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Education Research Grants

Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education

TraditionalFederal grant

The main federal source for education research, structured around exploration, development, efficacy and replication. The natural home for school social work and school-based intervention work.

Indicative award
$100k–$4M (total award)Scales sharply with project type — exploration and development awards are a fraction of an efficacy trial.
Timing
Annual cycleAnnual cycle · AugNo specific published date recorded. This funder publishes a cycle rather than a date, and this database does not invent one.Annual competitions announced in the Request for Applications; timing moves with appropriations.
Who can apply
Early-career faculty, Mid-career & senior, Any faculty rank
Eligibility
US institutions. The goal structure is strict: proposing an efficacy trial without the development work behind it is the standard reason for a low score.
SSWR clusters
Special Interest Groups
Topics
education research · efficacy trial · replication · school-based intervention
Apply at
https://ies.ed.gov/funding
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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