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Find similar grantsSpecial Education Research Grants Program (ALN 84.324A) is sponsored by National Center for Special Education Research (NCSER), Institute of Education Sciences (IES), U.S. Department of Education. This opportunity supports mission-aligned projects and measurable outcomes.
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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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