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Investing in Innovation Fund (i3) - Scale-Up Grants
Development, Validation and Scale-up grants are available through this Department of Education program that supports innovative projects to improve K-12 education.
Investing in Innovation Fund (i3) - Validation Grants
Development, Validation and Scale-up grants are available through this Department of Education program that supports innovative projects to improve K-12 education.
School Leadership Program
Funds from this Department of Education program will assist high-need LEAs in recruiting and training principals and assistant principals.

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Arts in Education Development & Dissemination Grants
This Department of Education program supports the enhancement, expansion, documentation, evaluation and dissemination of innovative education models that integrate arts education into core curricula.
Building State Capacity for Preventing Youth Substance Use and Violence
The purpose of this Department of Education program is to build capacity, support collaboration between State Educational Agencies and other state agencies, and prevent youth substance use and violenc
Carol M. White Physical Education Program
This program provides grants to local educational agencies and community-based organizations to initiate, expand and improve physical education for students in grades K-12.
College Assistance Migrant Program (CAMP)
The Dept of Ed offers as much as $425,000 for projects that provide academic and financial support for the continued education of farmworkers and their children.
Comprehensive Centers Program
The DOE plans to award $50M to establish 22 Comprehensive Centers supporting schools in their effort to improve low performance, educational outcomes, and quality of instruction.
Emergency Management for Higher Education Grant Program
This Department of Education program intends to increase the capacity of institutions of higher education to prevent, mitigate, prepare for, respond to and recover from emergency events.
Foreign Language Assistance Program - Local Educational Agencies with Institutions of Higher Education
Applicants to this Department of Education program must propose projects that establish, improve or expand foreign language learning in K-12 education.
Foreign Language Assistance Program - State Educational Agencies
This Department of Education program provides grants to state educational agencies for innovative model programs that provide for the establishment, improvement or expansion of foreign language study.
Full-Service Community Schools Program
This collaborative program from the Department of Education intends to provide comprehensive academic, social and health services that will result in improved educational outcomes.
Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education - Comprehensive Program
The comprehensive program of this funding opportunity supports reforms, innovations and significant improvements of postsecondary education that respond to problems of national significance.
Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP)
This Department of Education program provides funding to states for programs that prepare students for postsecondary education. Awards will range from $500,000 to $5,000,000.
Gulf Coast Recovery Grant Initiative
The purpose of this Department of Education initiative is to assist local educational agencies in improving education in areas affected by Hurricanes Katrina, Ike or Gustav.
High School Equivalency Program (HEP)
Applicants to this program can receive funding to help migrant and seasonal farm workers obtain a general education diploma, find jobs and gain entry to postsecondary education or training.
High School Graduation Initiative
The High School Graduation Initiative awards grants to state and local educational agencies to implement effective, sustainable and coordinated dropout prevention and reentry programs in schools.
Improving Literacy Through School Libraries
From the U.S. Department of Education, this program seeks to improve student literacy and academic achievement by improving school libraries.
Improving Literacy Through School Libraries Program
Through this program, the Department of Education provides funding to improve student reading skills by updating school library materials, technology and staff.
Indian Education Professional Development Grants Program
The DOE will grant 6 awards of up to $3.3 million for professional development projects targeting Indian educators to attract and retain highly qualified teachers.
Innovative Approaches to Literacy Program
The DOE will make awards totaling $28 million for projects that use innovative high-quality programs and materials designed to increase K-12 student achievement.
International Research and Studies Program (IRS)
Through this program, the Department of Education supports the development of instructional materials to improve and strengthen instruction in modern foreign languages and other international fields.
Investing in Innovation Fund (i3) - Development Grants
Development, Validation and Scale-up grants are available through this Department of Education program that supports innovative projects to improve K-12 education.
Language Resource Centers Program
Applicants to this Department of Education program can receive funding to improve capacity for teaching and learning foreign languages at institutions of higher education.
Magnet Schools Assistance Program
DOE will make grants of up to $4 million to LEAs to develop and implement magnet schools that promote innovation, diversity and increase opportunities for students.
Migrant Education Program (MEP) Consortium Incentive Grants Program
The US Dept of Edu will award $3 million over 47 awards for programs designed to improve the delivery of services to migrant children whose education is interrupted.
Minority Science and Engineering Improvement Program
DOE will award a maximum of $300,000 for projects designed to increase the number of underrepresented minorities and women in science and technology careers.
Personnel Development to Improve Services and Results for Children with Disabilities
Funds from this Department of Education program are intended to address the need for qualified special education personnel and ensure that those personnel are well-equipped to serve students.
Personnel Development to Improve Services and Results for Children with Disabilities - Paraprofessional Preservice Program Improvement Grants
This Department of Education program will fund projects that improve preservice programs for paraprofessionals who serve children with disabilities.
Predominantly Black Institutions Formula Grant Program
Through this program, the Department of Education makes grant awards to predominantly black institutions of higher education to enhance their capacity to serve more low- and middle-income students.
Professional Development for Arts Educators Program
This U.S. Department of Education program supports the implementation of professional development programs for K-12 arts educators and instructional staff in high-poverty schools.
Promise Neighborhoods -- Implementation Grants
This Department of Education program will award over $27 million to 5-7 projects that will transform communities and center them around schools.
Promise Neighborhoods -- Planning Grants
This Department of Education program will award $7 million to 15 applicants that will create plans to transform communities and center them around schools.
Race To The Top
This Department of Education program supports Local Educational Agencies making significant progress in innovative education reform and in closing student achievement gaps.
Race To The Top -- Early Learning Challenge (RTT-ELC) Program
$133 million is available to 5 states (CO, IL, NM, OR, and WI) Departments of Education for bold, comprehensive plans to reform early childhood education.
Race To The Top -- Early Learning Challenge (RTT-ELC) Program
$133 million is available to 5 states (CO, IL, NM, OR, and WI) Departments of Education for bold, comprehensive plans to reform early childhood education.
Readiness and Emergency Management for Schools Program
This Department of Education program provides funds to LEAs to strengthen and improve their emergency response and crisis plans at both the district and school levels.
School Turnaround AmeriCorps
DOE and CNCS will make grants of up to $1 million supporting projects that increase education achievement, high school graduation rates and college readiness.
School Turnaround AmeriCorps
DOE and CNCS will make grants of up to $1 million supporting projects that increase education achievement, high school graduation rates and college readiness.
Small Business Innovation Research Program
DOE will make grants of up to $1.05 million for the research and development of education technology products, including educational games.
State Personnel Development Grants Program
The purpose of this Department of Education program is to assist state educational agencies in improving professional development for teachers of children with disabilities.
Statewide, Longitudinal Data Systems Program
This Department of Education program provides funding to state educational agencies to develop data systems that analyze and use student data. Deadline: 1/13/12.
Strengthening Institutions Program
The U.S. DOE will make grants of up to $2 million for projects using new and innovative technologies to help institutions of higher education expand their capacity to serve low-income students.
Striving Readers Comprehensive Literacy Grant Program
The purpose of this Department of Education program is to advance literacy skills for students from birth through grade 12. Grants will be made to SEAs, who are required to subgrant the funds.
Supporting Effective Educator Development
This Department of Education program provides funding for projects that recruit, select, and prepare or provide professional development activities for teachers and principals. Deadline: 4/15/13.
Teacher Incentive Fund
This Department of Education program supports projects that develop and implement performance-based teacher and principal compensation systems in high-need schools.
Teaching American History
This Department of Education program supports projects that improve the quality of instruction of traditional American history in K-12 schools and raise student achievement.
Technology and Media Services for Individuals with Disabilities - Steppingstones of Technology Innovation for Children with Disabilities
By promoting the development, demonstration and use of technology, this Department of Education program intends to improve results for young people with disabilities.
Technology and Media Services for Individuals with Disabilities - Television Access
This Department of Education program funds projects that improve educational television access for people with disabilities.
Technology and Media Services for Individuals with Disabilities – Stepping-Up Technology Implementation
DOE will award 6 grants of up to $500,000 for projects that identify and implement innovative technology tools that benefit K-12 students with disabilities.
Training for Realtime Writers Program
U.S. Dept of Edu will award $1,068,870 across four awards for projects that use new and innovative technologies to promote the training and education of realtime writers for closed captioning.
Transition to Teaching
This Department of Education program supports the recruitment and retention of new teachers through the development of alternative routes to certification.
Transition to Teaching Grant Program
This Department of Education program encourages the development and expansion of alternative routes to full state teacher certification as well as the recruitment and retention of new teachers.