Posted by: Francis Koster Published: August 29, 2024
Grants Supporting Effective Educator Development (SEED) (Exp. March 18, 2025)
The Supporting Effective Educator Development (SEED) program, authorized under section 2242 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended (ESEA) (20 U.S.C. 6672), provides funding for evidence-based practices that prepare or enhance the skills of educators. SEED grants enable eligible entities to devise and evaluate ways to help educators develop across the continuum of their careers (e.g., in preparation, recruitment, professional learning, and leadership). As host for the program, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) intends for these strategies and interventions to serve as models that can be sustained and disseminated.*
*Within ED, SEED is administered by the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE).
The following types of organizations are eligible to apply for a SEED grant:
In addition, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE) favors the following types of entities:
OESE considers only applications that propose to engage in evidence-based activities described under one of two Absolute Priorities:
1. Absolute Priority 1—Supporting Effective Teachers (Moderate Evidence*)
2. Absolute Priority 2— Supporting Effective Principals or Other School Leaders (Promising Evidence*)
*An applicant must identify at least one, but no more than two, citations for the purposes of meeting the evidence requirements under either Absolute Priority 1 or Absolute Priority 2. For more information about the definitions of "moderate" and "promising," please refer to the Full Announcement in the Federal Register.
Anticipated Total Funding: $75,000,000
Anticipated Number of Awards: 20
Deadline for Notice of Intent to Apply (Optional): February 18, 2025.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: March 18, 2025.
Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: May 19, 2025.
Read the Full Announcement in the Federal Register.
For more information, please contact:
Julius C Cotton, ED Grants.gov FIND Systems Admin., at julius.cotton@ed.gov; or
Orman Feres, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20222-5960 at Orman.Feres@ed.gov or Program Mailbox.
Assistance Listing Number (ALN) 84.423A.
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