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Assistance listing · 84.324
Research in Special Education
Federal financial assistance obligated under listing 84.324, the organisations that receive it and where it goes.
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Federal agencies obligated $34M in awards under assistance listing 84.324, Research in Special Education, in FY2026, and $222M over the five fiscal years since FY2023; the program ranks 564 of 988 on this site.
Obligations were down 30% on FY2025 ($48M), with $0 so far in FY2027.
The largest recipient organisations by the value of $1.0M-plus awards since FY2023 were University of Kansas Center for Research Inc ($12M), University of Texas at Austin ($11M) and University of Oregon ($9.0M).
By place of performance, the most money went to TX, KS and OR.
Obligations by fiscal year
Compared with the largest program FY2026
| Measure | This program | Grants to States for Medicaid | All assistance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obligations, FY2026 | $34M | $722B | $4.4T |
| Five-year total | $222M | $2.6T | $17T |
| Share of all assistance obligations, five years | 0% | 15.2% | 100% |
Largest recipients $1.0M+ award value since FY2023
| # | Organisation | Awards | Award value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of Kansas Center for Research Inc | 5 | $12M |
| 2 | University of Texas at Austin | 5 | $11M |
| 3 | University of Oregon | 4 | $9.0M |
| 4 | American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences | 2 | $5.0M |
| 5 | University of South Florida | 3 | $5.0M |
| 6 | University of Washington | 2 | $4.6M |
| 7 | Vanderbilt University | 3 | $4.4M |
| 8 | Trustees of Boston University | 2 | $4.4M |
| 9 | University of South Carolina | 2 | $3.5M |
| 10 | Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska | 1 | $3.2M |
| 11 | Trustees of Indiana University | 1 | $3.1M |
| 12 | Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia | 1 | $3.0M |
| 13 | The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania | 1 | $3.0M |
| 14 | University of Mass at Boston | 1 | $3.0M |
| 15 | University of California Irvine | 1 | $2.7M |
Awarding agencies $1.0M+ awards
Where the money goes
Largest awards since FY2023
Other programs numbered 84.xxx
- 84.063 Federal Pell Grant Program $139B
- 84.010 Title I Grants to Local Educational Agencies $73B
- 84.027 Special Education Grants to States $57B
- 84.126 Rehabilitation Services Vocational Rehabilitation Grants to States $15B
- 84.367 Supporting Effective Instruction State Grants (formerly Improving Teacher Quality State Grants) $8.7B
- 84.041 Impact Aid $6.8B
- 84.048 Career and Technical Education -- Basic Grants to States $5.6B
- 84.424 Student Support and Academic Enrichment Program $5.5B
- 84.287 Twenty-First Century Community Learning Centers $5.3B
- 84.033 Federal Work-Study Program $4.6B
- 84.031 Higher Education Institutional Aid $4.5B
- 84.007 Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants $3.6B
- 84.365 English Language Acquisition State Grants $3.5B
- 84.002 Adult Education - Basic Grants to States $2.9B
- 84.181 Special Education-Grants for Infants and Families $2.2B
- 84.047 TRIO Upward Bound $1.8B
- 84.173 Special Education Preschool Grants $1.7B
- 84.184 School Safely National Activities $1.6B
- 84.042 TRIO Student Support Services $1.5B
- 84.369 Grants for State Assessments and Related Activities $1.5B
- 84.011 Migrant Education State Grant Program $1.5B
- 84.334 Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs $1.4B
- 84.116 Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education $1.4B
- 84.215 Innovative Approaches to Literacy; Promise Neighborhoods; Full-Service Community Schools; and Congressionally Directed Spending for Elementary and Secondary Education Community Projects $1.2B
Questions and answers
How much is obligated under assistance listing 84.324?
$34M in FY2026 and $222M over the five fiscal years since FY2023, counting every award type recorded under the listing (grants, direct payments, loan subsidy cost, insurance and other assistance). Obligations are commitments, not payments.
Who receives the most under Research in Special Education?
University of Kansas Center for Research Inc ($12M), University of Texas at Austin ($11M), University of Oregon ($9.0M), American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences ($5.0M), University of South Florida ($5.0M). Individuals are never listed; where a program pays individuals, USAspending records aggregated rows that appear here as "not shown".
What is an assistance listing (CFDA) number?
A five-digit number that identifies a federal financial assistance program on SAM.gov (formerly the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance). Every grant, loan, direct payment or other assistance award on USAspending carries one; contracts do not.
Provenance
Source: USAspending.gov API v2, spending by category (assistance listing) by fiscal year, recipient cross-tabulation for FY2022–FY2025 and award search, loaded 30 Sep 2026. State figures come from each state's top-100 listing table, so small amounts in a state may be missing. See methodology.