The Education Department’s Institute of Education Sciences (IES) is on track to lose roughly $289 million in education research funding that must be spent by Sept. 30 or returned to the Treasury, according to a memo reviewed by the Knowledge Alliance. The risk is concentrated in special education research, where the coalition estimates IES could lose about 82% of allocated funds. IES is a central federal education data collection and research agency, and it maintains IPEDS, the federal postsecondary education database. The Knowledge Alliance said it reviewed Office of Management and Budget documents showing how the executive branch plans to spend the nearly $790 million Congress appropriated. Advocates warn that if lapses occur, crucial activities—research, data collections, and technical assistance—will go unfunded. Under President Trump, IES has also faced repeated calls from Education Department officials to “reimagine” the agency.