Unsolicited Grant Opportunities

Overview

<p class="btn btn-gold btn-block">Note: You may submit a prospectus at any time during the fiscal year. However, to be assured consideration for funding in FY 2022 </p> <p class="btn btn-gold btn-block"><span style="font-size:1em">(endin</span><span style="font-size:1em">g </span>September 30, 2022), your prospectus must be received by 8:00 pm Eastern time on March 31, 2022.</p> <p>The Institute of Education Sciences (IES) will consider unsolicited applications for research, evaluation, and statistics projects that would make significant contributions to the mission of the organization. Our mission is to expand fundamental knowledge and understanding of education and to provide parents, education leaders and practitioners, researchers, and the general public with unbiased, reliable, and useful information about the condition and progress of education in the United States; about education policies, programs, and practices that support learning, improve academic achievement, and increase access to education opportunities for all students; and about the effectiveness of Federal and other education programs. In addition, as appropriate to the type of project proposed and the status of our Standards for Excellence in Education Research (SEER) development at the time of prospectus submission, we expect applicants to address as many SEER standards and recommendations as possible. Information about SEER is found here: <a href="https://ies.ed.gov/seer.asp">https://ies.ed.gov/seer.asp</a>.</p&gt; <p>Under this announcement, we will consider applications for projects that are not eligible under our FY2022 grant competitions, both open and closed, described at <a href="https://ies.ed.gov/funding/">https://ies.ed.gov/funding/</a&gt;. The applicant must demonstrate that the project was not eligible under one of our FY2022 grant competitions. In addition, we do not provide funds for projects that consist solely of program delivery or the provision of services to students. Activities supported by IES must be relevant to U.S. schools.</p>