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1To qualify as an MSI for the purpose of the Early 

Career Mentoring Program, the institution must 

Continued 

implementation of the registration 

statement will allow the Office to 

conserve resources by integrating the 

registration statement with other 

USPTO information systems. Based on 

these considerations, the USPTO 

anticipates that the registration 

statement will first be collected on 

November 1, 2024. Once a new date for 

collection of the registration statement 

is certain, the public will be given at 

least 120 days advance notice. 

However, as stated in the 2020 patent 

fee rule, the USPTO will proceed with 

the voluntary CLE certification 

beginning in the spring of 2022. Prior to 

the implementation of the registration 

statement (i.e., prior to November 1, 

2024), registered patent practitioners 

and individuals granted limited 

recognition to practice in patent matters 

before the Office may voluntarily certify 

their CLE completion in accordance 

with 37 CFR 11.11(a)(3)(i) by logging 

into the Office of Enrollment and 

Discipline Information System— 

Customer Interface (OEDIS–CI), 

available at https://oedci.uspto.gov/ 

OEDCI/SignInServlet. As registered 

patent practitioners and individuals 

granted limited recognition to practice 

in patent matters before the USPTO 

already use the OEDIS–CI system to 

update other information with OED, the 

USPTO believes that it will be efficient 

and convenient for practitioners to make 

the voluntary CLE certification, if they 

wish, through this same system. The 

USPTO will issue more specific 

guidance and instructions for making 

the certification in subsequent months. 

Andrew Hirshfeld, 

Commissioner for Patents, Performing the 

Functions and Duties of the Under Secretary 

of Commerce for Intellectual Property and 

Director of the United States Patent and 

Trademark Office. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–16–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Applications for New Awards; 

Education Research and Special 

Education Research Grant Programs 

AGENCY: Institute of Education Sciences, 

Department of Education. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Education 

(Department) is issuing a notice inviting 

applications for new awards for fiscal 

year (FY) 2022 for the Education 

Research and Special Education 

Research Grant Programs, Assistance 

Listing Numbers (ALNs) 84.305A, 

84.305B, 84.305D, 84.305R, 84.305S, 

and 84.324X. This notice relates to the 

approved information collection under 

OMB control number 4040–0001. 

DATES: The dates when applications are 

available and the deadlines for 

transmittal of applications invited under 

this notice are indicated in the chart at 

the end of this notice and in the 

Requests for Applications (RFAs) that 

are posted at the following websites: 

https://ies.ed.gov/funding, www.ed.gov/ 

programs/edresearch/index.html, and 

www.ed.gov/programs/ 

specialedresearch/index.html. 

ADDRESSES: For the addresses for 

obtaining and submitting an 

application, please refer to our Common 

Instructions for Applicants to 

Department of Education Discretionary 

Grant Programs, published in the 

Federal Register on February 13, 2019 

(84 FR 3768) and available at 

www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2019- 

02-13/pdf/2019-02206.pdf. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The 

contact person associated with a 

particular research competition is listed 

in the chart at the end of this notice, as 

well as in the relevant RFA and 

application package. 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD) or a text 

telephone (TTY), call the Federal Relay 

Service (FRS), toll free, at 1–800–877– 

8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: In awarding 

these grants, the Institute of Education 

Sciences (IES) intends to provide 

national leadership in expanding 

knowledge and understanding of (1) 

developmental and school readiness 

outcomes for infants and toddlers with 

or at risk for a disability, (2) education 

outcomes for all learners from early 

childhood education through 

postsecondary and adult education, and 

(3) employment and wage outcomes 

when relevant (such as for those 

engaged in career and technical, 

postsecondary, or adult education). The 

IES research grant programs are 

designed to provide interested 

individuals and the general public with 

reliable and valid information about 

education practices that support 

learning and improve academic 

achievement and access to education 

opportunities for all learners. These 

interested individuals include parents, 

educators, learners, researchers, and 

policymakers. In carrying out its grant 

programs, IES provides support for 

programs of research in areas of 

demonstrated national need. 

Competitions in This Notice: IES is 

announcing seven research 

competitions through two of its centers: 

The IES National Center for Education 

Research (NCER) is announcing five 

competitions—one competition in each 

of the following areas: Education 

research; education research training; 

systematic replication in education; 

statistical and research methodology in 

education; and using longitudinal data 

to support State education recovery 

policymaking. 

The IES National Center for Special 

Education Research (NCSER) is 

announcing two competitions for 

research to accelerate pandemic 

recovery in special education. 

NCER Competitions 

The Education Research Competition. 

Under this competition, NCER will 

consider only applications that address 

one of the following topics: 

• Career and Technical Education. 

• Civics Education and Social 

Studies. 

• Cognition and Student Learning. 

• Early Learning Programs and 

Policies. 

• Effective Instruction. 

• English Learners. 

• Improving Education Systems. 

• Postsecondary and Adult 

Education. 

• Literacy. 

• Science, Technology, Engineering, 

and Mathematics (STEM) Education. 

• Social and Behavioral Context for 

Academic Learning. 

Note: While NCER is not now 

establishing a separate, stand-alone 

topic area within the Education 

Research Grants competition inviting 

research related to COVID–19 as 

authorized under the American Rescue 

Plan Act of 2021 (ARP), we invite 

applications to the standing topics listed 

above designed to accomplish this 

purpose. If you intend to submit a 

project in one of the topic areas 

identified above that is specifically 

intended to address COVID–19 learning 

loss, we ask that you express or state 

this intention clearly in your proposal 

and on item 4(b) of the SF424 Federal 

Application Assistance Form. 

The Research Training Programs in 

the Education Sciences Competition. 

Under this competition, NCER will 

consider only applications that address 

one of the following topics: 

• Early Career Mentoring Program for 

Faculty at Minority-Serving Institutions 

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already have been certified as an MSI and must be 

on one or more of the following lists: 

• Institutions on the Office of Postsecondary 

Education’s FY21 or FY20 lists of Title III and Title 

V eligible institutions will be considered MSIs. 

• HBCUs listed on the Department’s FY21 or 

FY20 lists of Title III and Title V eligible 

institutions as meeting the criteria of 34 CFR 608.2 

will be considered MSIs. 

• Postdoctoral Research Training 

Program in the Education Sciences. 

• Methods Training for Education 

Researchers. 

Research Grants Focused on 

Systematic Replication. Under this 

competition, NCER will consider only 

applications that address identifying 

what works for whom and under what 

conditions in education through 

systematic replication. 

Statistical and Research Methodology 

in Education. Under this competition, 

NCER will consider only applications 

that address one of the following topics: 

• Regular Grants to support the 

development of new and improved 

methods, toolkits, guidelines, and 

syntheses. 

• Early Career Grants to support the 

development of new and improved 

methods by early career researchers 

with the support of a mentor or advisory 

panel. 

Using Longitudinal Data to Support 

State Education Recovery Policymaking. 

Under this competition, NCER will only 

consider applications that address State 

agencies’ use of their State’s education 

longitudinal data systems as they and 

local education agencies reengage their 

students after the disruptions caused by 

COVID–19. 

NCSER Competitions 

Research to Accelerate Pandemic 

Recovery in Special Education. Under 

these competitions, NCSER will 

consider only applications that directly 

address a pandemic-related problem, 

issue, program, policy, or practice that 

is important to a State or local education 

agency, has the potential to improve 

outcomes significantly and rapidly for 

students with or at risk for disabilities, 

and will provide actionable and timely 

results to districts and schools. NCSER 

will hold two competitions. 

NCSER will not hold any additional 

competitions in FY22. If funding is 

available in FY 2022, the Director 

intends to use the grant slate developed 

in FY 2021 for the Special Education 

Research Grants program to make new 

awards to high-quality applications that 

remain on this slate. 

Exemption From Proposed 

Rulemaking: Under section 191 of the 

Education Sciences Reform Act, 20 

U.S.C. 9581, IES is not subject to section 

437(d) of the General Education 

Provisions Act, 20 U.S.C. 1232(d), and 

is therefore not required to offer 

interested parties the opportunity to 

comment on priorities, selection 

criteria, definitions, and requirements. 

Program Authorities: 20 U.S.C. 9501 

et seq. and the American Rescue Plan 

Act of 2021 (Pub. L. 117–2) Sec. 2010. 

Applicable Regulations: (a) The 

Education Department General 

Administrative Regulations in 34 CFR 

parts 77, 81, 82, 84, 86, 97, 98, and 99. 

In addition, the regulations in 34 CFR 

part 75 are applicable, except for the 

provisions in 34 CFR 75.100, 75.101(b), 

75.102, 75.103, 75.105, 75.109(a), 

75.200, 75.201, 75.209, 75.210, 75.211, 

75.217(a)–(c), 75.219, 75.220, 75.221, 

75.222, 75.230, and 75.708. (b) The 

Office of Management and Budget 

Guidelines to Agencies on 

Governmentwide Debarment and 

Suspension (Nonprocurement) in 2 CFR 

part 180, as adopted and amended as 

regulations of the Department in 2 CFR 

part 3485. (c) The Uniform 

Administrative Requirements, Cost 

Principles, and Audit Requirements for 

Federal Awards in 2 CFR part 200, as 

adopted and amended as regulations of 

the Department in 2 CFR part 3474. 

Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 

86 apply to institutions of higher 

education only. 

Note: The open licensing requirement 

in 2 CFR 3474.20 does not apply for 

these competitions. 

II. Award Information 

Types of Awards: Discretionary grants 

and cooperative agreements. 

Fiscal Information: These 

competitions will be supported with 

funds appropriated through the ARP, as 

well as with regular appropriations for 

IES programs. Note that ARP funds may 

only be used to support activities that 

involve ‘‘research related to addressing 

learning loss caused by the coronavirus 

. . .’’ Although Congress has not yet 

enacted an appropriation for FY 2022, 

IES is inviting applications for these 

competitions now so that applicants can 

have adequate time to prepare their 

applications. The actual level of 

funding, if any, depends on final 

congressional action. In addition, the 

level of available funding may depend 

on IES provision of additional support 

for ongoing grants that have been 

affected by COVID–19. IES may 

announce additional competitions later 

in 2021. 

Estimated Range of Awards: See chart 

at the end of this notice. The size of the 

awards will depend on the scope of the 

projects proposed. 

Estimated Number of Awards: The 

number of awards made under each 

competition will depend on the quality 

of the applications received for that 

competition and the availability of 

funds. 

For all competitions, contingent on 

the availability of funds and the quality 

of applications, we may make additional 

awards in FY 2023 from the list of 

highly-rated unfunded applications 

from the FY 2022 competitions. 

Note: The Department is not bound by 

any estimates in this notice. 

Project Period: See chart at the end of 

this notice. 

III. Eligibility Information 

1. Eligible Applicants: Applicants that 

have the ability and capacity to conduct 

scientifically valid research are eligible 

to apply. Eligible applicants include, 

but are not limited to, nonprofit and forprofit organizations and public and 

private agencies and institutions of 

higher education, such as colleges and 

universities. 

For the Research Training in the 

Education Sciences grant program, 

eligible applicants vary by program 

topic. For the Early Career Mentoring 

Program, applicants must be a minorityserving institution. For the Postdoctoral 

Research Training Program in the 

Education Sciences, applicants must be 

academic institutions located in the 

United States and its territories that 

confer doctoral degrees in fields 

relevant to education. For the Methods 

Training for Education Researchers 

program, applicants must be located in 

the territorial United States and have 

the ability and capacity to conduct 

training in scientific research methods. 

For the Using Longitudinal Data to 

Support State Education Recovery 

Policymaking grant program, eligible 

applicants must be the State agency 

responsible for the education issue, 

program, or policy to be examined. 

Eligible State agencies include the State 

education agency (SEA) responsible for 

the State’s K–12 sector as well as State 

agencies responsible for other specific 

education sectors such as 

prekindergarten, career and technical 

education, postsecondary education, 

and adult education. State agencies may 

apply alone, or in conjunction with 

research organizations such as 

universities and research firms, and/or 

with other appropriate organizations 

(such as other State agencies or local 

education agencies). The State agency 

must be the grantee and must provide 

the Principal Investigator. 

2. Cost Sharing or Matching: These 

programs do not require cost sharing or 

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3. Subgrantees: Under 34 CFR 

75.708(b) and (c) a grantee under this 

competition may award subgrants—to 

directly carry out project activities 

described in its application—to the 

following types of entities: Nonprofit 

and for-profit organizations and public 

and private agencies and institutions of 

higher education. The grantee may 

award subgrants to entities it has 

identified in an approved application. 

IV. Application and Submission 

Information 

1. Application Submission 

Instructions: Applicants are required to 

follow the Common Instructions for 

Applicants to Department of Education 

Discretionary Grant Programs, 

published in the Federal Register on 

February 13, 2019 (84 FR 3768) and 

available at www.govinfo.gov/content/ 

pkg/FR-2019-02-13/pdf/2019-02206.pdf, 

which contain requirements and 

information on how to submit an 

application. 

2. Other Information: Information 

regarding program and application 

requirements for the competitions will 

be contained in the currently available 

IES Application Submission Guide and 

in the NCER and NCSER RFAs, which 

will be available on or before June 30, 

2021, on the IES website at: https://

ies.ed.gov/funding/. The dates on which 

the application packages for these 

competitions will be available are 

indicated in the chart at the end of this 

notice. 

3. Content and Form of Application 

Submission: Requirements concerning 

the content of an application are 

contained in the RFA for the specific 

competition. The forms that must be 

submitted are in the application package 

for the specific competition. 

4. Submission Dates and Times: The 

deadline date for transmittal of 

applications for each competition is 

indicated in the chart at the end of this 

notice and in the RFAs for the 

competitions. 

We do not consider an application 

that does not comply with the deadline 

requirements. 

5. Intergovernmental Review: These 

competitions are not subject to 

Executive Order 12372 and the 

regulations in 34 CFR part 79. 

6. Funding Restrictions: We reference 

regulations outlining funding 

restrictions in the Applicable 

Regulations section of this notice. 

V. Application Review Information 

1. Selection Criteria: For all of its 

grant competitions, IES uses selection 

criteria based on a peer review process 

that has been approved by the National 

Board for Education Sciences. The Peer 

Review Procedures for Grant 

Applications can be found on the IES 

website at https://ies.ed.gov/director/ 

sro/peer_review/application_review.asp. 

For the 84.305A, 84.305D, 84.305R, 

and 84.324X competitions, peer 

reviewers will be asked to evaluate the 

significance of the application, the 

quality of the research plan, the 

qualifications and experience of the 

personnel, the resources of the applicant 

to support the proposed activities, and 

the quality of the dissemination history 

and dissemination plan. These criteria 

will be described in greater detail in the 

RFAs. 

For the 84.305B competition, peer 

reviewers for the early career mentoring 

program will be asked to evaluate the 

significance of the application, the 

quality of the research training plan, the 

quality of the career development plan, 

the qualifications and experience of the 

personnel, the resources of the applicant 

to support the proposed activities, and 

the quality of the dissemination history 

and plan. For the 84.305B competition, 

peer reviewers for the postdoctoral 

training programs will be asked to 

evaluate the significance of the 

application, the quality of the research 

training plan, the qualifications and 

experience of the personnel, and the 

resources of the applicant to support the 

proposed activities. For the 84.305B 

competition, peer reviewers for the 

methods training programs will be 

asked to evaluate the significance of the 

application, the quality of the research 

training plan, the qualifications and 

experience of the personnel, the 

resources of the applicant to support the 

proposed activities, and the quality of 

the dissemination history and plan. 

These criteria are described in greater 

detail in the RFA. 

For the 84.305S competition, peer 

reviewers will be asked to evaluate the 

significance of the application, the 

quality of the research plan, the 

applicability and availability of the data 

to be analyzed, and the quality of the 

plans to disseminate and use the 

findings in State decision-making. 

These criteria are described in greater 

detail in the RFA. 

For all IES competitions, applications 

must include budgets no higher than the 

relevant maximum award as set out in 

the relevant RFA. IES will not make an 

award exceeding the maximum award 

amount as set out in the relevant RFA. 

2. Review and Selection Process: We 

remind potential applicants that in 

reviewing applications in any 

discretionary grant competition, IES 

may consider, under 34 CFR 

75.217(d)(3), the past performance of the 

applicant in carrying out a previous 

award, such as the applicant’s use of 

funds, achievement of project 

objectives, compliance with the IES 

policy regarding public access to 

research, and compliance with grant 

conditions. IES may also consider 

whether the applicant failed to submit 

a timely performance report or 

submitted a report of unacceptable 

quality. 

In addition, in making a competitive 

grant award, IES also requires various 

assurances including those applicable to 

Federal civil rights laws that prohibit 

discrimination in programs or activities 

receiving Federal financial assistance 

from the Department (34 CFR 100.4, 

104.5, 106.4, 108.8, and 110.23). 

3. Risk Assessment and Specific 

Conditions: Consistent with 2 CFR 

200.206, before awarding grants under 

these competitions, the Department 

conducts a review of the risks posed by 

applicants. Under 2 CFR 200.208, IES 

may impose specific conditions and, 

under 2 CFR 3474.10, in appropriate 

circumstances, high-risk conditions on a 

grant if the applicant or grantee is not 

financially stable; has a history of 

unsatisfactory performance; has a 

financial or other management system 

that does not meet the standards in 2 

CFR part 200, subpart D; has not 

fulfilled the conditions of a prior grant; 

or is otherwise not responsible. 

4. Integrity and Performance System: 

If you are selected under this 

competition to receive an award that 

over the course of the project period 

may exceed the simplified acquisition 

threshold (currently $250,000), under 2 

CFR 200.206(a)(2) we must make a 

judgment about your integrity, business 

ethics, and record of performance under 

Federal awards—that is, the risk posed 

by you as an applicant—before we make 

an award. In doing so, we must consider 

any information about you that is in the 

integrity and performance system 

(currently referred to as the Federal 

Awardee Performance and Integrity 

Information System (FAPIIS)), 

accessible through the System for 

Award Management. You may review 

and comment on any information about 

yourself that a Federal agency 

previously entered and that is currently 

in FAPIIS. 

Please note that, if the total value of 

your currently active grants, cooperative 

agreements, and procurement contracts 

from the Federal Government exceeds 

$10,000,000, the reporting requirements 

in 2 CFR part 200, Appendix XII, 

require you to report certain integrity 

information to FAPIIS semiannually. 

Please review the requirements in 2 CFR 

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plus all the other Federal funds you 

receive exceed $10,000,000. 

5. In General: In accordance with the 

Office of Management and Budget’s 

guidance located at 2 CFR part 200, all 

applicable Federal laws, and relevant 

Executive guidance, the Department 

will review and consider applications 

for funding pursuant to this notice 

inviting applications in accordance 

with: 

(a) Selecting recipients most likely to 

be successful in delivering results based 

on the program objectives through an 

objective process of evaluating Federal 

award applications (2 CFR 200.205); 

(b) Prohibiting the purchase of certain 

telecommunication and video 

surveillance services or equipment in 

alignment with section 889 of the 

National Defense Authorization Act of 

2019 (Pub. L. 115–232) (2 CFR 200.216); 

(c) Providing a preference, to the 

extent permitted by law, to maximize 

use of goods, products, and materials 

produced in the United States (2 CFR 

200.322); and 

(d) Terminating agreements in whole 

or in part to the greatest extent 

authorized by law if an award no longer 

effectuates the program goals or agency 

priorities (2 CFR 200.340). 

VI. Award Administration Information 

1. Award Notices: If your application 

is successful, we notify your U.S. 

Representative and U.S. Senators and 

send you a Grant Award Notification 

(GAN); or we may send you an email 

containing a link to access an electronic 

version of your GAN. We may notify 

you informally, also. 

If your application is not evaluated or 

not selected for funding, we notify you. 

2. Administrative and National Policy 

Requirements: We identify 

administrative and national policy 

requirements in the application package 

and reference these and other 

requirements in the Applicable 

Regulations section of this notice. 

We reference the regulations outlining 

the terms and conditions of an award in 

the Applicable Regulations section of 

this notice and include these and other 

specific conditions in the GAN. The 

GAN also incorporates your approved 

application as part of your binding 

commitments under the grant. 

3. Grant Administration: Applicants 

should budget for an annual meeting of 

up to three days for project directors to 

be held in Washington, DC. 

4. Reporting: (a) If you apply for a 

grant under one of the competitions 

announced in this notice, you must 

ensure that you have in place the 

necessary processes and systems to 

comply with the reporting requirements 

in 2 CFR part 170 should you receive 

funding under the competition. This 

does not apply if you have an exception 

under 2 CFR 170.110(b). 

(b) At the end of your project period, 

you must submit a final performance 

report, including financial information, 

as directed by IES. If you receive a 

multiyear award, you must submit an 

annual performance report that provides 

the most current performance and 

financial expenditure information as 

directed by IES under 34 CFR 75.118. 

IES may also require more frequent 

performance reports under 34 CFR 

75.720(c). For specific requirements on 

reporting, please go to www.ed.gov/ 

fund/grant/apply/appforms/ 

appforms.html. 

5. Performance Measures: To evaluate 

the overall success of its education 

research and special education research 

grant programs, IES annually assesses 

the percentage of projects that result in 

peer-reviewed publications and the 

number of IES-supported interventions 

with evidence of efficacy in improving 

learner education outcomes. In addition, 

NCSER annually assesses the number of 

newly developed or modified 

interventions with evidence of promise 

for improving learner education 

outcomes. School readiness outcomes 

include pre-reading, reading, prewriting, early mathematics, early 

science, and social-emotional skills that 

prepare young children for school. 

Student academic outcomes include 

learning and achievement in academic 

content areas, such as reading, writing, 

math, and science, as well as outcomes 

that reflect students’ successful 

progression through the education 

system, such as course and grade 

completion; high school graduation; and 

postsecondary enrollment, progress, and 

completion. Social and behavioral 

competencies include social and 

emotional skills, attitudes, and 

behaviors that are important to 

academic and post-academic success. 

Additional education outcomes for 

students with or at risk of a disability 

(as defined in the relevant RFA) include 

developmental outcomes for infants and 

toddlers (birth to age three) pertaining to 

cognitive, communicative, linguistic, 

social, emotional, adaptive, functional, 

or physical development; and 

developmental and functional outcomes 

that improve education outcomes, 

transition to employment, independent 

living, and postsecondary education for 

students with disabilities. 

6. Continuation Awards: In making a 

continuation award under 34 CFR 

75.253, IES considers, among other 

things: Whether a grantee has made 

substantial progress in achieving the 

goals and objectives of the project; 

whether the grantee has expended funds 

in a manner that is consistent with its 

approved application and budget; 

whether a grantee is in compliance with 

the IES policy regarding public access to 

research; and if IES has established 

performance measurement 

requirements, whether the grantee has 

made substantial progress in achieving 

the performance targets in the grantee’s 

approved application. 

In making a continuation award, IES 

also considers whether the grantee is 

operating in compliance with the 

assurances in its approved application, 

including those applicable to Federal 

civil rights laws that prohibit 

discrimination in programs or activities 

receiving Federal financial assistance 

from the Department (34 CFR 100.4, 

104.5, 106.4, 108.8, and 110.23). 

VII. Other Information 

Accessible Format: On request to the 

program contact person listed under 

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT, 

Individuals with disabilities can obtain 

this document and a copy of the RFA in 

an accessible format. The Department 

will provide the requestor with an 

accessible format that may include Rich 

Text Format (RTF) or text format (txt), 

a thumb drive, an MP3 file, braille, large 

print, audiotape, or compact disc, or 

other accessible format. 

Electronic Access to This Document: 

The official version of this document is 

the document published in the Federal 

Register. You may access the official 

edition of the Federal Register and the 

Code of Federal Regulations at 

www.govinfo.gov. At this site you can 

view this document, as well as all other 

documents of this Department 

published in the Federal Register, in 

text or Portable Document Format 

(PDF). To use PDF you must have 

Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is 

available free at the site. 

You may also access documents of the 

Department published in the Federal 

Register by using the article search 

feature at www.federalregister.gov. 

Specifically, through the advanced 

search feature at this site, you can limit 

your search to documents published by 

the Department. 

Mark Schneider, 

Director, Institute of Education Sciences. 


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ALN and name 

Application 

package 

available 

Deadline for 

transmittal of 

applications 

Estimated 

range of awards * 

Project 

period For further information contact 

National Center for Education Research (NCER) 

84.305A Education Research 6/30/21 9/9/21 $100,000 to $760,000 .... Up to 5 years .... Helyn Kim, Helyn.Kim@

ed.gov. 

D Career and Technical 

Education 

D Civics Education and 

Social Studies.

D Cognition and Student 

Learning.

D Early Learning Programs and Policies.

D Effective Instruction .....

D English Learners .........

D Improving Education 

Systems.

D Postsecondary and 

Adult Education.

D Literacy ........................

D Science, Technology, 

Engineering, and Mathematics Education.

D Social and Behavioral 

Context for Academic 

Learning.

84.305B Research Training 

Programs in the Education 

Sciences 

6/30/21 9/9/21 $100,000 to $312,000 .... Up to 5 years .... Katina Stapleton, 

Katina.Stapleton@ed.gov. 

D Early Career Mentoring 

Program for MSI Faculty. 

D Postdoctoral Research 

Training Program in 

the Education Sciences.

D Methods Training for 

Education Researchers.

84.305D Statistical and Research Methodology in 

Education 

6/15/21 8/12/21 $40,000 to $300,000 ...... Up to 3 years .... Phill Gagne, Phill.Gagne@

ed.gov. 

D Regular 

D Early Career 

84.305R Research Grants 

Focused on Systematic 

Replication.

6/30/21 9/9/21 $400,000 to $900,000 .... Up to 5 years .... Christina Chhin, Christina.Chhin@ed.gov. 

84.305S Using Longitudinal 

Data to Support State Education Recovery Policymaking.

6/15/21 8/12/21 $40,000 to $333,000 ...... Up to 3 years .... Allen Ruby, Allen.Ruby@

ed.gov. 

National Center for Special Education Research (NCSER) 

84.324X–1 Research to Accelerate Pandemic Recovery in Special Education.6/15/21 8/2/21 $500,000 to $1,000,000 Up to 4 years .... Katherine Taylor, Katherine.Taylor@ed.gov. 

84.324X–2 Research to Accelerate Pandemic Recovery in Special Education.6/15/21 9/9/21 $500,000 to $750,000 .... Up to 4 years .... Katherine Taylor, Katherine.Taylor@ed.gov. 

* These estimates are annual amounts. 

Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this notice. 

Note: If you use a TDD or a TTY, call the FRS, toll free, at 1–800–877–8339. 

[FR Doc. 2021–12173 Filed 6–9–21; 8:45 am] 

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