# Special Education Educational Technology Media, and Materials for Individuals with Disabilities (84.327)

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Publisher: Well Told Grants. Data: USAspending.gov and Grants.gov, updated November 7, 2026.

Special Education Educational Technology Media, and Materials for Individuals with Disabilities is run by Department of Education. From fiscal 2021 to 2025 it awarded $144 million in 56 grants, about $2.6 million per award.

## Objectives

The purposes of the Educational Technology, Media, and Materials for Individuals with Disabilities program are to: (1) improve results for children with disabilities by promoting the development, demonstration, and use of technology; (2) support educational activities designed to be of educational value in the classroom for students with disabilities; and (3) provide support for captioning and video description that is appropriate for use in the classroom; and (4) provide accessible educational materials to students with disabilities in a timely manner.

## Funding by fiscal year

| Year | Amount | Awards |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $27.9 million | 32 |
| 2022 | $28.9 million | 28 |
| 2023 | $29.3 million | 33 |
| 2024 | $28.5 million | 33 |
| 2025 | $29.2 million | 32 |

## Largest recipients

| Recipient | State | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Beneficent Technology, Inc | California | $45.4 million |
| National Association of the Deaf, Inc | Maryland | $14.2 million |
| University of Kansas Center for Research Inc | Kansas | $14.0 million |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | North Carolina | $12.3 million |
| Cast Inc | Massachusetts | $12.3 million |
| Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia | Virginia | $7.8 million |
| Utah State University | Utah | $3.8 million |
| American Printing House for the Blind | Kentucky | $3.7 million |
| Bridge Multimedia Corp | New York | $3.6 million |
| Closed Caption Latina, Corporation | Florida | $3.6 million |
| George Mason University | Virginia | $2.5 million |
| United Cerebral Palsy of Central Florida, Inc. | Florida | $2.1 million |
| Western Michigan University | Michigan | $2.0 million |
| University of Miami | Florida | $1.9 million |
| Vanderbilt University Medical Center | Tennessee | $1.9 million |
| SRI International | California | $1.5 million |
| The University of Iowa | Iowa | $1.5 million |
| University of Oregon | Oregon | $1.5 million |
| Florida State University | Florida | $1.5 million |
| Georgia State University Research Foundation Inc | Georgia | $1.4 million |