Grant Opportunities

All Currently Available Grant Opportunities

Grant opportunities that are currently available through the New Jersey Department of Education (NJDOE) can be seen by selecting one of the sort options below. In reviewing a grant opportunity, please pay particular attention to the application deadline and to the specific eligibility requirements. For a full description of a grant opportunity, click on the program title. If you have any questions about a particular grant program, please contact the sponsoring program office, whose telephone number appears in the program description.

Technical Assistance - For each published Notice of Grant Opportunity (NGO), the sponsoring program office provides a technical assistance workshop to potential grant applicants. The information provided at the workshops is limited to the factual contents of the NGO narrative, including grant parameters, constraints, and state/federal regulations. General guidance on completing the budget forms is also provided. No further technical assistance is provided for competitive or limited-competitive grant programs. This page contains information that is generic in nature. Consult the published NGO for specific program information.

Grant Title Eligibility Application
Due Date
Expanding Innovations in Teacher Climate and Culture-Competitive LEAs that participated in the 2024 Teacher Climate and Culture grant 5/8/2025
Elevate Career and Technical Education (CTE) Innovation Grant-Competitive LEAs grades 9-12 currently eligible to receive Perkins funding 5/15/2025
Empowering Educators: The 2025 Teacher Climate and Culture Innovation Grant-Competitive LEAs that did not participate in the 2024 Teacher Climate and Culture Innovation Grant 5/15/2025
Teacher Quality and Retention Program-Competitive Institutions of Higher Education in NJ 5/15/2025
Teacher Development Program-Competitive Institutions of Higher Education in NJ 5/15/2025
Paraprofessional Grant-Competitive Institutions of Higher Education with an educator preparation program 5/15/2025
Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate Course Expansion-Competitive NJ LEAs with at least one school that qualifies for the federal definition of a schoolwide Title I  5/15/2025
Building Responsive Instruction through Data-Guided Evaluation (BRIDGE) New Jersey LEAs with 40 percent of their students receiving free or reduced lunch and 80 percent or more students who did not meet expectations on the 2023-2024 NJSLA-ELA Grade 3 5/30/2025
Funding for Optimal Comprehensive Universal Screeners (FOCUS) All New Jersey Local Education Agencies (LEAs) that serve grades K-3 5/30/2025

 

Notice of Grant Opportunity (NGO) Guidelines