American children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and their families. The PI will also participate in mentoring and training activities to develop expertise in community-engaged research with underrepresented populations, randomized controlled trials and single-case designs, and grant and publication writing.
African American children are less likely to be diagnosed with ASD than White... **Federal Funding Program:** Research Training Programs in Special Education (ALN 84.
324B) The Principal Investigator (PI) will conduct a program of research for improving outcomes for teachers of students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) while participating in mentoring and training activities to develop expertise in school-based research, mixed methods and group design research, and grant and publication writing.
Teaching students with ASD requires knowledge of evidence-based practices and other unique skills that are often not taught in preservice programs. Without them,... **Federal Funding Program:** Research Training Programs in Special Education (ALN 84.
324B) The Principal Investigator (PI) will conduct a program of research focused on improving social, communication, and developmental outcomes for minimally verbal students with autism (ASD). The PI will also participate in mentoring and training to build skills related to intervention development, measurement of language and communication, interdisciplinary research, and grant writing and dissemination.
Strengthening peer interactions and relationships for children with ASD who are minimally... **Federal Funding Program:** Research Training Programs in Special Education (ALN 84.
324B) The Principal Investigator (PI) will conduct a program of research for improving progress monitoring practices among preschool teachers while participating in mentoring and training activities around research methods, dissemination, and being an efficient and effective faculty member.
Despite agreement between early childhood educators and professional organizations on the importance of progress monitoring in preschool classrooms, many preschool teachers do not engage in these practices... **Federal Funding Program:** Research Training Programs in Special Education (ALN 84.
324B) The Principal Investigator (PI) will conduct a program of research designed to improve intervention and outcomes for students with or at risk for emotional and behavioral disorders (EBD) as well as participate in career development activities to expand knowledge and skills related to research methods, project management, and behavioral interventions.
Challenging behavior significantly limits student access to ongoing instruction in general education, leading to negative long-term outcomes.... **Federal Funding Program:** Research Training Programs in Special Education (ALN 84. 324B)
According to the current listing, eligibility includes: Applicants that have the ability and capacity to conduct scientifically valid research are eligible, including nonprofit and for-profit organizations and public and private agencies and institutions of higher education,…. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
The current listing shows up to $800,000. Verify award ceilings, matching requirements, and allowable costs in the official notice.
Applications for Research Training Programs in Special Education are due October 1, 2026. Build your timeline backwards from this date to cover registrations, approvals, and final submission checks.
Research Training Programs in Special Education is funded by Institute of Education Sciences (IES), National Center for Special Education Research (NCSER). Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
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The Institute of Education Sciences has opened its first research competitions since early 2025: five FY27 competitions due October 1, 2026, with roughly $250 million planned across three tranches. But $224 million in withheld FY2025 funds may expire September 30, and topics are now fixed through FY2029.
Read articleThe 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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