Personnel Preparation of Special Education, Early Intervention, and Related Services Personnel at Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities, and Other Minority Serving Institutions

Overview

This competition includes one absolute priority and two competitive preference priorities. 

This priority is: Personnel Preparation of Special Education, Early Intervention, and Related Services Personnel at Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities, and Minority Serving Institutions.

The purpose of this priority is to prepare and increase the number of personnel who have the necessary qualifications to serve children with disabilities. Under this absolute priority, the Department will fund grantees from HBCUs, TCCUs, and other MSIs ^[3] that use evidence-based strategies to prepare scholars in special education, early intervention, and related services at the bachelor's degree, certification, master's degree, educational specialist degree, or clinical doctoral degree levels to serve in a variety of settings, including natural environments (the home and community settings in which children with and without disabilities participate), early learning programs, child care, classrooms, and schools. This priority will fund grantees to prepare personnel to help address identified needs for personnel with the knowledge and skills to promote high expectations and provide effective evidence-based interventions and services that improve outcomes for children with disabilities.

Within this absolute priority, the Secretary intends to support projects under the following two focus areas: (A) Preparing Personnel to Serve Infants, Toddlers, and Preschool-Age Children with Disabilities; and (B) Preparing Personnel to Serve School-Age Children with Disabilities. 

The competitive preference priorities are:

• Competitive Preference Priority 1: Applications from HBCUs and TCCUs 
• Competitive Preference Priority 2: Applications from New Potential Grantees

[See full NOFO on Federal Register.]
 

ASU may submit only one (1) application under the 84.325M competition. After the posted internal deadline, this opportunity will be first come, first served.

Note: Applicants under this priority may not submit the same proposal under Interdisciplinary Preparation in Special Education, Early Intervention, and Related Services for Personnel Serving Children With Disabilities Who Have High-Intensity Needs, ALN 84.325K. Applicants may submit substantively different proposals under ALN 84.325M and ALN 84.325K. The Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) will not fund similar personnel preparation projects within the same institution of higher education (IHE) across ALN 84.325K and ALN 84.325M competitions.

Estimated Range of Awards: $150,000-$350,000 per year. 

Estimated Average Size of Awards: $250,000 per year. 

Maximum Award: We will not make an award exceeding $1,250,000 per project for a project period of 60 months or an award that exceeds $350,000 for any single budget period.

Estimated Number of Awards: 18

Project Period: Up to 60 months