DESE Grant Funding Opportunities (RFP postings)
Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
Massachusetts DESE posts current and previous grant RFPs in a listing searchable by fund code, program name, posting date, or deadline, with awards administered through the EdGrants and GEM$ systems.
- Indicative award
- Amount not published (varies by call)No amounts are published on the grants landing page; the page states amounts and deadlines live in each RFP and in the separate application portal.
- Timing
- Rolling / openNo specific published date recorded. This funder publishes a cycle rather than a date, and this database does not invent one.RFPs post on a rolling basis and are listed with posting dates and deadlines. The page also carries indirect cost rate information relevant to budgeting.
- Who can apply
- Early-career faculty, Mid-career & senior, Any faculty rank, Community organisation, Practitioner
- Eligibility
- Eligibility is defined in each individual RFP rather than on this landing page. Applicants must operate in the EdGrants/GEM$ systems, which require an account and organization record; universities and nonprofits are typically eligible only where a specific fund code names them. Historical RFP requests go to EdGrants@mass.gov.
- SSWR clusters
- Topics
- state education rfps · school programs · grant administration
- Apply at
- https://www.doe.mass.edu/grants/
- This entry
- Curated by the working group. Written 2026-08-07. The funder link has not yet been machine-checked.
Amounts and dates on this page are indicative and are maintained by people rather than scraped. Funders change ceilings, windows and eligibility without notice; confirm all details at the source above before applying.
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