Notice Announcing From Seedlings to Scale and Transformative Research in Special Education Grants Programs

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Education AGENCY: Department of Education. ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: The Institute of Education Sciences (IES) at the U.S. Department of Education (ED) is soliciting applications for new awards of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 From Seedlings to Scale and Transformative Research in Special Education grants programs, Assistance Listing Numbers (ALNs) 84.305J and 84.324T. DATES: Complete proposals must be submitted electronically through the Grants.gov “APPLY” function by 11:59:59 p.m. Eastern time December 11, 2026. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Akilah Nelson for the 84.305J From Seedlings to Scale Grants Program. Telephone: (202) 804-7493. Email. Akilah.Nelson@ed.gov . Courtney Pollack for the 84.324T Transformative Research in Special Education. Telephone: (202) 987-0071. Courtney.Pollack@ed.gov . SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FY 2027 application notices and instructions include program foci, requirements, and scientific peer review criteria for each competition listed below. IES is announcing the following competitions: National Center for Education Research (NCER) Competition: From Seedlings to Scale Grants Program (ALN 84.305J) . Under this competition, NCER will consider only Phase One applications that address the “C-STEP—Coordinating Systems to Translate Evidence into Policy and Practice” focus area. National Center for Special Education Research (NCSER) Competition: Transformative Research in Special ( printed page 66321) Educ…