Education · Active
Race to the Top · ED · Active NOFO · mega band
Race to the Top (CFDA 84.407) - federal assistance administered by U.S. Department of Education (ED), catalogued in the SAM.gov Assistance Listings.
- $500K–$50M
- Typical award range
- 9
- Indexed opportunities
- 0
- Open now
- ED
- Administering agency
The verdict
According to indexed Grants.gov opportunity volume among active SAM.gov programs on PlainGrants, Race to the Top ranks #418 of 504, #70 of 77 within ED, and #7 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 84.407 is an active Education program with 9 indexed Grants.gov opportunities. Of the 9 most recent listings shown here, 0 are open for application.
- $500K–$50M
- typical award range (SAM.gov)
- -
- next application deadline
- $2.0 million
- largest award ceiling indexed
- 18%
- of the catalog is Education
Race to the Top · upper-band NOFO desk (#52/502 by ceiling)
Race to the Top clears 450 of 502 published ceilings (90th percentile), an upper-band catalog maximum, not a promised award.
Race to the Top vs programs with listed funding ceilings
Where this CFDA's SAM.gov award ceiling sits among active Assistance Listings with a reported ceiling
$50,000,000 Top 10% higher than 90% of 502 programs
Programs, banded by listed funding ceiling
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Source SAM.gov Assistance Listings · 2025-08-01
SAM.gov Assistance Listing plate
CFDA 84.407 · ED VOL-STEADY · #418/504
VOL-STEADY · LOWER-HALF · SOLO-LISTING · NOFO-CLOSED · CEIL-TENS-M · ELIG-SLG · BOOK-FULL · LISTING-LIVE
- VOL-STEADY 9 indexed
- LOWER-HALF #418/504
- SOLO-LISTING No peer gap
- NOFO-CLOSED 0 open of 9 listed
- CEIL-TENS-M $500K–$50M
- ELIG-SLG State/local government
- BOOK-FULL 9 listed / 9 indexed
- LISTING-LIVE Active SAM.gov listing
Opportunity-volume neighbourhood · CFDA 84.407
VOL-STEADY · #418/504: quiet/busy corpus poles and ±- row peers, not a SAM.gov catalog reprint.
Engineering Grants · busiestRace to the Top · this listingPlant and Animal Di… · quiet pole
Funding posture
Active mega-ceiling competition board
Race to the Top combines mega-scale SAM.gov dollars ($500,000 to $50.0 million) with an active opportunity trail (9 indexed rows). The recent slice is currently closed; watch for the next NOFO drop. Volume and ceiling both clear the mid-tier bar.
Assistance Listing text · ED
Competitive grants for states implementing comprehensive education reform in standards, assessment, and data systems.
Public-sector applicant lane · ED
SAM.gov lists only government/tribal applicants for Race to the Top. This is a public-sector Assistance Listing corridor, not a general nonprofit or small-business open call.
Predominantly grants (G) · CFDA 84.407
78% of the 9 indexed listings under CFDA 84.407 are grants (G), the SAM.gov-coded mechanism Race to the Top typically uses to move money. 44% of the indexed listings require applicant cost-sharing.
- Estimated funding, indexed listings with a reported figure
- $50.0 million across 9 listings (avg $5.6 million)
- Expected awards, indexed listings with a reported count
- 107 across 9 listings
Figures are computed from the full indexed Grants.gov book for CFDA 84.407, not the 10 listings shown below; a listing missing a field is excluded from that field's total, not counted as zero.
Archived NOFO book · CFDA 84.407
None of the 9 indexed Grants.gov listings under CFDA 84.407 are open on the current extract. Reported award ceilings span $330,000–$2.0 million (6.0×), a wide solicitation range inside one CFDA. 100% of listings carry the Education (ED) funding-activity code.
- Open vs archived (indexed book)
- 0 open · 9 archived
- Median reported award ceiling
- $500,000 (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 84.407
Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE): Transition Programs for Students with Intellectual Disabilities into Higher Education (TPSID), Assistance Listing Number (ALN) 84.407A
Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE): Model Comprehensive Transition and Postsecondary Programs for Students with Intellectual Disabilities Program (TPSID-CC), Assistance Listing Number 84.407B
Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE): Higher Education Programs (HEP): Postsecondary Programs for Students with Intellectual Disabilities-National Technical Assistance and Dissemination Center (PPSID-NTAD) Program, Assistance Listing Number 84.407C
Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE): Transition Programs for Students with Intellectual Disabilities into Higher Education (TPSID) CFDA 84.407A
Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE): Coordinating Center for Transition Programs for Students with Intellectual Disabilities into Higher Education—(TPSID-CC) CFDA 84.407B
Transition Programs for Students with Intellectual Disabilities into Higher Education (TPSID): Model Comprehensive Transition and Postsecondary Programs for Students with Intellectual Disabilities: CFDA Number: 84.407A
Coordinating Center for Transition Programs for Students with Intellectual Disabilities into Higher Education (TPSID): ModelComprehensive Transition and Postsecondary Programs for Students with Intellectual Disabilities CFDA Number 84.407B
Office of Postsecondary Education: Overview Information; Coordinating Center for Transition and Postsecondary Programs for Students With Intellectual Disabilities CFDA 84.407B
Transition Programs for Students with Intellectual Disabilities Into Higher Education (TPSID)--Model Comprehensive Transition and Postsecondary Programs for Students With Intellectual Disabilities CFDA Number 84.407A
What to do next
CFDA 84.407: 9 indexed opportunities · 0 open on the recent slice.
- No open Grants.gov rows on the recent slice, watch this CFDA for the next NOFO drop. How to apply
- U.S. Department of Education (ED) administers 77 Assistance Listings in this extract. Agency catalog
- Nearest peer by listed ceiling: Child Support Enforcement (93.563). Compare program
SAM.gov ceilings are catalog maximums, not guaranteed awards; verify every deadline on Grants.gov before submitting.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
Every figure on PlainGrants is rendered directly from SAM.gov Assistance Listings data, no number is typed in by an editor. This grant program's figures are rendered directly from SAM.gov Assistance Listings data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, the data changelog, or report a data issue on this page.
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