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Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE): Innovation and Early Learning Programs: Education Innovation and Research (EIR) Program Early-Phase Grants Assistance Listing Number 84.411C

ID: ED-GRANTS-050624-003 • Type: Posted
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Description

Note: Each funding opportunity description is a synopsis of information in the Federal Register application notice. For specific information about eligibility, please see the official application notice. The official version of this document is the document published in the Federal Register. Free Internet access to the official edition of the Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations is available on GPO Access at: http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/index.html. Please review the official application notice for pre-application and application requirements, application submission information, performance measures, priorities and program contact information.

For the addresses for obtaining and submitting an application, please refer to our Revised Common Instructions for Applicants to Department of Education Discretionary Grant Programs, published in the Federal Register on December 7, 2022.

Purpose of Program: The EIR program, established under section 4611 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, as amended (ESEA), provides funding to create, develop, implement, replicate, or take to scale entrepreneurial, evidence-based (as defined in this notice), field-initiated innovations to improve student achievement and attainment for high-need students and to rigorously evaluate such innovations. The EIR program is designed to generate and validate solutions to persistent education challenges and to support the expansion of those solutions to serve substantially more students.

The central design element of the EIR program is its multitier structure that links the amount of funding an applicant may receive to the quality of the evidence supporting the efficacy of the proposed project, with the expectation that projects that build this evidence will advance through EIR's grant tiers: Early-phase, Mid-phase, and Expansion.

Early-phase, Mid-phase, and Expansion grants differ in terms of the level of prior evidence of effectiveness required for consideration for funding, the expectations regarding the kind of evidence and information funded projects should produce, the scale of funded projects, and, consequently, the amount of funding available to support each type of project.

Early-phase grants must demonstrate a rationale (as defined in this notice). Early-phase grants provide funding for the development, implementation, and feasibility testing of a program that prior research suggests has promise, for the purpose of determining whether the program can successfully improve student achievement and attainment for high-need students. Early-phase grants are not intended to simply expand established practices or address needs unique to one particular context. Rather, the goal is to determine whether and in what ways relatively new practices can improve student achievement and attainment for high-need students.

This notice invites applications for Early-phase grants only. The notices inviting applications for Mid-phase grants and Expansion grants are published elsewhere in this issue of the Federal Register.

Assistance Listing Number (ALN) 84.411C.

Background
The Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE) is issuing a notice inviting applications for fiscal year (FY) 2024 for the Education Innovation and Research (EIR) program Early-phase Grants, Assistance Listing Number 84.411C. The EIR program, established under section 4611 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, provides funding to create, develop, implement, replicate, or take to scale entrepreneurial, evidence-based, field-initiated innovations to improve student achievement and attainment for high-need students. The program is designed to generate and validate solutions to persistent education challenges and to support the expansion of those solutions to serve substantially more students.

Grant Details
The EIR program has a multitier structure that links the amount of funding an applicant may receive to the quality of the evidence supporting the efficacy of the proposed project. Early-phase grants must demonstrate a rationale and provide funding for the development, implementation, and feasibility testing of a program that prior research suggests has promise, for the purpose of determining whether the program can successfully improve student achievement and attainment for high-need students. The notice invites applications for Early-phase grants only.

Eligibility Requirements
Applicants must address Absolute Priority 1 - Applications that Demonstrate a Rationale. Projects that demonstrate a rationale are eligible for funding under this grant opportunity.

Period of Performance
Applications are available from May 6, 2024, with a deadline for transmittal of applications on July 22, 2024.

Grant Value
The total value of the grant and potential value of individual grant awards are not explicitly mentioned in the provided text.
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Overview

Agency
Department of Education (ED)
Category of Funding
Education
Funding Instruments
Grant
Grant Program (CFDA)
84.411 - Education Innovation and Research (formerly Investing in Innovation (i3) Fund)
Grant Category
Discretionary
Cost Sharing / Matching Requirement
True
Source
Grants.gov
On 5/6/24 the Department of Education posted grant opportunity ED-GRANTS-050624-003 for Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE): Innovation and Early Learning Programs: Education Innovation and Research (EIR) Program Early-Phase Grants Assistance Listing Number 84.411C with funding of $251.0 million. The grant will be issued under grant program 84.411 Education Innovation and Research (formerly Investing in Innovation (i3) Fund). It is expected that 15 total grants will be made.

Timing

Posted Date
May 6, 2024, 12:00 a.m. EDT
Closing Date
July 31, 2024, 12:00 a.m. EDT Past Due
Closing Date Explanation
Updated 7/26 per https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-07-26/pdf/2024-16590.pdf Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: July 31, 2024. Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: September 30, 2024.
Last Updated
July 26, 2024, 8:05 a.m. EDT
Version
7
Archive Date
Aug. 30, 2024

Eligibility

Eligible Applicants
Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
Independent school districts
Additional Info
1. Eligible Applicants: (a) An LEA;(b) An SEA;(c) The Bureau of Indian Education (BIE);(d) A consortium of SEAs or LEAs;(e) A nonprofit (as defined in this notice) organization; and(f) An LEA, an SEA, the BIE, or a consortium described in clause (d), in partnership with—(1) A nonprofit organization;(2) A business;(3) An educational service agency; or(4) An IHE.To qualify as a rural applicant under the EIR program, an applicant must meet both of the following requirements:(a) The applicant is—(1) An LEA with an urban-centric district locale code of 32, 33, 41, 42, or 43, as determined by the Secretary;(2) A consortium of such LEAs;(3) An educational service agency or a nonprofit organization in partnership with such an LEA; or(4) A grantee described in clause (1) or (2) in partnership with an SEA; and (b) A majority of the schools to be served by the program are designated with a locale code of 32, 33, 41, 42, or 43, or a combination of such codes, as determined by the Secretary.Applicants are encouraged to retrieve locale codes from the National Center for Education Statistics School District search tool (https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/), where districts can be looked up individually to retrieve locale codes, and the Public School search tool (https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/), where individual schools can be looked up to retrieve locale codes. More information on rural applicant eligibility will be in the application package for this competition. Note: An applicant that is a nonprofit organization may, under 34 CFR 75.51, demonstrate its nonprofit status by providing: (1) proof that the Internal Revenue Service currently recognizes the applicant as an organization to which contributions are tax deductible under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code; (2) a statement from a State taxing body or the State attorney general certifying that the organization is a nonprofit organization operating within the State and that no part of its net earnings may lawfully benefit any private shareholder or individual; (3) a certified copy of the applicant’s certificate of incorporation or similar document if it clearly establishes the nonprofit status of the applicant; or (4) any item described above if that item applies to a State or national parent organization, together with a statement by the State or parent organization that the applicant is a local nonprofit affiliate. In addition, with respect to IHEs and their affiliates, the following entities may apply for a grant in this competition: (1) As noted above, any IHE that is a partner in an application submitted by an LEA, SEA, BIE, consortium of SEAs or LEAs, or a nonprofit organization; (2) A private IHE that is a nonprofit organization may apply for an EIR grant; (3) A nonprofit organization, such as a development foundation, that is affiliated with a public IHE; and (4) A public IHE with 501(c)(3) status. A public IHE without 501(c)(3) status (even if that entity is tax exempt under Section 115 of the Internal Revenue Code or any other State or Federal provision), or that could not provide any other documentation of nonprofit status described above, however, would not qualify

Award Sizing

Ceiling
$6,000,000
Floor
Not Listed
Estimated Program Funding
$251,000,000
Estimated Number of Grants
15

Contacts

Contact
Julius C Cotton ED Grants.gov FIND Systems Admin.
Contact Email
eir@ed.gov
Email Description
Program Mailbox
Contact Phone
(202) 245-6288
Additional Information
Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE): Innovation and Early Learning Programs: Education Innovation and Research (EIR) Program Early-Phase Grants Assistance Listing Number 84.411C; Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards
Additional Information Site
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-05-06/pdf/2024-09797.pdf

Documents

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