Teacher Quality Partnership Grants (84.336)
Teacher Quality Partnership Grants (Assistance Listing 84.336) is run by the Department of Education. It awarded $246 million in 123 grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, about $2.0 million per award on average. No funding opportunity is open on Grants.gov right now.
The typical award was $1.6 million. Half of the 123 awards fell between $754,864 and $2.8 million, and they ranged from $148,320 to $9.5 million.
- Awarded, FY 2021 to 2025$246 million
- Grant awards123
- Typical award$1.6 million
- Awarded in FY 2025$4.2 million
- Size rank558 of 1,823
- Type of assistanceProject grants
Key findings
- Annual funding fell from $51.7 million in fiscal 2021 to $4.2 million in fiscal 2025.
- It is the 558th largest of 1,823 federal grant programs by five-year awards.
- The 20 largest recipients received 52% of the money.
- Awards went to recipients in 33 states and territories.
What the program funds
To improve student achievement; improve the quality of new and prospective teachers by improving the preparation of prospective teachers and enhancing professional development activities for new teachers; hold teacher preparation programs at institutions of higher education (IHEs) accountable for preparing highly qualified teachers; and recruit highly qualified individuals, including minorities and individuals from other occupations, into the teaching force.
Open opportunities
No opportunity under this program is open or forecast on Grants.gov right now. Programs often post once a year, so the funding history below shows what to expect.
Rules from the program listing
Who can apply
States and partnerships that consist of at least one institution of higher education, a school, department or program of education within the partner institution, one school of arts and sciences within the partner institution, one high-need local educational agency, and a high-need school or a consortium of high-need schools served by the high-need local educational agency. A high-need local educational agency; is an agency that serves an elementary school or secondary school located in an area containing: (1) A high percentage of individuals or families with incomes below the poverty line, (2) a high percentage of secondary teachers not teaching in the content area that they were trained to teach, or (3) a high teacher turnover rate. An accredited institution of higher education, with a teacher training program must demonstrate the following: (A) A graduate from the teacher training program exhibits strong performance on State-determined qualifying assessments for new teachers through demonstrating that 80 percent or more of the graduates of the program intending to enter the field of teaching have passed all of the applicable State qualification assessments for new teachers including an assessment of each prospective teacher's subject matter knowledge in the content area or areas in which the teacher intends to teach; (B) be ranked among the highest-performing teacher preparation programs in the State as determined by the State; (C) the teacher training program requires...
What the money can and cannot pay for
Awards may be used to reform teacher preparation programs through either the Pre-Baccalaureate or fifth year initial licensing Program and/or the Teaching Residency Program. Additionally, funded programs have the option of implementing a School Leadership Program as well as establishing a Partnership with a Digital Education Content Developer.
Matching requirements
This program has no statutory formula. This program has statutory requirements as follows: eligible partnerships are required to match 100 percent of the grant. Eligible partnerships may submit a request to waive the 100 percent match requirement for the first two years of the grant. The Secretary has the authority to grant this waiver to eligible partnerships as authorized under section 203(c)(2) of the HEA, as amended.MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.
Award range and average, in the agency's words
Varies by competition.
Funding history and past recipients
From fiscal 2021 to 2025, Teacher Quality Partnership Grants (84.336) awarded $246 million across 123 grant awards, an average of $2.0 million per award.
Who usually wins
Colleges and universities received 68% of the money, state and local governments 24% and nonprofits 5.5%.
| Recipient type | Awards | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colleges and universities | 90 | $167 million | 68% |
| State and local governments | 21 | $59.6 million | 24% |
| Nonprofits | 8 | $13.5 million | 5.5% |
| Businesses | 4 | $6.4 million | 2.6% |
By state
24 states have a page for this program: those that received at least $1 million or 10 awards.
| State | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| California | 25 | $64.8 million |
| North Carolina | 11 | $19.9 million |
| South Carolina | 8 | $16.5 million |
| Florida | 7 | $15.5 million |
| New Mexico | 6 | $15.4 million |
| Georgia | 5 | $15.2 million |
| New York | 6 | $13.1 million |
| Texas | 5 | $11.8 million |
| Maryland | 5 | $10.1 million |
| Illinois | 4 | $9.0 million |
| Indiana | 4 | $6.2 million |
| Alabama | 1 | $5.7 million |
| Massachusetts | 3 | $5.3 million |
| Michigan | 2 | $4.7 million |
| Louisiana | 4 | $4.6 million |
| Virginia | 2 | $4.5 million |
| Minnesota | 3 | $3.8 million |
| Colorado | 1 | $3.7 million |
| New Jersey | 2 | $3.7 million |
| Missouri | 2 | $3.5 million |
| Wisconsin | 2 | $1.5 million |
| Ohio | 2 | $1.2 million |
| Montana | 1 | $1.1 million |
| Pennsylvania | 1 | $1.0 million |
| District of Columbia | 2 | $999,940 |
| Arizona | 1 | $990,729 |
| Kansas | 2 | $792,729 |
| Oregon | 1 | $631,843 |
| Iowa | 1 | $424,663 |
| Mississippi | 1 | $358,209 |
| Connecticut | 1 | $198,252 |
| Arkansas | 1 | $159,441 |
| Tennessee | 1 | $20,044 |