General Overview

Request for Applications

In this announcement, the Institute of Education Sciences (Institute) describes the research grant programs that are funded through the National Center for Education Research. Separate announcements are available on the Institute's website that pertain to the predoctoral and postdoctoral research training programs, evaluation of state and local education policies and programs research program, and national research and development centers funded through the National Center for Education Research and to the discretionary grant competitions funded through the Institute's National Center for Special Education Research (http://ies.ed.gov/ncser).

The Institute invites applications for research projects that will contribute to its education research programs in Reading and Writing; Mathematics and Science Education; Cognition and Student Learning; Teacher Quality—Reading and Writing; Teacher Quality—Mathematics and Science Education; Social and Behavioral Context for Academic Learning; Education Leadership; Programs and Policies; Middle and High School Reform; Interventions for Struggling Adolescent and Adult Readers and Writers; Postsecondary Education; and Education Technology. For the FY 2009 competition, the Institute will consider only applications that meet the requirements outlined below under Research Grant Topics and Requirements of the Proposed Research.