Institute of Education Sciences (IES): National Center for Education Research (NCER): Research Education Research and Development Center Program, Assistance Listing Number (ALN) 84.305C

Overview

The Department of Education is issuing a notice inviting applications for new awards for fiscal year (FY) 2025 for the Education Research and Development Center Program

Purpose of Program: Through the Education Research and Development Center Program, the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) funds Research and Development (R&D) centers to conduct a focused program of research that will contribute to solving a specific education problem and generate new knowledge in their topic area; provide national leadership, research training, capacity building, and outreach within their topic area; and conduct relatively rapid research and scholarship on supplemental questions that emerge within their topic area.

Competition in This Notice: The IES National Center for Education Research (NCER) is announcing one competition: The Education Research and Development Center Program (ALN 84.305C).Under this competition, NCER will consider only applications that address one of the following topics: 

• Improving Gifted Education. 

• Using Generative Artificial Intelligence to Improve Instruction in Postsecondary Education.

Estimated Number of Awards: IES intends to fund one award under the Improving Gifted Education topic and one award under the Using Generative Artificial Intelligence to Improve Instruction in Postsecondary Education topic. 

IES may consider making additional awards to high-quality applications under the Using Generative Artificial Intelligence to Improve Instruction in Postsecondary Education topic that remain unfunded after one award is made should resources permit. However, the number of awards made under each topic will depend on the quality of the applications received for that topic and the availability of funds. 

Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this notice. Project Period: The maximum project period is as follows:
• 5 years for Improving Gifted Education.
• 5 years for Using Generative Artificial Intelligence to Improve Instruction in Postsecondary Education.

Award Information
Types of Awards: Cooperative agreements.
Fiscal Information: Although Congress has not yet enacted an appropriation for FY 2025, IES is inviting applications for this competition now so that applicants can have adequate time to prepare their applications. The actual level of funding, if any, depends on final congressional action. 

Although Congress has not yet enacted an appropriation for FY 2025, IES is inviting applications for this competition now so that applicants can have adequate time to prepare their applications should Congress appropriate funds for this program. The Using Generative Artificial Intelligence to Improve Instruction in Directorate.

Subgrantees: Under 34 CFR 75.708(b) and (c) a grantee under this competition may award subgrants—to directly carry out project activities described in its application—to the following types of entities: nonprofit and for-profit organizations and public and private agencies and institutions of higher education. The grantee may award subgrants to entities it has identified in an approved application