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Research Training Programs in the Education Sciences — 84.305B

Institute of Education Sciences (IES), National Center for Education Research (NCER), U.S. Department of Education

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Funds programmes that prepare people to conduct rigorous education research. For FY 2027 two topics are competed: Early Career Development and Mentoring, and Methods Training for Education Research.

Indicative award
Amount not published (total award)The FY 2027 competition page does not publish a maximum award or duration; those figures appear only in the downloadable Request for Applications.
Timing
Annual cycleAnnual cycle · Aug, Sep, OctPublished deadline: 2026-10-01 — 48 days awayFY 2027 cycle: application package available 6 Aug 2026, optional letter of intent due 3 Sep 2026, applications due 1 Oct 2026 by 11:59:59 pm ET. Applicants notified by 1 Jul 2027; possible start dates 1 Jul–1 Sep 2027.
Who can apply
Early-career faculty, Postdoctoral, Any faculty rank
Eligibility
Applications are submitted by institutions through Grants.gov. The Early Career topic is aimed at early career faculty at higher education institutions and researchers at non-academic research organisations building an education research career; the RFA holds the full eligibility rules.
SSWR clusters
Topics
education research training · early career mentoring · research methods training
Apply at
https://ies.ed.gov/funding/grants/2027/research-training-programs-education-sciences-84-305b
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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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