The Office of Elementary and Secondary Education offers Education Innovation and Research (EIR) Program Mid-phase Grants to support the implementation and rigorous evaluation of successful educational programs. These grants require moderate evidence of improving student outcomes based on well-designed studies. Aimed at addressing persistent education challenges, the EIR program seeks innovative solutions to benefit high-need students. Projects funded under this grant are expected to expand to reach a larger student population, informing educational practices nationwide. Applications for Mid-phase grants are invited to measure program impact and cost-effectiveness, focusing on regional or national implementation. Deadline: April 2, 2019.
Opportunity ID: 312559
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | ED-GRANTS-020119-002 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE): Education Innovation and Research (EIR) Program: Mid-phase Grants CFDA Number 84.411B |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Grant |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Education |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 15 |
| Assistance Listings: | 84.411 — Education Innovation and Research (formerly Investing in Innovation (i3) Fund) |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | Yes |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | Feb 01, 2019 |
| Last Updated Date: | Feb 01, 2019 |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Apr 02, 2019 Applications Available: February 1, 2019. Deadline for Notice of Intent to Apply: February 21, 2019. We will be able to develop a more efficient process for reviewing grant applications if we know the approximate number of applicants that intend to apply for funding under this competition. Therefore, the Secretary strongly encourages each potential applicant to notify us of the applicant’s intent to submit an application by completing a web-based form. When completing this form, applicants will provide (1) the applicant organization’s name and address and (2) which absolute priorities the applicant intends to address. Applicants may access this form online at www.surveymonkey.com/r/GJ3XS96. Applicants that do not complete this form may still submit an application. |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Apr 02, 2019 Applications Available: February 1, 2019. Deadline for Notice of Intent to Apply: February 21, 2019. We will be able to develop a more efficient process for reviewing grant applications if we know the approximate number of applicants that intend to apply for funding under this competition. Therefore, the Secretary strongly encourages each potential applicant to notify us of the applicant’s intent to submit an application by completing a web-based form. When completing this form, applicants will provide (1) the applicant organization’s name and address and (2) which absolute priorities the applicant intends to address. Applicants may access this form online at www.surveymonkey.com/r/GJ3XS96. Applicants that do not complete this form may still submit an application. |
| Archive Date: | May 02, 2019 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $125,000,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | $8,000,000 |
| Award Floor: | – |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | 1. Eligible Applicants: (a) An LEA; (b) An SEA; (c) The Bureau of Indian Education; (d) A consortium of SEAs or LEAs; (e) A nonprofit organization; and (f) An SEA, an LEA, a consortium described in (d), or the Bureau of Indian Education, in partnership with– (1) A nonprofit organization; (2) A business; (3) An educational service agency; or (4) An institution of higher education. 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 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 is in the application package. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Department of Education |
| 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 Common Instructions for Applicants to Department of Education Discretionary Grant Programs, published in the Federal Register on February 12, 2018 (83 FR 6003) and available at www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2018-02-12/pdf/2018-02558.pdf. Purpose of Program: The EIR program, established undersection 4611 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, as amended (ESEA),provides funding to create, develop, implement, replicate, or take to scaleentrepreneurial, evidence-based, field-initiated innovations to improve studentachievement and attainment for high-need students; and rigorously evaluate suchinnovations. The EIR program is designed to generate and validate solutions topersistent education challenges and to support the expansion of those solutionsto serve substantially larger numbers of students. The central design element of the EIR programis its multi-tier structure that links the amount of funding an applicant mayreceive to the quality of the evidence supporting the efficacy of the proposedproject, with the expectation that projects that build this evidence willadvance through EIR’s grant tiers: “Early-phase,” “Mid-phase,” and “Expansion.”Applicants proposing innovative practices that are supported by limitedevidence can receive relatively small grants to support the development,implementation, and initial evaluation of the practices; applicants proposingpractices supported by evidence from rigorous evaluations, such as anexperimental study (as defined in this notice), can receive larger grant awardsto support expansion across the country. This structure provides incentives forapplicants to: (1) Explore new ways of addressing persistent challenges thatother educators can build on and learn from; (2) build evidence ofeffectiveness of their practices; and (3) replicate and scale successfulpractices in new schools, districts, and States while addressing the barriersto scale, such as cost structures and implementation fidelity. All EIR projects are expected to generateinformation regarding their effectiveness in order to inform EIR grantees’efforts to learn about and improve upon their efforts, and to help similar,non-EIR efforts across the country benefit from EIR grantees’ knowledge. Byrequiring that all grantees conduct independent evaluations of their EIRprojects, EIR ensures that its funded projects make a significant contributionto improving the quality and quantity of information available to practitionersand policymakers about which practices improve student achievement andattainment, for which types of students, and in what contexts. The Department awards three types of grantsunder this program: “Early-phase” grants, “Mid-phase” grants, and “Expansion”grants. These grants differ in terms of the level of prior evidence ofeffectiveness required for consideration for funding, the expectationsregarding the kind of evidence and information funded projects should produce,the level of scale funded projects should reach, and, consequently, the amountof funding available to support each type of project. The Department expects that Mid-phase grantswill be used to fund implementation and a rigorous evaluation of a program thathas been successfully implemented under an Early-phase grant or other effortmeeting similar criteria, for the purpose of measuring the program’s impact andcost-effectiveness, if possible using existing administrative data. Mid-phasegrants are supported by evidence that demonstrates a statistically significanteffect on improving student outcomes or other relevant outcomes based onmoderate evidence (as defined in this notice) from at least one well-designedand well-implemented experimental study for at least one population or setting,and grantees are encouraged to implement at the regional level (as defined inthis notice) or at the national level (as defined in this notice). This noticeinvites applications for Mid-phase grants only. The notices inviting applicationsfor Early-phase and Expansion grants are published elsewhere in this issue ofthe Federal Register.
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| Link to Additional Information: | Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE): Education Innovation and Research (EIR) Program: Mid-phase Grants CFDA Number 84.411B |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Julius Cotton
ED Grants.gov FIND Systems Admin. Phone 202-245-6288 EducationGrantInquiries@ed.gov Program Contact: Irene Montanti U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW, Room 3E323, Washington, DC 20202-5900. Telephone: (202) 453-7122. Email: eir@ed.gov. Email:eir@ed.gov |
Version History
| Version | Modification Description | Updated Date |
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Related Documents
Folder 312559 Full Announcement-CFDA Number 84.411B -> 2019-00710.pdf
Folder 312559 Full Announcement-CFDA Number 84.411B -> 2018-02558.pdf
Packages
| Agency Contact Information: | Julius Cotton ED Grants.gov FIND Systems Admin. Phone 202-245-6288 EducationGrantInquiries@ed.gov Program Contact: Irene Montanti U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW, Room 3E323, Washington, DC 20202-5900. Telephone: (202) 453-7122. Email: eir@ed.gov. Email: eir@ed.gov |
| Who Can Apply: | Organization Applicants |
| Assistance Listing Number | Competition ID | Competition Title | Opportunity Package ID | Opening Date | Closing Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 84.411 | 84-411B2019-1 | Education Innovation and Research Mid-phase Grants (84.411B) | PKG00248039 | Feb 01, 2019 | Apr 02, 2019 | View |
Package 1
Mandatory forms
312559 SF424_2_1-2.1.pdf
312559 ED_SF424_Supplement_1_3-1.3.pdf
312559 SF424B-1.1.pdf
312559 ED_524_Budget_1_3-1.3.pdf
312559 SFLLL_1_2-1.2.pdf
312559 GG_LobbyingForm-1.1.pdf
312559 ED_GEPA427-1.1.pdf
312559 ED_Abstract-1.1.pdf
312559 ProjectNarrativeAttachments_1_2-1.2.pdf
312559 BudgetNarrativeAttachments_1_2-1.2.pdf
312559 OtherNarrativeAttachments_1_2-1.2.pdf
312559 ProjObj_PerfMeasures-1.0.pdf
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