Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE): Comprehensive Centers Program: National Comprehensive Center on Improving Literacy for Students with Disabilities; ALN 84.283D
Status: Forecasted
Posted date: May 11, 2026
Archive date: July 30, 2026
Close date: June 30, 2026
Opportunity ID: 362346
Opportunity number: ED-GRANTS-051126-001
Opportunity category: Discretionary
Agency name: Department of Education
Agency code: ED
Award floor: $0
Award ceiling: $1,500,000
Cost sharing required: No
Funding Instrument Types
- Cooperative Agreement
Category of Funding Activity
- Education
Eligible Applicants
- Others
Categories (use these for quoted searches)
- agency_code:ed
- category_of_funding_activity:education
- cost_sharing_or_matching_requirement:false
- eligible_applicants:others
- funding_instrument_type:cooperative_agreement
- opportunity_category:discretionary
- status:forecasted
Program Description: The purpose of the Comprehensive Centers (CC) program is to provide capacity-building services to state educational agencies (SEAs), regional educational agencies (REAs), local educational agencies (LEAs), and schools that improve educational opportunities and student outcomes, close achievement gaps, and improve the quality of instruction for all students, particularly for groups of students with the greatest need. The Department intends to fund one Content Center, a National Comprehensive Center on Improving Literacy for Students with Disabilities (NCIL) focused on children in early childhood education programs through high school at risk of not attaining full literacy skills due to a disability, including dyslexia impacting reading or writing, or developmental delay impacting reading, writing, language processing, comprehension, or executive functioning.Assistance Listing Number: 84.283DApplicants are required to follow the 2025 Common Instructions 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.