Assistance program
Education Research, Development and Dissemination
$1.3 Billion committed in FY2018–FY2026
- Agency
- Institute of Education Sciences, Education, Department of
- Assistance
- Project Grants (Contracts)
- CFDA number
- 84.305
- What it does
- To support research activities that improve the quality of education and, thereby, increase student academic achievement, reduce the achievement gap between high-performing and low-performing students, and increase access to and completion of postsecondary education.
- Who benefits
- Institutions and individuals involved with education will benefit.
- Who applies
- Applicants that have the ability and capacity to conduct scientifically valid research are eligible to apply. Eligible applicants include, but are not limited to, non-profit and for-profit organizations and public and private agencies and institutions, such as colleges and universities. SBIR contract awards are limited to eligible small businesses.
- Authorized by
- Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002, Title I, Parts A, B and D, Sections 133 and 172
- Program site
- http://ies.ed.gov/ncer. ↗
Committed by fiscal year
* FY2026 is year-to-date — the fiscal year is still in progress, so its total is still filling in. The striped band and dashed line mark that provisional stretch.
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- Committed through this program
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