IES FY25 Education Research Grants Competition applications due Sept. 12
- Letters of intent deadline (optional but encouraged): Thursday, June 27
- Application deadline: Thursday, Sept. 12
The National Center for Education Research released a funding announcement for a fiscal year 2025 grant competition in education research.
Education Research Grants (84.305A): This program seeks to expand the understanding of what works for whom, in what context, and why to provide reliable information about how to improve education outcomes for learners at all levels, including early childhood, elementary, secondary, postsecondary, and adult education. Grants support the development and validation of assessments to support education research and practice; exploratory research to build conceptual frameworks and generate hypotheses to guide future applied research; the development and pilot testing of innovative programs, practices, and policies; and impact studies—initial efficacy, replication, and follow-up studies—to determine the benefits of programs, practices, and policies for learner education outcomes.
This research program invites applications in 11 education topic areas:
- Career and technical education
- Civics education and social studies
- Cognition and student learning
- Early learning programs and policies
- English learner policies, programs, and practices
- Improving education systems, including policies, finance, organization, management, and leadership
- Literacy
- Postsecondary and adult education
- Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education
- Social, emotional, and behavioral context for teaching and learning
- Teaching, teachers, and the education workforce
More information about the IES research programs, application process, and deadlines are available on the IES funding opportunities webpage. IES will announce additional competitions later in 2024.
The pre-award team in the Office of Research and Graduate Education requests that faculty contact us as soon as possible to submit an LOI and application or partner with another institution. We look forward to working with you to prepare your submission.