This page provides quick, easy access to common questions about IES funding opportunities, eligibility, application requirements, and the review process. It is designed to help applicants find essential information and guidance without having to navigate the full funding site.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Yes. However, IES strongly encourages you to submit one. If you miss the deadline for submitting an LOI, contact the appropriate program officer for guidance.
No.
For research grants, an institution may submit multiple applications to a single IES grant program, or to a single topic within a grant program, only if the applications are substantively different from one another.
For research training grants, an institution may submit multiple applications to the NCER and NCSER Early Career Programs as long as the principal investigator is different for each application and there is no overlap in mentors and an institution may submit multiple applications to the NCER and NCSER Methods Training Programs if they are substantively different from one another and have no overlap in key personnel.
Yes. An institution may submit separate applications to more than one program. Submitting an application to any grant program has no bearing on applying to the other grant programs.
Yes. Products derived from IES-funded grants may be copyrighted and used by the grantee for proprietary purposes, but the U.S. Department of Education reserves a royalty-free, non-exclusive, and irrevocable right to reproduce, publish, or otherwise use such products for Federal purposes and to authorize others to do so [2 C.F.R. ยง 200.315(b)(2014); https://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?node=2:1.1.2.2.1.4.30.16&rgn=div8].
It depends. You may apply to any IES grant program if your institution is located outside of the territorial United States except for our training grant programs. IES awards training grants only to institutions within the territorial United States.