Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE): Effective Educator Development Programs: American History and Civics Education National Activities (AHC-NA) Program, Assistance Listing Number 84.422B

Agency: Department of Education

84.422 -- American History and Civics Education

Archived opportunityLast Updated: May 13, 2026

Description

Note: Each funding opportunity description is a synopsis of information in the Federal Register application notice. For specific information about eligibility, please see the official application notice. The official version of this document is the document published in the Federal Register. Free Internet access to the official edition of the Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations is available on GPO Access at: http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/index.html. Please review the official application notice for pre-application and application requirements, application submission information, performance measures, priorities and program contact information.

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For the addresses for obtaining and submitting an application, please refer to our Revised Common Instructions for Applicants to Department of Education Discretionary Grant Programs, published in the Federal Register on December 7, 2022.

Purpose of Program: The purpose of the AHC-NA program is to promote new and existing evidence-based strategies to encourage innovative American history, civics and government, and geography instruction, learning strategies, and professional development activities and programs for teachers, principals, or other school leaders, particularly such instruction, strategies, activities, and programs that benefit students from low-income backgrounds and other underserved populations.

Assistance Listing Number (ALN) 84.422B.

Eligibility

Eligible applicants

Education

Private institutions of higher education
Public and state institutions of higher education

Nonprofit

Nonprofits non-higher education with 501(c)(3)
Nonprofits non-higher education without 501(c)(3)

Miscellaneous

Other

Business

For-profit organizations other than small businesses

Additional information

1. Eligible Applicants: An institution of higher education or other nonprofit or for-profit organization with demonstrated expertise in the development of evidence-based approaches with the potential to improve the quality of American history, civics and government, or geography learning and teaching.Note: If multiple eligible entities wish to form a consortium and jointly submit a single application, they must follow the procedures for group applications described in 34 CFR 75.127 through 34 CFR 75.129.

Grantor contact information

Description

Julius C Cotton ED Grants.gov FIND Systems Admin. Phone 202-245-6288 julius.cotton@ed.gov Program Manager: Orman Feres, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20202-5960. Telephone: 202-453-6921. Email: Orman.Feres@ed.gov.

Email

Program Manager

Orman.Feres@ed.gov

Documents

File name	Description	Last updated
2023-08915.pdf	Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 Document	Apr 28, 2023 12:53 PM UTC
2022-26554.pdf	Common Instructions for Department of Education Discretionary Grant Programs Document	Apr 11, 2023 07:51 PM UTC

Link to additional information

Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE): Effective Educator Development Programs: American History and Civics Education National Activities (AHC-NA) Program, Assistance Listing Number 84.422B; Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards

Archived: July 28, 2023

Application process

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Award

$18,975,000

Program Funding

Expected awards

$--

Award Minimum

$1,000,000

Award Maximum

Funding opportunity number:

ED-GRANTS-042823-002

Cost sharing or matching requirement:

Funding instrument type:

Grant

Opportunity Category:

Discretionary

Opportunity Category Explanation:

Category of Funding Activity:

Education

Category Explanation:

History

Version:

Posted date:

April 28, 2023

Archive date:

July 28, 2023