Institute of Education Sciences (IES): National Center for Education Research (NCER): Research Education Research and Development Center Program

Overview

The Department of Education  is issuing a notice inviting applications for new awards for fiscal year (FY) 2024 for the Education Research and Development Center Program

Purpose of Program: In awarding the grants, the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) intends to provide national leadership in expanding knowledge and understanding of (1) education outcomes for all learners from early childhood education through postsecondary and adult education, and (2) employment and wage outcomes when relevant (such as for those engaged in career and technical, postsecondary, or adult education). IES research grant programs are designed to provide interested individuals and the general public with reliable and valid information about education practices that support learning and improve academic achievement and access to education opportunities for all learners. These interested individuals include parents, educators, learners, researchers, and policymakers. In carrying out its grant programs, IES provides support for programs of research in areas of demonstrated national need.

Competition in This Notice: The IES National Center for Education Research (NCER) is announcing one competition: the education research and development center program.
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 Rural Education.
• Using Generative Artificial Intelligence to Augment Teaching and Learning in Classrooms.
• K–12 Teacher Recruitment and Retention Policy.
• Improving Outcomes in Elementary Science Education.

IES intends to fund four centers, each focused on one of the topics, subject to receiving applications of sufficient quality. The Education Research and Development Center for Improving Outcomes in Elementary Science Education will be supported in part with funding provided by the National Science Foundation’s STEM Education Directorate.

Estimated Range of Awards*

• Improving Rural Education - $1 to $2 million
• K–12 Teacher Recruitment and Retention Policy - $1 to $2 million
• Improving Outcomes in Elementary Science Education - $2 to $3 million
• Using Generative Artificial Intelligence to Augment Teaching and Learning in Classrooms - $1 to $2 million

* These estimates are annual amounts.

These programs do not require cost sharing or matching.

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.