Opportunity Listing - Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE): Program and Grantee Support Services: Comprehensive Centers Program, Assistance Listing Number 84.283B

Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE): Program and Grantee Support Services: Comprehensive Centers Program, Assistance Listing Number 84.283B

Agency: Department of Education

Assistance Listings: 84.283 -- Comprehensive Centers

Last Updated: May 8, 2026

Description

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.

Assistance Listing Number: 84.283B

Applicants 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.

Eligibility

Eligible applicants

Miscellaneous

Other

Additional information

Research organizations, institutions, agencies, institutions of higher education (IHEs), or partnerships among such entities, or individuals, with the demonstrated ability or capacity to carry out the activities described in this notice, including regional entities that carried out activities under the Educational Research, Development, Dissemination, and Improvement Act of 1994 (as such Act existed on the day before November 5, 2002) and title XIII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (as such title existed on the day before January 8, 2002). A group of eligible entities may apply as a consortium, in accordance with the requirements in 34 CFR 75.127-129.

Grantor contact information

Description

Dr. Michelle Daley Telephone: (202) 987-1057 Email: OESE.ComprehensiveCenters@ed.gov

Email

Program Inbox

OESE.ComprehensiveCenters@ed.gov

Documents

File name	Description	Last updated
National_Center_Comprehensive_Centers_Program_FY26_Application_Notice_and_Instructions_2026_0508.pdf	National Center Application Notice and Instructions for Comprehensive Centers Program FY26	May 8, 2026 10:20 PM UTC
Regional_Centers_Comprehensive_Centers_Program_FY26_Application_Notice_and_Instructions_2026_0508.pdf	Regional Centers Application Notice and Instructions for Comprehensive Centers Program FY26	May 8, 2026 10:21 PM UTC
Content_Centers_Comprehensive_Centers_Program_FY26_Application_Notice_and_Instructions_2026_0508.pdf	Content Centers Application Notice and Instructions for Comprehensive Centers Program FY26	May 8, 2026 10:21 PM UTC

Link to additional information

Comprehensive Centers Program Website

Closing: June 30, 2026

Applications Available: May 8, 2026. Application Deadline: June 30, 2026. Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: September...

8, 2026. For Further Information: Dr. Michelle Daley. Telephone: (202) 987-1057. Email: OESE.ComprehensiveCenters@ed.gov.

Application process

This site is a work in progress. Go to www.grants.gov to apply, track application status, and subscribe to updates.

Award

$46,015,000

Program Funding

Expected awards

$--

Award Minimum

$--

Award Maximum

Funding opportunity number:

ED-GRANTS-050826-001

Cost sharing or matching requirement:

Funding instrument type:

Cooperative agreement

Opportunity Category:

Discretionary

Opportunity Category Explanation:

Category of Funding Activity:

Education

Category Explanation:

History

Version:

Posted date:

May 8, 2026

Archive date:

July 30, 2026