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Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE): High School Equivalency Program (HEP) Assistance Listing Number 84.141A

Who Can Apply

Eligible Applicants: An IHE or a private nonprofit organization may apply for a grant to operate a HEP project. If a private nonprofit organization other than an IHE applies for a HEP grant, that agency must plan the project in cooperation with an IHE and must propose to operate some aspects of the project with the facilities of that IHE. Note: IHE has the meaning given it in sections 101 and 102 of the HEA. Note: The definitions for “private” and “nonprofit” are in 34 CFR 77.1. 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...

Funding Amounts

Estimated Total Program Funding: Not Available
Award Ceiling: $475,000
Expected Number of Awards: 14
01/22/21 Apply

Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE): College Assistance Migrant Program (CAMP) Assistance Listing Number 84.149A

Who Can Apply

Eligible Applicants: An IHE or a private nonprofit organization may apply for a grant to operate a CAMP project. If a private nonprofit organization other than an IHE applies for a CAMP grant, that agency must plan the project in cooperation with an IHE and must propose to operate the project with the facilities of that IHE. Note: IHE has the meaning given it in section 101 and 102 of the HEA. Note: The definitions for “private” and “nonprofit” are in 34 CFR 77.1. 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...

Funding Amounts

Estimated Total Program Funding: Not Available
Award Ceiling: $475,000
Expected Number of Awards: 14
01/22/21 Apply

Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education (OCTAE): Native American Career and Technical Education Program (NACTEP) Assistance Listing Number 84.101A

Who Can Apply

Eligible Applicants: (a) The following entities are eligible to apply under this competition: (1) A federally recognized Indian Tribe. (2) A Tribal organization. (3) An Alaska Native entity. (4) A Bureau-funded school, except for a Bureau-funded school proposing to use its award to support general education secondary school programs. (b) Any Tribe, Tribal organization, Alaska Native entity, or eligible Bureau-funded school may apply individually or as part of a consortium with one or more eligible Tribes, Tribal organizations, Alaska Native entities, or eligible Bureau-funded schools. (Eligible applicants seeking to apply for funds as a consortium must meet the requirements in 34 CFR 75.127-75.129, which apply to group applications.) ...

Funding Amounts

Estimated Total Program Funding: $15,932,000
Award Ceiling: None
Expected Number of Awards: 35
01/29/21 Apply

OSERS-OSEP: Personnel Development to Improve Services and Results for Children with Disabilities--Improving Retention of Special Education Teachers and Early Intervention Personnel CFDA Number 84.325P

Who Can Apply

Eligible Applicants: SEAs and Part C lead agencies are the only eligible applicants.

Funding Amounts

Estimated Total Program Funding: $2,250,000
Award Ceiling: None
Expected Number of Awards: 9
02/09/21 Apply

OSERS: OSEP: Educational Technology, Media, and Materials for Individuals with Disabilities Program: Stepping-up Technology Implementation Assistance Listing Number 84.327S

Who Can Apply

Eligible Applicants: SEAs; LEAs, including public charter schools that operate as LEAs under State law; IHEs; other public agencies; private nonprofit organizations; freely associated States and outlying areas; Indian Tribes or Tribal organizations; and for-profit organizations. 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...

Funding Amounts

Estimated Total Program Funding: $1,500,000
Award Ceiling: $500,000
Expected Number of Awards: 3
02/22/21 Apply

Institute of Education Sciences (IES): Education Research: Research Networks Focused on Critical Problems of Education Policy and Practice Assistance Listing Number 84.305N

Who Can Apply

Eligible Applicants: Applicants that have the ability and capacity to conduct scientifically valid research are eligible to apply. These include, but are not limited to, nonprofit and for-profit organizations and public and private agencies and institutions of higher education, such as colleges and universities. 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...

Funding Amounts

Estimated Total Program Funding: Not Available
Award Ceiling: None
Expected Number of Awards:
02/25/21 Apply

Institute of Education Sciences (IES): Education Research: Transformative Research in The Education Sciences Assistance Listing Number 84.305T

Who Can Apply

Eligible Applicants: Applicants that have the ability and capacity to conduct scientifically valid research are eligible to apply. These include, but are not limited to, nonprofit and for-profit organizations and public and private agencies and institutions of higher education, such as colleges and universities. 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...

Funding Amounts

Estimated Total Program Funding: Not Available
Award Ceiling: None
Expected Number of Awards:
02/25/21 Apply

Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE): Talent Search Program Assistance Listing Number 84.044A

Who Can Apply

Eligible Applicants: (a) Institutions of higher education, (b) public or private agencies or organizations, including community-based organizations with experience in serving disadvantaged youth, (c) secondary schools, and (d) combinations of such institutions, agencies, and organizations, for planning, developing, or carrying out one or more of the services identified under this program. 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...

Funding Amounts

Estimated Total Program Funding: $171,000,000
Award Ceiling: $277,375
Expected Number of Awards: 473
02/26/21 Apply

Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE): Education Opportunity Centers (EOC) Program Assistance Listing Number 84.066A

Who Can Apply

Eligible Applicants: IHEs; public and private agencies and organizations, including community-based organizations with experience in serving disadvantaged youth; secondary schools; and combinations of such institutions, agencies, and organizations. 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...

Funding Amounts

Estimated Total Program Funding: $55,994,306
Award Ceiling: $1,280,000
Expected Number of Awards: 140
03/01/21 Apply

Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE) Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need (GAANN) Program Assistance Listing Number 84.200A

Who Can Apply

Eligible Applicants: (a) Any academic department of an IHE that provides a course of study that-- (i) Leads to a graduate degree in an area of national need; and (ii) Has been in existence for at least four years at the time of an application for a grant under this competition; or (b) An academic department of an IHE that-- (i) Satisfies the requirements of paragraph (a) of this section; and (ii) Submits a joint application with one or more eligible non-degree-granting institutions that have formal arrangements for the support of doctoral dissertation research with one or more degree-granting institutions.Note: Students are not eligible to apply for grants under this program. Note: If you are a nonprofit organization,...

Funding Amounts

Estimated Total Program Funding: $20,425,000
Award Ceiling: None
Expected Number of Awards: 72
03/01/21 Apply

Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE): Full-Service Community Schools (FCCS) Program Assistance Listing Number 84.215J

Who Can Apply

Eligible Applicants: A consortium of-- (a)(i) One or more LEAs; or (ii) The Bureau of Indian Education; and (b) One or more community-based organizations, nonprofit organizations, or other public or private entities. A consortium must comply with the provisions governing group applications in 34 CFR 75.127 through 75.129. 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...

Funding Amounts

Estimated Total Program Funding: $13,700,000
Award Ceiling: $2,500,000
Expected Number of Awards: 30
03/01/21 Apply

Office of English Language Acquisition (OELA): Native American and Alaska Native Children in School (NAM) Program Assistance Listing Number 84.365C

Who Can Apply

Eligible Applicants: The following entities, when they operate elementary, secondary, or postsecondary schools primarily for Native American children (including Alaska Native children), are eligible applicants under this program: (a) Indian Tribes. (b) Tribally sanctioned educational authorities. (c) Native Hawaiian or Native American Pacific Islander Native language educational organizations. (d) Elementary schools or secondary schools that are operated or funded by the Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Indian Education, or a consortium of these schools. (e) Elementary schools or secondary schools operated under a contract with or grant from the Bureau of Indian Education in consortium with another such school...

Funding Amounts

Estimated Total Program Funding: Not Available
Award Ceiling: None
Expected Number of Awards: 8
03/03/21 Apply

Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS): Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP): for State Personnel Development Grants (SPDG) Program Assistance Listing Number 84.323A

Who Can Apply

Eligible Applicants: An SEA of one of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or an outlying area (United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands). Note: Public Law 95-134, which permits the consolidation of grants to the outlying areas, does not apply to funds received under this competition.

Funding Amounts

Estimated Total Program Funding: $9,202,413
Award Ceiling: None
Expected Number of Awards: 10
03/09/21 Apply

Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE): Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad (GPA) Program Short-Term Project Assistance Listing Number 84.021A

Who Can Apply

Eligible Applicants: (1) IHEs, (2) State educational agencies, (3) private nonprofit educational organizations, and (4) consortia of these entities. Eligible Participants: Citizens, nationals, or permanent residents of the United States, who are (1) faculty members who teach modern foreign languages or area studies at an IHE, (2) teachers in elementary or secondary schools, (3) experienced education administrators responsible for planning, conducting, or supervising programs in modern foreign language or area studies at the elementary, secondary, or postsecondary levels, or (4) graduate students, or juniors or seniors in an IHE, who plan teaching careers in modern foreign languages or area studies.Note: If you are a nonprofit organization, under...

Funding Amounts

Estimated Total Program Funding: $1,000,000
Award Ceiling: $100,000
Expected Number of Awards: 10
03/15/21 Apply

Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE): Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad (GPA) Program Long-Term Project Assistance Listing Number 84.021B

Who Can Apply

Eligible Applicants: (1) IHEs, (2) State educational agencies, (3) private nonprofit educational organizations, and (4) consortia of these entities. Eligible Participants: Citizens, nationals, or permanent residents of the United States, who are (1) faculty members who teach modern foreign languages or area studies at an IHE, (2) teachers in elementary or secondary schools, (3) experienced education administrators responsible for planning, conducting, or supervising programs in modern foreign language or area studies at the elementary, secondary, or postsecondary levels, or (4) graduate students, or juniors or seniors in an IHE, who plan teaching careers in modern foreign languages or area studies. Note: If you are a nonprofit organization, under...

Funding Amounts

Estimated Total Program Funding: $2,532,000
Award Ceiling: $250,000
Expected Number of Awards: 15
03/15/21 Apply

Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE): Innovative Assessment Demonstration Authority (IADA) Assistance Listing Number 84.368A

Who Can Apply

Eligible Applicants: SEAs (as defined in section 8101(49) of the ESEA) and consortia of SEAs that include no more than four SEAs.

Funding Amounts

Estimated Total Program Funding: Not Available
Award Ceiling: None
Expected Number of Awards:
03/16/21 Apply

Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE): Assistance for Arts Education (AAE) Program Assistance Listing Number 84.351A

Who Can Apply

Eligible Applicants: To be considered for an award under this competition, an applicant must-- (a) Be one of the following: (1) An LEA in which 20 percent or more of the students served by the local educational agency are from families with an income below the poverty line ; (2) A consortium of such LEAs; (3) An SEA; (4) An IHE; (5) A museum or cultural institution; (6) The Bureau of Indian Education; (7) An eligible national nonprofit organization; or (8) Another private agency, institution, or organization. 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...

Funding Amounts

Estimated Total Program Funding: $16,500,000
Award Ceiling: None
Expected Number of Awards: 25
03/16/21 Apply

Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE): Equity Assistance Centers Assistance Listing Number 84.004D

Who Can Apply

Eligible Applicants: A public agency (other than a State educational agency or a school board) or a private, non-profit organization. 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...

Funding Amounts

Estimated Total Program Funding: $6,475,000
Award Ceiling: $1,700,000
Expected Number of Awards: 4
03/29/21 Apply

Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS): Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA): Rehabilitation Training: Disability Innovation Fund: Career Advancement Initiative Model Demonstration Project Assistance Listing Number 84.421C

Who Can Apply

Eligible Applicants: State VR agencies or State VR agencies applying as a consortium under 34 CFR 75.128.

Funding Amounts

Estimated Total Program Funding: $110,000,000
Award Ceiling: $18,333,333
Expected Number of Awards: 31
04/07/21 Apply

Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE): Alaska Native Education (ANE) Program Assistance Listing Number 84.356A

Who Can Apply

Eligible Applicants: (a) Alaska Native organizations with experience operating programs that fulfill the purposes of the ANE program; (b) Alaska Native organizations that do not have experience operating programs that fulfill the purposes of the ANE program, but are in partnership with-- (i) An SEA or LEA; or (ii) An Alaska Native organization that operates a program that fulfills the purposes of the ANE program; or (c) An entity located in Alaska, and predominately governed by Alaska Natives, that does not meet the definition of an Alaska Native organization but-- (i) Has experience operating programs that fulfill the purposes of the ANE program; and (ii) Is granted an official charter or sanction from at least one Alaska...

Funding Amounts

Estimated Total Program Funding: $15,592,043
Award Ceiling: None
Expected Number of Awards: 18
04/12/21 Apply

Office of Postsecondary Education: Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund – IHEs 84.425E

Who Can Apply

Eligible Applicants: Please see the information under Formula Allocations at https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ope/caresact.html to determine eligibility. “Students cannot apply for assistance directly from the U.S. Department of Education but should contact their institutions for further information and guidance. Institutions have the responsibility of determining how grants will be distributed to students, how the amount of each student grant is calculated, and the development of any instructions or directions that are provided to students about the grant.”

Funding Amounts

Estimated Total Program Funding: Not Available
Award Ceiling: None
Expected Number of Awards:
04/15/21 Apply

Office of Postsecondary Education: Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund-IHE/Institution 84.425F

Who Can Apply

Eligible Applicants: Please see the information under Formula Allocations at https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ope/caresact.html to determine eligibility. “Students cannot apply for assistance directly from the U.S. Department of Education but should contact their institutions for further information and guidance. Institutions have the responsibility of determining how grants will be distributed to students, how the amount of each student grant is calculated, and the development of any instructions or directions that are provided to students about the grant.”

Funding Amounts

Estimated Total Program Funding: Not Available
Award Ceiling: None
Expected Number of Awards:
04/15/21 Apply

Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE) : Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF) Proprietary Institution Grant Funds for Students Assistance Listing Number 84.425Q

Who Can Apply

Eligible Applicants: Proprietary IHEs, as defined in section 102(b) of the HEA.

Funding Amounts

Estimated Total Program Funding: $680,914,000
Award Ceiling: None
Expected Number of Awards:
04/15/21 Apply

Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS): Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA): American Indian Vocational Rehabilitation Services (AIVRS) Assistance Listing Number 84.250N

Who Can Apply

Eligible Applicants: Applications may be made only by Indian Tribes (and consortia of those Indian Tribes) located on Federal and State reservations. The definition of “Indian Tribe” in section 7(19)(B) of the Rehabilitation Act is “any Federal or State Indian tribe, band, rancheria, pueblo, colony, or community, including any Alaskan native village or regional village corporation (as defined in or established pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act) and a tribal organization (as defined in section 4(1) of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450b(1)).” “Reservation” is defined in 34 CFR 371.6 as “a Federal or State Indian reservation,...

Funding Amounts

Estimated Total Program Funding: $27,086,128
Award Ceiling: None
Expected Number of Awards: 51
04/22/21 Apply

Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE): Office of Indian Education (OIE): Formula Grants To Local Educational Agencies Assistance Listing Number 84.060A

Who Can Apply

Eligible Applicants: The following entities are eligible under this program: certain LEAs, as prescribed by ESEA section 6112(b), including charter schools authorized as LEAs under State law; certain schools funded by the Bureau of Indian Education of the U.S. Department of the Interior (BIE), as prescribed by ESEA section 6113(d); Indian Tribes and IOs under certain conditions, as prescribed by ESEA section 6112(c); and ICBOs, as prescribed by ESEA section 6112(d). Consortia of two or more eligible entities are also eligible under certain circumstances, as prescribed by ESEA section 6112(a)(4).

Funding Amounts

Estimated Total Program Funding: $105,381,000
Award Ceiling: None
Expected Number of Awards: 1300
05/14/21 Apply


   
Last Modified: 01/19/2021