Open - applications due October 1, 2026 at 11:59:59 PM EDT.Atlas Opportunity Score 48/100
U.S. Department of Education IES/NCER Research Training Programs in the Education Sciences – ED-GRANTS-080626-001
Open FY 2027 IES education-research training competition. The September 3, 2026 Letter of Intent deadline has passed; applications remain due October 1, 2026 at 11:59:59 PM ET; competition maximum $800,000 with topic-specific caps.
FundingUp to $800,000 competition maximum; Early Career base cap $500,000 with up to $200,000 additional grant-administration support for qualifying non-R1 institutions; Methods Training cap $800,000
DeadlineOctober 1, 2026 at 11:59:59 PM ET; Letter of Intent due September 3, 2026
Last verifiedSeptember 29, 2026
Required next actionThe September 3, 2026 Letter of Intent date has passed. Qualified applicants should review the FY 2027 84.305B RFA and IES submission guide and file the complete Grants.gov application by October 1, 2026 at 11:59:59 PM Eastern Time.
Broad Eligibility
Topic-specific. Early Career supports eligible early-career investigators at institutions of higher education or non-academic research organizations. Methods Training applicants must be located in the territorial United States and have the ability and capacity to conduct training in scientific research methods for education research.
Atlas Analysis
Atlas Opportunity Score 48/100. IES/NCER's FY 2027 Research Training Programs in the Education Sciences competition supports training and mentoring that prepares individuals to conduct rigorous and relevant education research. For FY 2027, IES lists Early Career Development and Mentoring and Methods Training for Education Research as the two competition areas. The application deadline is October 1, 2026 at 11:59:59 PM EDT.
The U.S. Department of Education’s Institute of Education Sciences (IES), National Center for Education Research (NCER), is accepting FY 2027 applications for Research Training Programs in the Education Sciences, ALN 84.305B. The competition supports new approaches to train and mentor education researchers and strengthen rigorous, relevant education research.
IES is competing two FY 2027 programs: Early Career Development and Mentoring and Methods Training for Education Research. The Letter of Intent deadline was September 3, 2026 and has passed. Applications remain due October 1, 2026 at 11:59:59 PM Eastern Time. The Federal Register sets the competition maximum at $800,000. The controlling RFA further specifies a $500,000 Early Career base cap, with qualifying non-R1 institutions able to request up to $200,000 in additional grant-administration support, and an $800,000 Methods Training cap.
Eligible applicants vary by topic and include institutions with the capacity to conduct education research or scientific research-methods training. The RFA includes academic and non-academic research settings and encourages participation by state and local education agency research staff.
Atlas assessment: 48/100. N9+ Fit Score: 15/100. This is an education-research workforce and methods-training program rather than a clinical-care, telehealth, medical-device, or healthcare-service funding mechanism. Atlas is publishing it for national education intelligence without initiating N9+/QC applicant outreach or vendor capture.
Source verificationOfficial government source · ies.ed.govAtlas last verified this record September 29, 2026. Always use the funder's current application materials, amendments and portal instructions as the controlling source.View source and application materials ↗
