Federal grant programs / Department of Education

Supporting Effective Educator Development Program (84.423)

Also known as SEED

• Awarded, FY 2021 to 2025$307 million
• Grant awards51
• Typical award$5.4 million
• Awarded in FY 2025-$11.9 million
• Size rank497 of 1824
• Type of assistanceProject grants

Key findings

• It is the 497th largest of 1,824 federal grant programs by five-year awards.
• The 20 largest recipients received 75% of the money.
• Awards went to recipients in 21 states and territories.

What the program funds

The purpose of the SEED program is to (1) Support pathways that allow teachers, principals, or other school leaders with nontraditional preparation and certification to obtain employment in traditionally underserved local educational agencies (LEAs); (2) Provide evidence-based professional development activities that address literacy, numeracy, remedial, or other needs of LEAs and the students they serve; (3) Provide professional development that enhances or enables student opportunities in dual enrollment programs or early college high school settings; (4) Make services and learning opportunities freely available to LEAs, including through publicly accessible electronic means; or (5) Provide teachers, principals, or other school leaders with evidence-based professional enhancement activities, which may include activities that lead to an advanced credential.

From the federal Assistance Listing. Read the full listing on SAM.gov.

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

The only eligible applicants are institutions of higher education and nonprofit entities meeting specific statutory requirements, the Bureau of Indian Education, and partnerships of one or more of those entities and a for-profit entity.

What the money can and cannot pay for

Grantees may use the funds to recruit and train prospective teachers, principals, or other school leaders. They may also use the funds to provide professional development activities to address the needs of LEAs. Grantees may also provide professional enhancement activities that lead to an advanced credential.

Matching requirements

This program has no statutory formula. Grantees must match not less than 25 percent of the total cost for each year of activities, in cash or in kind. The Secretary may waive the matching requirement in cases of demonstrated financial hardship. MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.

Award range and average, in the agency's words

Range for new awards: $500,000 to $5 million. Average size of new awards: $2 million. Number of new awards: 8.

Quoted from the program's federal Assistance Listing. The notice of funding opportunity is the official source for each competition's rules.

Who usually wins

Colleges and universities received 55% of the money, nonprofits 34% and businesses 9.1%.

By state

Each state below has its own page for this program, with its recipients and yearly totals.

Award amounts are federal obligations reported to USAspending.gov for fiscal 2021 to 2025; see how our data works.