Current Funding Opportunities: Department of Education



Monster.com will report on major funding and grant opportunities; for a full list of FOAs by agency, including those not funded as part of the Recovery Act, please visit www.grants.gov. 

Read an overview of how the Department of Education will allocate funds. The Department of Education publishes a number of guidelines about its grant processes beyond those available under the Recovery Act.

Teacher Quality Partnership Grants

• 50 grants totaling $100 million. The Teacher Quality Partnership program seeks to improve the quality of new teachers working in high-need local educational agencies (LEAs) and high-need schools.  The program aims to create model teacher preparation materials and programs for those qualified to begin teaching.  Projects may also include a school leadership component to train superintendents, principals, early childhood educator program directors and other school leaders in high-need or rural LEAs. Additional initiatives to be supported include the development of digital education content, improvement in the quality of pre-baccalaureate teacher preparation programs, and/or to enhance the quality of pre-service training for prospective teachers.

To read a grant synopsis and download an application go to grants.gov and search on Funding Opportunity Grant Number ED-GRANTS-030909-004.

• On June 3, 2009, the DOE invited applicants to apply for TQP grants.  The notice was published in the Federal Register.


• Application Deadline: July 23, 2009

Teacher Incentive Fund Program

• This grant will support programs that develop and implement performance-based teacher and principal compensation systems based mainly on increases in student achievement in high-needs schools.

To read a grant synopsis and download an application go to grants.gov and search on Funding Opportunity Grant Number ED-GRANTS-030909-005.

Closing date: TBA

Impact Aid Discretionary Fund Program

• Forty grants totaling $60 million. This grant will provide funds for emergency repairs and modernization of schools that receive Impact Aid funds.

To read a grant synopsis and download an application go to grants.gov and search on Funding Opportunity Grant Number ED-GRANTS-030909-003.

Closing date: TBA

 

For more information, go to Department of Education Recovery website.