OpportunityTitle: Office of Innovation and Improvement (OII): Investing in Innovation Fund, Scale- up Grants CFDA 84.411A
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: Innovations That Improve Achievement for High-Need Students: All grantees must implement practices that are designed to improve student   achievement (as defined in this notice) or student growth (as defined in this notice), close achievement gaps, decrease dropout rates,   increase high school graduation rates (as defined in this notice), or increase college enrollment and completion rates for high-need students (as defined in this notice).
Description: &#149;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. Purpose of Program: The Investing in Innovation Fund (i3), established under section 14007 of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), provides funding to support (1) local educational agencies (LEAs), and (2) nonprofit organizations in partnership with (a) one or more LEAs or (b) a consortium of schools. Applications for grants under this competition must be submitted electronically using the Grants.gov Apply site (Grants.gov). You may access the electronic grant application for the i3 program at www.Grants.gov. You must search for the downloadable application package for this competition by the CFDA number. Do not include the CFDA number&apos;s alpha suffix in your search (e.g., search for 84.411, not 84.411A).The telephone number for the Grants.gov Helpdesk is 1-800-518-4726 or e-mail: support@grants.gov. On May 3, 2013, we published notices in the Federal Register inviting applications (NIAs) for the i3 Scale-up and Validation grants (78 FR 25977) and (78 FR 25990). The NIAs inadvertently omitted part of an evaluation requirement. This notice corrects the NIAs to include the omitted language, namely that the grantee must also ensure that the data from its evaluation are made available to third-party researchers consistent with applicable privacy requirements.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: Program Manager: email
GrantorContactText: Joyce Mays &lt;br/&gt;Management Analyst  &lt;br/&gt;Phone 202-245-6122 &lt;br/&gt;joyce.mays@ed.gov &lt;br/&gt;Program Manager: &lt;br/&gt;Carol Lyons &lt;br/&gt;U.S. Department of Education &lt;br/&gt;400 Maryland Avenue SW., Room 4W203, Washington, DC 20202 &lt;br/&gt;Telephone: (202) 453-7122.
CloseDateExplanation: Applications Available: May 6, 2013.  Deadline for Notice of Intent to Apply: May 23, 2013.  Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: July 2, 2013.