NCSER Announces FY 2022 Research Grant Competition

The National Center for Special Education Research (NCSER) just released a new competition for research on helping children with or at risk for disabilities recover from pandemic-related learning and service loss (see the newsflash summary and link to the actual RFA below). It is not specific to early childhood, but it includes research that covers this early age range. We hope DEC members and partners to consider this opportunity.

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The National Center for Special Education Research (NCSER) in the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) released its funding announcement for Fiscal Year 2022 (FY 2022).

Research to Accelerate Pandemic Recovery in Special Education (84.324X)

This program seeks to address the urgent challenges districts and schools face in supporting students with or at risk for disabilities, their teachers, and their families in the aftermath of the pandemic. Grants will support research that—

• Is directly related to a pandemic-related problem, issue, or intervention (program, policies, practices)

• Has the potential to significantly and rapidly improve outcomes for students with or at risk for disabilities

• Will provide actionable and timely results to districts and schools

There will be two sets of deadlines for this competition:

First deadline

• Application Package will be available on June 15, 2021

• Letters of intent (optional but encouraged) are due June 30, 2021

• Application deadline is August 2, 2021

Second deadline

• Application Package will be available on June 15, 2021

• Letters of intent (optional but encouraged) are due July 15, 2021

• Application deadline is September 9, 2021

Grants awarded through 84.324X will be supported by the American Rescue Plan. Due to limited Research in Special Education funds available for new awards, NCSER will not release any additional competitions in FY 2022.

More information about the IES research programs, application process, and deadlines are available on the IES Funding Opportunities web page.

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