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CFDA 84.283: Comprehensive Centers

This program supports no fewer than 20 comprehensive centers that provide training, professional development, and technical assistance to State educational agencies, local educational agencies, regional educational agencies, and schools to

Objectives

This program supports no fewer than 20 comprehensive centers that provide training, professional development, and technical assistance to State educational agencies, local educational agencies, regional educational agencies, and schools to improve educational outcomes for all students, close achievement gaps, and improve the quality of instruction. By statute, the Department is required to establish at least 1 center in each of the 10 geographic regions served by the Department's regional educational laboratories (RELs). Information on the REL regions is available at http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/edlabs/.)

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 required in the notice inviting applications, 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 (ESEA) (as such title existed on the day before January 8, 2002).

Financial assistance range

The Department held a competition for new awards in FY 2024 and made 5-year awards for 4 content centers, 14 regional centers, and one national center; awards ranged from $1.0 to $6.5 million. In addition, the Department supports a 5-year award for a center that focuses on students at risk of not attaining full literacy skills due to a disability; this center receives $1.5 million per year and was re-competed in FY 2021. For additional information, see https://www.ed.gov/grants-and-programs/grants-birth-grade-12/comprehensive-centers-program. Funds also may be used to support contracts to study program implementation and effectiveness.

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Reference data sourced from SAM.gov Assistance Listings. The authoritative source for application requirements, deadlines, and award amounts is the official SAM.gov listing linked above. This page is editorial reference, not an official notice.