Project Grant Q215H070093

The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded a $4,399,997 Project Grant to Educational Testing Service (ETS) under the Education Innovation and Research (EIR) program (CFDA 84.411) to develop technology-enhanced collaborative learning approaches to improve middle-grade students' social-emotional learning skills. The 4-year project, commencing on January 1, 2024 and ending on December 31, 2027, aims to create and evaluate innovative instructional methods...

Federal Grant Award Summary The Office of Child Care (Administration for Children and Families) awarded the Oklahoma Partnership for School Readiness Foundation, Inc. a Project Grant of $14.75 million under the Every Student Succeeds Act/Preschool Development Grants program (CFDA 93.434) effective December 31, 2025, with completion targeted for December 30, 2026. This award supports Oklahoma's statewide systems-building initiative to create a more coordinated and accessible early childhood...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program funds a $649,851 study to examine family-level factors that contribute to the co-development of "theory of mind" and narrative comprehension skills in early childhood. The research team at The Ohio State University will conduct a longitudinal study testing preschoolers' abilities in these areas at three time points over three years. The project will...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) grant under the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences program (CFDA 47.075) provides $648,938 to Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey to conduct research on how infants learn about emotions through their everyday social interactions. The project aims to document the emotional expressions that infants see in natural settings and how this "emotional input" informs their developing understanding of emotions. Researchers will use...

The Executive Office On Early Learning received a $2.75 million Project Grant from the Office of Child Care under the Preschool Development Grants Birth-5 Systems Building (PDG B-5) program (CFDA 93.434) awarded on December 31, 2025, with completion targeted for December 30, 2026. This grant supports Hawaii's efforts to strengthen and unify its statewide early childhood system for children birth through five by implementing five primary outcome strategies: completion of revised 2026 Hawaii Early...

The Department of Education Institute of Education Sciences awarded a $1,381,350 project grant to The Urban Institute under the Education Research, Development and Dissemination federal grant program (CFDA 84.305) to conduct a lottery-based efficacy study of the District of Columbia Public Prekindergarten Program from September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2023. The Urban Institute will leverage random variation in pre-K enrollment generated through a deferred acceptance lottery method akin to a...

The American Institutes For Research (AIR) was awarded a $4.4 million project grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education under the Education Innovation and Research program (CFDA 84.411) to implement the READY, SET, SUCCEED (RSS): KINDERGARTEN TRANSITIONS IN FLINT project. The five-year project aims to improve student achievement and attainment for high-need students through evidence-based interventions designed to support kindergarten...

The Partners In Development Foundation received a $500,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education to support the PIHA ME KA PONO PROJECT. The award is funded through four federal programs—Innovative Approaches to Literacy; Promise Neighborhoods; Full-Service Community Schools; and Congressionally Directed Spending for Elementary and Secondary Education Community Projects—as designated by the 84.215 CFDA program title. The...

The Forsyth County Board of Education received a $700,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education on September 22, 2022 to support early childhood literacy programs through August 1, 2025. The grant funding will support the "SPARK! IGNITING LEARNING, BIRTH AND BEYOND" initiative which aims to develop and improve literacy skills for children from birth through 12th grade. Specifically, the funds will be used to implement...

The Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded $2.47 million to Smart Reading under the Innovative Approaches to Literacy federal grant program (CFDA 84.215) to support the SMART READING statewide program. The program will utilize trained volunteers to provide weekly reading sessions to pre-K through 3rd grade students through August 2023. The funding will support adult mentors supporting early literacy by developing and improving literacy skills for young...