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

ID: ED-GRANTS-052323-003 • Type: Posted

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 multi-tier structure that links the amount of funding an applicant may receive to the quality of the evidence supporting the efficacy of the proposed project. One of the program's goals is for projects to build evidence that will allow them advance through EIR's grant tiers: ``Early-phase,'' ``Mid-phase,'' and ``Expansion.'' Early-phase,'' ``Mid-phase,'' and ``Expansion'' grants differ in terms of the evidence of effectiveness required to be considered 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. Mid-phase grants are supported by moderate evidence (as defined in this notice). Mid-phase grants provide funding for the implementation and rigorous evaluation of a program, which has been successfully implemented under an Early-phase grant or other similar effort, such as developing and testing an innovative education practice at a local level, for the purpose of measuring the program's impact and cost-effectiveness. This notice invites applications for Mid-phase grants only. The notices inviting applications for Early-phase and Expansion grants are published elsewhere in this issue of the Federal Register.

Assistance Listing Number (ALN) 84.411B.

Background
The Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE) is issuing a notice inviting applications for fiscal year (FY) 2023 for the Education Innovation and Research (EIR) program—Mid-phase Grants, Assistance Listing Number 84.411B (Mid-phase Grants). 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; 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.

Grant Details
The central design element of the EIR program is its multi-tier structure that links the amount of funding an applicant may receive to the quality of the evidence supporting the efficacy of the proposed project. One of the program's goals is for projects to build evidence that will allow them advance through EIR's grant tiers: 'Early-phase,' 'Mid-phase,' and 'Expansion.' Mid-phase grants are supported by moderate evidence and provide funding for the implementation and rigorous evaluation of a program, which has been successfully implemented under an Early-phase grant or other similar effort.

Eligibility Requirements
The Department will post additional competition information for prospective applicants on the EIR program website. For obtaining and submitting an application, please refer to our Common Instructions for Applicants to Department of Education Discretionary Grant Programs.

Period of Performance
Applications Available: May 25, 2023.
Deadline for Notice of Intent To Apply: June 22, 2023.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: July 12, 2023.
Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: September 11, 2023.

Grant Value
Not specified

Overview

Category of Funding
Education
Funding Instruments
Grant
Grant Category
Discretionary
Cost Sharing / Matching Requirement
True
Source
On 5/23/23 the Department of Education posted grant opportunity ED-GRANTS-052323-003 for Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE): Innovation and Early Learning Programs: Education Innovation and Research (EIR) Program—Mid-Phase Grants Assistance Listing Number (ALN) 84.411B with funding of $273.0 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 8 total grants will be made.

Timing

Posted Date
May 23, 2023, 12:00 a.m. EDT
Closing Date
July 12, 2023, 12:00 a.m. EDT Past Due
Closing Date Explanation
Applications Available: May 25, 2023. Deadline for Notice of Intent To Apply: June 22, 2023. Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: July 12, 2023. Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: September 11, 2023. Pre-Application Information: The Department will post additional competition information for prospective applicants on the EIR program website: https://oese.ed.gov/offices/office-of-discretionary-grants-support-services/innovation-early-learning/education-innovation-and-research-eir/fy-2023-competition/. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Yvonne Crockett, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20202-5900. Telephone: 202-987-1753. Email: eir@ed.gov.
Last Updated
May 23, 2023, 12:24 p.m. EDT
Version
1
Archive Date
Aug. 11, 2023

Eligibility

Eligible Applicants
Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
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 organization; and (f) An LEA, an SEA, the BIE, or a consortium described in clause (d), in partnership with-- (1) A nonprofit (as defined in this notice) 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: If you are a nonprofit organization, under 34 CFR 75.51, you may demonstrate your 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 may apply for a grant under 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; (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 as a nonprofit organization, and therefore would not be eligible to apply for and receive an EIR grant.

Award Sizing

Ceiling
$8,000,000
Floor
Not Listed
Estimated Program Funding
$273,000,000
Estimated Number of Grants
8

Contacts

Contact
Julius C Cotton ED Grants.gov FIND Systems Admin.
Contact Email
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—Mid-Phase Grants Assistance Listing Number (ALN) 84.411B; Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards

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