ED Opens IES Education Research and Special Education Research Competitions
The U.S. Department of Education (ED) has announced the following competitions for its Education Research and Special Education Research Grant Programs through the Institute of Education Sciences (IES):
| FON/Grants.gov link | Program | Deadline |
| ED-GRANTS-061021-004 | Institute of Education Sciences (IES): Research Grants Focused on Systemic Replication Assistance Listing Number (ALN) 84.305R | 09/09/2021 |
| ED-GRANTS-061021-002 | Institute of Education Sciences (IES): Research Training Programs in the Education Sciences Assistance Listing Number (ALN) 84.305B | 09/09/2021 |
| ED-GRANTS-061021-001 | Institute of Education Sciences (IES): Education Research Assistance Listing Number (ALN) 84.305A | 09/09/2021 |
| ED-GRANTS-061021-005 | Institute of Education Sciences (IES): Institute of Education Sciences (IES): Using Longitudinal Data to Support State Education Recovery Policy Making Assistance Listing Number (ALN) 84.305S | 08/12/2021 |
| ED-GRANTS-061021-003 | Institute of Education Sciences (IES): Statistical and Research Methodology in Education Assistance Listing Number (ALN) 84.305D | 08/12/2021 |
| ED-GRANTS-061021-007 | Institute of Education Sciences (IES): Research to Accelerate Pandemic Recovery in Special Education Assistance Listing Number (ALN) 84.324X-2 | 08/02/2021 |
| ED-GRANTS-061021-006 | Institute of Education Sciences (IES): Research to Accelerate Pandemic Recovery in Special Education Assistance Listing Number (ALN) 84.324X-1 | 08/02/2021 |
Note that special education research is limited to Research to Accelerate Pandemic Recovery in Special Education Assistance at this time and not the wider range of topics available in previous rounds. More information is available in the Grants.gov links embedded above, the Federal Register announcement (including a table with the opening and closing dates for the various competitions) and at the following websites: https://ies.ed.gov/funding, www.ed.gov/programs/edresearch/index.html, and www.ed.gov/programs/specialedresearch/index.html. IES may announce additional competitions later in 2021.
Also of note, ED has also opened competition for two types of Education Innovation and Research (EIR) Program grants – Expansion Phase Grants and Mid-Phase Grants. Applications for both types of grants are due July 7, 2021. The EIR program provides funding to create, develop, implement, replicate, or take to scale entrepreneurial, evidence-based, field-initiated innovations to improve student achievement and attainment for high-need students; and rigorously evaluate such innovations. See the embedded links above and the program website for details.