Education and Workforce Policy Funding and Engagement Opportunities
The following are education and workforce policy funding and engagement opportunities prepared by Lewis-Burke Associates, June 2024:
| Opportunity | Program Description | Posting Date | Closing Date |
| Comprehensive Centers Program | This program supports centers that would provide capacity building services to schools and educational agencies, particularly for underserved students. | 5/13/2024 | 6/12/2024 |
| Research and Development Infrastructure Grant | The Department of Education is looking for comments on proposed priorities, requirements and definitions for the Research and Development Infrastructure Grant program. | 5/17/2024 | 6/17/2024 |
| Augustus F. Hawkins Centers of Excellence (Hawkins) | The purpose of this program is to create centers of excellence at HBCUs or MSIs to produce a more diverse and well-prepared teacher workforce. | 4/4/2024 | 6/18/2024 |
| Workforce Opportunity for Rural Communities (WORC) | This program aims to create economic mobility and address inequalities for marginalized and underrepresented communities. | 4/4/2024 | 6/20/2024 |
| Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need (GAANN) | This program supports graduate fellowships for high-performing students who demonstrate financial need and plan to pursue the highest degree possible in their course of study at the institution. | 4/24/2024 | 6/24/2024 |
| DOL Building Pathways to Infrastructure Jobs Grant Program | This program funds public-private partnerships to develop training models for industries in order to meet the goals of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. | 5/15/2024 | 7/1/2024 |
| Disability Innovation Fund-Creating a 21st Century Workforce of Youth and Adults With Disabilities Through the Transformation of Education, Career, and Competitive Integrated Employment Model Demonstration Project | This program supports innovative approaches to increase competitive integrated employment (CIE) for youth and others with disabilities. | 4/9/2024 | 7/8/2024 |
| Student Support Service Program | The purpose of this program is to increase the graduation rate of disadvantaged students at the postsecondary level. | 5/1/2024 | 7/15/2024 |
| Education Innovation and Research (EIR) Program | A three-tiered evidence program to generate and validate solutions to education challenges and to support the expansion of those solutions. | 5/6/2024 | 7/22/2024 |
| Transformative Research in the Education Sciences and Using Longitudinal Data To Support State Education Policymaking Grant Programs | One grant program on longitudinal data systems to identify and reduce opportunity and achievement gaps for learners and another grant program on innovative research. | 5/6/2024 | 7/22/2024 |
| Education Research and Special Education Research Grant Programs | This is a notice for a request for applications for new awards within the Education Research and Special Education Grant programs for Fiscal Year 2025. | 5/28/2024 | 9/12/2024 |
| Centers of Excellence for Veteran Student Success Program | This program encourages the development of models to incorporate support for veteran students in post-secondary education. | 5/28/2024 | 7/29/2024 |
| Basic Needs for Postsecondary Students Program | This program provides sustainable solutions to address students basic needs and improve outcomes. | 6/3/2024 | 8/5/2024 |
Contact info
Julie O'Connor
Director, Research Communications
Phone: 313-577-8845
Email: julie.oconnor@wayne.edu