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This FY 2027 NCSER competition will accept only Methods Training applications focused on analyzing large administrative datasets to address research questions related to learners with or at risk for disabilities. A strong applicant is a territorial-U.S. organization that can demonstrate the ability and capacity to conduct scientific research-methods training and can align its program directly to that required focus.
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This FY 2027 NCSER competition will accept only Methods Training applications focused on analyzing large administrative datasets to address research questions related to learners with or at risk for disabilities. A strong applicant is a territorial-U.S. organization that can demonstrate the ability and capacity to conduct scientific research-methods training and can align its program directly to that required focus.
NCSER seeks to build capacity for special education and early intervention research that advances knowledge and addresses issues important to education policymakers and practitioners. For FY 2027, it has limited this competition to Methods Training focused on analysis of large administrative datasets for research questions concerning learners with or at risk for disabilities.
The proposed program is Methods Training, the only application type NCSER will accept under this competition for FY 2027. The training focuses on analyzing large administrative datasets. The associated research questions concern learners with or at risk for disabilities. The applicant is located in the territorial United States and can conduct training in scientific research methods. The proposed training is framed to help education researchers maintain or enhance research and analysis skills for rigorous, relevant research concerning the stated learner population.
The packet supplies no formal review criteria or scoring weights. As a strategic inference, the clearest proposal should demonstrate direct alignment to all three stated elements—Methods Training, large administrative-data analysis, and questions related to learners with or at risk for disabilities—along with the applicant's capacity to conduct scientific-methods training. These should not be represented as confirmed reviewer criteria.
NCSER training programs prepare individuals to conduct special education and early intervention research that advances knowledge within the field and addresses issues important to education policymakers and practitioners.
Under this competition, NCSER will consider only applications that address one of the following topics: (1) Early Career Development and Mentoring or (2) Methods Training for Special Education Research. The Early Career program provides support for an integrated research and career development plan for early career investigators at institutions of higher education or non-academic research organizations who have established an interest in special education research and are developing research careers focused on learners with or at risk for disabilities. The Methods Training program funds training to help current education researchers, including state and local education agency research staff, maintain and enhance their research and analysis skills in order to conduct rigorous and relevant research focused on learners with or at risk for disabilities. For FY 2027, NCSER is only accepting applications for Methods Training focused on analyzing large administrative datasets to address research questions related to learners with or at risk for disabilities.
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Institute of Education Sciences (IES): National Center for Special Education Research (NCSER): Research Training Programs in Special Education, Assistance Listing Number (ALN) 84.324B Grant lists Not specified per award. The expected number of awards has not been captured, so the award range alone should not be treated as an estimate of competitiveness.
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