Education · Active
Research in Special Education · ED · Sparse NOFO · mid band
Research in Special Education (CFDA 84.324) - federal assistance administered by U.S. Department of Education (ED), catalogued in the SAM.gov Assistance Listings.
- $100K–$2M
- Typical award range
- 2
- Indexed opportunities
- 2
- Open now
- ED
- Administering agency
The verdict
According to indexed Grants.gov opportunity volume among active SAM.gov programs on PlainGrants, Research in Special Education ranks #79 of 504, #2 of 77 within ED, and #70 of 93 among Education programs by listed funding ceiling. Across 504 active programs, 47.041 leads by opportunity count (319, funding-ceiling rank #249) ≠ 66.054 leads by funding ceiling ($7.0 billion, opportunity rank #326). CFDA 84.324 is an active Education program with 2 indexed Grants.gov opportunities. Of the 20 most recent listings shown here, 2 are open for application.
- $100K–$2M
- typical award range (SAM.gov)
- October 1
- next application deadline
- $1.2 million
- largest award ceiling indexed
- 18%
- of the catalog is Education
Research in Special Education · lower-band quiet listing (#368/502 by ceiling)
Research in Special Education sits below most listed ceilings (27th percentile among 502 active programs), a floor-band Assistance Listing card, not a mega solicitation.
Research in Special Education vs programs with listed funding ceilings
Where this CFDA's SAM.gov award ceiling sits among active Assistance Listings with a reported ceiling
$2,000,000 Top 73% higher than 27% of 502 programs
Programs, banded by listed funding ceiling
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Source SAM.gov Assistance Listings · 2026-08-06
SAM.gov Assistance Listing plate
CFDA 84.324 · ED VOL-SPARSE · #79/504
VOL-SPARSE · UPPER-Q · SOLO-LISTING · NOFO-OPEN · CEIL-MILLION · ELIG-MIX · BOOK-FULL · LISTING-LIVE
- VOL-SPARSE 2 indexed
- UPPER-Q #79/504
- SOLO-LISTING No peer gap
- NOFO-OPEN 2 open of 20 listed
- CEIL-MILLION $100K–$2M
- ELIG-MIX 2 eligible desks
- BOOK-FULL 20 listed / 2 indexed
- LISTING-LIVE Active SAM.gov listing
Opportunity-volume neighbourhood · CFDA 84.324
VOL-SPARSE · #79/504: quiet/busy corpus poles and ±- row peers, not a SAM.gov catalog reprint.
Engineering Grants · busiestResearch in Special… · this listingPlant and Animal Di… · quiet pole
Funding posture
Few announcements, mid-scale dollars
Mid-band ceiling ($100,000 to $2.0 million) with only 2 indexed Grants.gov rows for Research in Special Education. Competitive traffic is light relative to the printed award size, so deadlines on the sparse NOFO list matter more than catalog rank.
Assistance Listing text · ED
Funds research to improve education outcomes for children with disabilities.
Campus–civic applicant bridge · 2 doors
Research in Special Education bridges educational institutions with civic applicant types (2 doors: Educational Institution, Nonprofit Organization). Expect campus and public/nonprofit operators in the same printed set.
Predominantly grants (G) · CFDA 84.324
100% of the 54 indexed listings under CFDA 84.324 are grants (G), the SAM.gov-coded mechanism Research in Special Education typically uses to move money. None of the indexed listings require applicant cost-sharing.
- Estimated funding, indexed listings with a reported figure
- $1.0 million across 1 listings (avg $1.0 million)
- Expected awards, indexed listings with a reported count
- 8 across 1 listings
Figures are computed from the full indexed Grants.gov book for CFDA 84.324, not the 10 listings shown below; a listing missing a field is excluded from that field's total, not counted as zero.
Mostly archived listings · CFDA 84.324
Only 2 of 54 indexed listings under CFDA 84.324 are open (4%); the book is mostly archived. Reported award ceilings swing from $50,000 to $1.2 million (24×); treat any single listing's ceiling as a local bound, not the program's typical award. 100% of listings carry the Education (ED) funding-activity code.
- Open vs archived (indexed book)
- 2 open · 52 archived
- Median reported award ceiling
- $250,000 (3 listings with a ceiling)
- Dominant Grants.gov funding-activity code
- Education (ED)
Open counts use the same posted+close_date rule as the rest of PlainGrants; funding-activity codes are the Grants.gov category_of_funding field (first code when several are joined). Ceiling median is over positive reported ceilings only.
ED · administering agency
U.S. Department of Education
Federal education programs, student financial aid, and grants to states for K-12 and higher education.
Grants.gov opportunities · CFDA 84.324 2 Open
Institute of Education Sciences (IES): National Center for Special Education Research (NCSER): Using Longitudinal Data to Support State Education Policymaking in Special Education, Assistance Listing Number (ALN) 84.324S
Institute of Education Sciences (IES): National Center for Special Education Research (NCSER): Research Training Programs in Special Education, Assistance Listing Number (ALN) 84.324B
Institute of Education Sciences (IES): National Center for Special Education Research (NCSER): Special Education Dissertation Research Fellowship Program, Assistance Listing Number: 84.324G
Institute of Education Sciences (IES): National Center for Special Education Research (NCSER): Research Training Programs in Special Education, Assistance Listing Number (ALN) 84.324B
Institute of Education Sciences (IES): National Center for Special Education Research (NCSER): Special Education Research, Assistance Listing Number (ALN) 84.324A
Institute of Education Sciences (IES): National Center for Special Education Research (NCSER): Special Education Research and development Center, Assistance Listing Number (ALN) 84.324C
Institute of Education Sciences (IES): National Center for Special Education Research (NCSER): Research Training Programs in Special Education, Assistance Listing Number (ALN) 84.324B
Institute of Education Sciences (IES): National Center for Special Education Research (NCSER): Special Education Research, Assistance Listing Number (ALN) 84.324A
Institute of Education Sciences (IES): National Center for Special Education Research (NCSER): Special Education Research and Development Center, Assistance Listing Number (ALN) 84.324C
Institute of Education Sciences (IES): National Center for Special Education Research (NCSER): Research Training Programs in Special Education Assistance Listing Number (ALN) 84.324B
Showing 10 of the 20 most recent listings (2 indexed).
What to do next
CFDA 84.324: 2 indexed opportunities · 2 open on the recent slice.
- Start with the open listing ED-GRANTS-080626-005 (closes October 1, 2026) before you compare distant categories. Open listing
- U.S. Department of Education (ED) administers 77 Assistance Listings in this extract. Agency catalog
- Nearest peer by listed ceiling: Conservation Research and Development (81.086). Compare program
SAM.gov ceilings are catalog maximums, not guaranteed awards; verify every deadline on Grants.gov before submitting.
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