IES Announces 2018 Research Grant Competitions
May 31, 2017
The Institute of Education Sciences (IES) is releasing funding announcements for its Fiscal Year 2018 (FY 2018) competitions for grants from the National Center for Education Research (NCER). The NCER grant programs support a broad range of research designed to build greater understanding of the challenges in education, develop and test solutions, and provide opportunities that strengthen the education research field.
Applications for FY 2018 NCER grants will be accepted in four general areas—Education Research, Education Research and Development Centers, Partnerships and Collaborations Focused on Problems of Practice or Policy, and Low-Cost, Short-Duration Evaluation of Education Interventions. The competitions have been announced in the Federal Register.
More information about the research programs, goals, application process, and deadlines are available on the newly redesigned IES Funding Opportunities web page. Videos with information about the grant programs, application procedures, and grant writing procedures will be available in the coming weeks. Visit the IES website, sign up for the IES news flash or follow IES on Twitter and Facebook to learn more.
NCER Research Programs
Education Research Grants (84.305A): This program seeks to improve the quality of education for all students—prekindergarten through postsecondary and adult education—by supporting rigorous education research and the development of programs and interventions that advance understanding of what works in a wide range of educational topics. In FY 2018, applications will be accepted in 12 topics: Cognition and Student Learning; Early Learning Programs and Policies; Education Leadership; Education Technology; Effective Teachers and Effective Teaching; English Learners; Improving Education Systems; Postsecondary and Adult Education; Reading and Writing; Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education; Social and Behavioral Context for Academic Learning; and three Special Topics (Arts in Education, Career and Technical Education, and Systemic Approaches to Educating Highly Mobile Students). ESTIMATED GRANT AWARD: $100,000– $760,000, APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE: June 22, 2017, APPLICATION DEADLINE: August 17, 2017.
Education Research and Development Centers (84.305C): The mission of the National Education Research and Development (R&D) Centers is to contribute to the production and dissemination of rigorous evidence and products that provide practical solutions to important education problems in the United States. The R&D Centers develop, test, and disseminate new approaches to improve teaching and learning; work cooperatively to conduct supplemental research within its broad topic area; and provide national leadership in defining research and development directions within its topic area. NCER is accepting applications for four R&D Centers—Improving Education Outcomes for Disadvantaged Students in Choice Schools; Improving Rural Education; Writing in Secondary Schools, and Exploring Science Teaching in Elementary School Classrooms. ESTIMATED GRANT AWARD: $1 million – $2 million, APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE: July 13, 2017, APPLICATION DEADLINE: September 21, 2017. (NOTE: Requests for Applications for this program will be released soon)
Partnerships and Collaborations Focused on Problems of Practice or Policy (CFDA 84.305H): IES is committed to building partnerships between researchers and practitioners to conduct relevant research that informs education locally and across the country. This grant program will sponsor grants in two areas. The Researcher-Practitioner Partnerships in Education Research program brings research institutions together with state or local education agencies that have identified a high-priority education issue or problem. These partnerships carry out initial research on that issue and develop a plan for future research. The Evaluation of State and Local Education Programs and Policies program supports efforts to determine the impact of local or state efforts to improve education. The grants will allow for the evaluation of fully-developed programs and policies that the local or state education agency identifies as priorities. The results of these evaluations are not only useful to the state or district that is involved, but also to other states or districts that are using similar programs or policies. ESTIMATED GRANT AWARD: $50,000 – $1 million, APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE: June 22, 2017, APPLICATION DEADLINE: August 17, 2017.
Low-Cost, Short Duration Evaluation of Education Interventions (CFDA 84.305L): The Low-Cost, Short-Duration Evaluation of Education Interventions program is designed to support rigorous evaluations of education interventions that state or local education agencies expect to produce meaningful improvements in student outcomes in a single academic year, and that can be evaluated using administrative data. Projects will be conducted by research institutions and education agencies working together over a two-year period. ESTIMATED GRANT AWARD: $50,000 – $125,000, APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE: June 22, 2017, APPLICATION DEADLINE: August 3, 2017. (NOTE: A second grant competition will be held in early 2018, with applications available on January 11, 2018 and due on March 1, 2018).
Media Contact: Dana Tofig, Communications Director, Institute of Education Sciences, 202-245-8235, dana.tofig@ed.gov