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FY 2022 Requests for Applications Closed

To complete and submit an FY 2022 application, you need to —

1. Review the IES Application Submission Guide
2. Review the Request for Applications for the relevant competition
3. Download and complete the Application Package for the relevant competition

IES Application Submission & Review

The IES Application Submission Guide provides information on how to prepare and submit applications electronically through Grants.gov.

PDF File Download, view, & print the Application Submission Guide as a PDF (687 KB)

Curious about what happens to your application after it is submitted to Grants.gov? Check out our new videos about the review process:

  • In After Submitting an IES Application, the IES Office of Science, which oversees the peer review of grant applications, describes what happens to your IES grant application after you submit it to Grants.gov.
  • In IES Peer Review Panel Discussions, the IES Office of Science invites you to take an inside look at a peer review panel meeting for grant applications submitted to NCER and NCSER.

FY 2022 Requests for Applications

The various Requests for Applications describe the substantive requirements for research and research training applications. IES will post the FY 2022 Requests for Applications on this page as they become available.

Education Research and Training Grant Programs —

  • Education Research (FY 2022) – 84.305A Closed
    Application deadline | September 9, 2021
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  • Research Training Programs in the Education Sciences (FY 2022) – 84.305B Closed
    Application deadline | September 9, 2021
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  • Statistical and Research Methodology in Education (FY 2022) – 84.305D Closed
    Application deadline | August 12, 2021
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  • Research Networks Focused on Critical Problems of Education Policy and Practice (FY 2022) – 84.305N Closed
    Application Deadline | March 10, 2022
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  • Research Grants Focused on Systematic Replication (FY 2022) – 84.305R Closed
    Application deadline | September 9, 2021
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  • Using Longitudinal Data to Support State Education Recovery Policymaking (FY 2022) – 84.305S Closed
    Application deadline |  August 12, 2021
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  • Improving Pandemic Recovery Efforts in Education Agencies (FY 2022) – 84.305X Closed
    Application Deadline | March 10, 2022
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FY 2021 and FY 2022 Special Education Research and Training Grant Programs —

* A revised version of the 84.305B RFA was posted on 7/16/2021 to clarify MSI eligibility and the annual maximum for mentor stipends for the Early Career Mentoring Program for Faculty at Minority Serving Institutions.

** A revised version of the 84.305R RFA was posted on 7/22/2021 to clarify the requirements under Section B. General Requirements, 4. Interventions on page 4 of the RFA.

*** A revised version of the 84.305X RFA was posted on 2/16/2022 to clarify that the network-wide dissemination plan should be discussed under Network Lead Activities (and additional information on this dissemination plan can be placed in Appendix A), the use of the other Appendices, and the Review Criteria for Network Lead applications. The revision also states that all applications (Network Lead and Research Teams) should budget for one in-person network meeting a year.

FY 2022 Grants.Gov Application Packages

Grants.gov Application Packages provide all the forms that you must complete and submit to apply for the funding opportunities listed on this page.

Application Packages will be available on https://www.grants.gov/

To find the correct downloadable Application Package, you must first search by the ALN number for your Request for Applications without the alpha suffix. Use 84.305 for RFAs associated with Education Research and Research Training Programs in the Education Sciences competed by the National Center for Education Research. Use 84.324 for RFAs associated with Special Education Research competed by the National Center for Special Education Research. The search will yield more than one package. Select the package for the competition and deadline to which you are applying. See the relevant Request for Applications for further details.

Warning: As a reminder, your institution must be registered in SAM.gov and Grants.gov before you can submit an application to IES.

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For general inquires, contact the Institute of Education Sciences. For questions about specific FY 2022 funding opportunities, contact the National Center for Education Research or the National Center for Special Education Research. IES also offers a series of webinars related to research funding opportunities. For more information regarding webinar topics, browse here.

For assistance with downloading or submitting your application package through Grants.gov, contact the Grants.gov customer support team at support@grants.gov, https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/support.html, or 1-800-518-4726.