Welcome to the agency’s web page of open grant opportunities. Our goal is to provide easy, one-stop access to open grant opportunities (federal, state, and privately funded) offered by the SCDE that includes all pertinent application requirements.
If you have started and saved an application form for a grant/subgrant, be sure to log-in to access the form at least once before 30 days elapse from the last time you saved the form. Forms expire from inactivity after 30 days and there is nothing staff at the South Carolina Department of Education can do to recover expired forms.
Closed grant opportunities are available using the “SCDE Archived Grant Opportunities” link. These may help you prepare for the next available funding round.
For grant writing resources, program planning tools, and grant announcements from external funders, visit the Office of Grants Services web site.
NOTE: The SCDE does not provide personal financial assistance. To learn where you may find personal help, please visit USA.gov. To report fraud, please contact the South Carolina Office of the Inspector General.
Current Grant Opportunities
| Grant Opportunity |
Program Office |
Eligible Applicants |
Total Available Funding |
Application Due Date |
2026-27 Career
Clusters Partnership
Grant |
Office of
Career Readiness |
Private-sector
statewide trade
associations or
educational foundations
that fall under
IRS code
501(c)(3) or 501(c)(6)
that provide
nationally certified
programs in career
and technical education. |
$800,000 |
7/31/26 |
2026–27 State
Abstinence Until
Marriage—Evidence-Based
Programs |
Office of
Student Support |
Non-profit 501(c)(3)
organizations that
can document their
capacity to implement
Evidence-based programs
that promote
abstinence-until-marriage
program services
for youth ages
10-19 in priority
areas of the state. |
Approximately $546,972 |
08/04/26 |
2026–27 State
Abstinence Until
Marriage—Emerging Programs |
Office of
Student Support |
Non-profit
501(c)(3) organizations
that can document
their capacity to
implement Emerging
programs that promote
abstinence-until-marriage
program services for
youth ages 10-19. |
Approximately $100,000 |
08/4/26 |
2026-27 Gifted
and Talented
Graduate Course
Program |
Office of
Assessment and Standards |
Public or private
South Carolina
Institutes of
Higher Education |
$200,000 |
8/3/26 |
