Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE): Comprehensive Centers Program: National Comprehensive Center on Improving Literacy for Students with Disabilities; ALN 84.283D
Grant Opportunity Analysis
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Elementary and Secondary Education is seeking a cooperative agreement to establish a National Comprehensive Center on Improving Literacy for Students with Disabilities under Assistance Listing 84.283D. The center will provide capacity-building services to state, regional, and local educational agencies and schools to improve literacy outcomes for students with disabilities, including those with dyslexia or developmental delays affecting reading, writing, language processing, comprehension, or executive functioning. The competition seeks one content center and includes an absolute priority for establishing the NCIL, with selection criteria focused on project significance, quality of design, and management plan; grantees must develop client-driven service plans, implement performance management, and participate in a national evaluation. The estimated total program funding is $1.485 million, the award ceiling is $1.5 million, the application deadline is June 30, 2026, and questions may be directed to Dr. Michelle Daley at OESE.ComprehensiveCenters@ed.gov or (202) 987-1057.
Eligible Applicants
Research organizations, institutions, agencies, institutions of higher education (IHEs), or partnerships among such entities, or individuals, with the demonstrated ability or capacity to carry out the activities described in this notice, including regional entities that carried out activities under the Educational Research, Development, Dissemination, and Improvement Act of 1994 (as such Act existed on the day before November 5, 2002) and title XIII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (as such title existed on the day before January 8, 2002). A group of eligible entities may apply as a consortium, in accordance with the requirements in 34 CFR 75.127-129.