OSERS-OSEP: National Center on Academic Interventions Assistance Listing Number (ALN): 84.326Q
This competition funds a cooperative agreement to create a National Center on Academic Interventions that provides technical assistance, model demonstration, and dissemination activities to improve literacy and mathematics outcomes for children with disabilities.
⚑ Cooperative agreement. · Funds technical assistance, dissemination, and model demonstration; not direct service delivery. · Applicants must follow the 2025 ED Common Instructions. · Broad applicant pool includes IHEs, but also SEAs, LEAs, nonprofits, Tribes, public agencies, and for-profits.
Unit fits — one characterization, each unit's own rules
| IPPRA | 54 partial | education policy/evaluation (core line, primary); signature methods: community engaged, policy analysis, surveys longitudinal; social/behavioral work is substantial; funds technical assistance, not research (capped); capped at 54 (non-research funding) |
| Physical Sciences & Engineering (demo) | 25 weak | technical depth: minor; funds technical assistance (capped) |
| Tom Love Innovation Hub | 5 none | no commercialization signal |
Description
Program Description: The purpose of the Technical Assistance and Dissemination to Improve Services and Results for Children with Disabilities program is to promote academic achievement and to improve results for children with disabilities by providing technical assistance (TA), supporting model demonstration projects, disseminating useful information, and implementing activities that are supported by scientifically based research.
The 2024 National Assessment of Education Progress results illustrate the significant achievement gaps in reading and mathematics for students with disabilities. [1] Local educational agencies (LEAs) and schools need to continuously improve their systems and practices to address achievement gaps of students with disabilities and support educators’ implementation of evidence-based literacy and mathematics instruction that meet the individualized needs of students with disabilities so they are prepared for success in school and postsecondary opportunities. Through this competition and to address these needs, the Department intends to establish a National Center on Academic Interventions.
[1] The National Assessment of Educational Progress (2024). https://www.nationsreportcard.gov/dashboards/achievement_gaps.aspx .
ALN: 84.326Q
Applicants are required to follow the 2025 Common Instructions and Information for Applicants to Department of Education Discretionary Grant Programs , published in the Federal Register on August 29, 2025 (90 FR 42234) and available at ED 2025 Common Instructions .
Note: For new potential grantees unfamiliar with grantmaking at ED, please consult our “ Getting Started with Discretionary Grant Applications ” webpage .
Eligibility
State educational agencies (SEAs); State lead agencies under Part C of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA); LEAs, including public charter schools that are considered LEAs under State law; eligible institutions of higher education (IHEs); other public agencies; private nonprofit organizations; freely associated States and outlying areas; Indian Tribes or Tribal organizations; and for-profit organizations.
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View on Grants.gov → CONTACT: Holly Clark Management and Program Analyst <Celia.Rosenquist@ed.gov>
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