Description
The purpose of the Personnel Preparation of Special Education, Early Intervention, and Related Services Personnel (84.325K) competition is to prepare and increase the number of personnel who have the necessary qualifications to serve children with disabilities. Under this absolute priority, the Department will fund grantees that use evidence-based strategies to prepare scholars in special education, early intervention, and related services at the bachelor’s degree, certification, master’s degree, educational specialist degree, or clinical doctoral degree levels to serve in a variety of settings, including natural environments, early learning programs, child care, classrooms, and schools.
• The competition includes an absolute priority and two competitive preference priorities.
• Eligible applicants include institutions of higher education and private nonprofit organizations.
• The maximum award is $1,250,000 per project for a project period of 60 months, and the minimum award is $350,000 for any single budget period.
• Applications must be submitted electronically through the Grants.gov ‘‘APPLY’’ function by 11:59:59 p.m. Eastern time July 2, 2026.