The Department of Education (Department) is issuing a notice inviting applications for new awards for 2023 for Personnel Development to Improve Services and Results for Children with Disabilities— Preparation of Special Education, Early Intervention, and Related Services Leadership Personnel.
Donor Name: Department of Education
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 07/07/2023
Size of the Grant: $750,000
Grant Duration: 60 months
Details:
Purpose
The purposes of this program are to (1) help address State-identified needs for personnel preparation in special education, early intervention, related services, and regular education to work with children, including infants and toddlers, with disabilities; and (2) ensure that those personnel have the necessary skills and knowledge, derived from practices that have been determined through scientifically based research and experience, to be successful in serving those children.
Priorities
This competition includes one absolute priority and, within that absolute priority, two competitive preference priorities.
- Absolute Priority: For 2023 and any subsequent year in which they make awards from the list of unfunded applications from this competition, this priority is an absolute priority. This priority is:
- Preparation of Special Education, Early Intervention, and Related Services Leadership Personnel. The Department is committed to promoting equity for children with disabilities to access educational resources and opportunities. The Department also places a high priority on increasing the number of leadership personnel, including increasing the number of multilingual leadership personnel and leadership personnel from racially and ethnically diverse backgrounds, who provide, or prepare others to provide, services to children with disabilities.
- Competitive Preference Priorities: Within this absolute priority, they give competitive preference to applications that address the following priorities.
- Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i), they award an additional 3 points to an application that meets Competitive Preference Priority 1 and an additional 3 points to an application that meets Competitive Preference Priority 2. Applicants should indicate in the abstract if competitive preference priorities are addressed, and which competitive preference priorities are being addressed. These priorities are:
- Competitive Preference Priority 1— Applications from New Potential Grantees
- Competitive Preference Priority 2— Partnership Applications that Include Minority-Serving Institutions (MSIs).
- Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i), they award an additional 3 points to an application that meets Competitive Preference Priority 1 and an additional 3 points to an application that meets Competitive Preference Priority 2. Applicants should indicate in the abstract if competitive preference priorities are addressed, and which competitive preference priorities are being addressed. These priorities are:
Funding Information
- Estimated Available Funds: $9,750,000
- Estimated Range of Awards: $225,000–$250,000 per year for an individual IHE; $450,000–$500,000 per year for a two-IHE partnership application; and $675,000–$750,000 for a three-IHE partnership application.
- Estimated Average Size of Awards: $237,500 per year for an individual IHE; $475,000 per year for a two-IHE group application; and $712,500 per year for a three-IHE group application.
- Project Period: Up to 60 months.
Eligibility Criteria
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Private institutions of higher education.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
