Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS): Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP): Accessible Education Video Projects; Assistance Listing Number (ALN) 84.327C
Closed Posted
- Opportunity number
- ED-GRANTS-042726-001
- Agency
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Department of Education
- Applications due
- Award size
- Up to $1,050,000
Opportunity facts
- Assistance listings
- Funding instrument
- Cooperative Agreement
- Category
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- Education
- Eligible applicants
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- Other
- Points of contact
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- Eric Caruso eric.caruso@ed.gov (202) 987-0151
Opportunity details come from Grants.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Department of Education's Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) is soliciting applications for the Accessible Education Video Projects competition (ALN 84.327C), which aims to develop, demonstrate, and provide captioning, audio description, and American Sign Language interpretation for educational videos and materials suitable for K-12 classroom use. Applicants must meet an absolute priority requiring support for accessible materials aligned with national, state, or local educational standards, with a competitive preference priority available for projects advancing artificial intelligence in education. Evaluation will be based on five primary criteria: significance (10 points), quality of project design (35 points), evaluation quality (20 points), adequacy of resources (15 points), and quality of management plan (20 points). Eligible applicants include state and local educational agencies, institutions of higher education, public and private nonprofit organizations, Indian tribes, and for-profit organizations. The application submission deadline is June 26, 2026, at 11:59:59 p.m. Eastern time via Grants.gov, with an intergovernmental review deadline of August 25, 2026.
The competition will distribute an estimated $3,150,000 across approximately three cooperative agreements, with a maximum award of $1,050,000 per grantee for a single 12-month budget period and a total project period of up to 60 months. Successful applicants must transfer at least 80 percent of accessible materials to the National Center for Accessible Education Videos and systematically disseminate products to varied audiences. No cost sharing or matching funds are required, and recipients may utilize an unrestricted indirect cost rate. Projects must coordinate across the three funded awards and collect performance data on six established measures related to product quality, relevance, usefulness, and cost-effectiveness. The program does not require specific geographic location restrictions for performance.
Synopsis
Program Description: The purpose of the Educational Technology, Media, and Materials for Individuals with Disabilities Program is to improve results for children with disabilities by (1) promoting the development, demonstration, and use of technology; (2) supporting educational activities designed to be of educational value in the classroom for students with disabilities; (3) providing support for captioning and video description that is appropriate for use in the classroom; and (4) providing accessible educational materials to students with disabilities in a timely manner.
This competition establishes Accessible Education Video Projects that are designed to meet requirements under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). Specifically, section 674(c) of IDEA requires, in part, that the Secretary of Education support audio description, open captioning, and closed captioning that is appropriate for use in early learning and kindergarten through grade 12 (K-12) settings of (a) television programs; (b) videos; or (c) other materials, including programs and materials associated with new and emerging technologies.
ALN: 84.327C.
Applicants are required to follow the 2025 Common Instructions and Information for Applicants to Department of Education Discretionary Grant Programs, published in the Federal Register on August 29, 2025 (90 FR 42234) and available at ED 2025 Common Instructions.
Note: For new potential grantees unfamiliar with grantmaking at ED, please consult our "Getting Started with Discretionary Grant Applications" webpage.
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