ESEA TITLE IV, PART F, SUBPART 4, SECTION 4644: Javits Gifted and Talented Education

Funding

$12M, awarded competitively

Eligibility

SEAs, LEAs, Bureau of Indian Education, institutions of higher education, and other public and private agencies and organizations.

Sample Use of Funds

Activities could include:

• Establishing and operating programs and projects for identifying and serving gifted and talented students, including innovative methods and strategies (such as summer programs, mentoring programs, peer tutoring programs, service learning programs, and cooperative learning programs involving business, industry and education) for identifying and educating students who may not be served by traditional gifted and talented programs;
• Conducting evidence-based research on methods and techniques for identifying and teaching gifted and talented students and for using gifted and talented programs and methods to identify and provide the opportunity for all students to be served, particularly low-income and at-risk students;
• Providing technical assistance and disseminating information, which may include how gifted and talented programs and methods may be adapted for use by all students, particularly low-income and at-risk students.

This grant has an extensive list of uses of funds. View the complete ESSA Federal Funding Guide below for the full list.

Key Provision: Priority Applications

Projects that include evidence-based activities or that develop new information to improve the capacity of schools to operate gifted and talented education programs or to assist schools in identifying and serving traditionally underserved students.

For more information, contact Tom Zembar at 202.822.7109 or [email protected]

Next Steps

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