OpportunityTitle: Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE): Innovation and Early Learning Programs: Education Innovation and Research (EIR) Program&#8212;Expansion Grants Assistance Listing Number (ALN) 84.411A
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: 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 is in the application package. 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&#8217;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, any IHE is eligible to be a partner in an application submitted by an LEA, SEA, BIE, consortium of SEAs or LEAs, or a nonprofit organization.  A private IHE that is a nonprofit organization may apply for an EIR grant.  A nonprofit organization, such as a development foundation, that is affiliated with a public IHE may apply for a grant.  A public IHE that has 501(c)(3) status would also qualify as a nonprofit organization and may apply for an EIR grant.  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 in 34 CFR 75.51(b), however, would not qualify as a nonprofit organization, and therefore would not be eligible to apply for and receive an EIR grant.
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 27, 2021. 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, 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 higher numbers of 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, with the expectation that projects that build this evidence will advance through EIR&#8217;s grant tiers: &#8220;Early-phase,&#8221; &#8220;Mid-phase,&#8221; and &#8220;Expansion.&#8221; &#8220;Early-phase,&#8221; &#8220;Mid-phase,&#8221; and &#8220;Expansion&#8221; 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 level of scale funded projects should reach, and, consequently, the amount of funding available to support each type of project. Expansion grants are supported by strong evidence (as defined in this notice) for at least one population and setting, and grantees are encouraged to implement at the national level (as defined in this notice). Expansion grants provide funding for the implementation and rigorous evaluation of a program that has been found to produce sizable, significant impacts under a Mid-phase grant or other effort meeting similar criteria, for the purposes of (a) determining whether such impacts can be successfully reproduced and sustained over time; and (b) identifying the conditions in which the program is most effective. This notice invites applications for Expansion grants only. The notices inviting applications for Early-phase and Mid-phase grants are published elsewhere in this issue of the Federal Register. Assistance Listing Number (ALN) 84.411A.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: Program Mailbox
GrantorContactText: Julius C Cotton &lt;br/&gt;ED Grants.gov FIND Systems Admin. &lt;br/&gt;Phone 202-245-6288 &lt;br/&gt;julius.cotton@ed.gov &lt;br/&gt;Program Manager: &lt;br/&gt;Yvonne Crockett,  &lt;br/&gt;U.S. Department of Education,  &lt;br/&gt;400 Maryland Avenue, SW, room 3E344,  &lt;br/&gt;Washington, DC 20202-5900.   &lt;br/&gt;Telephone:  (202) 401-8105.   &lt;br/&gt;Email:  eir@ed.gov.
CloseDateExplanation: Applications Available:  April 29, 2022.     Deadline for Notice of Intent to Apply:  May 27, 2022.     Notice of Intent to Apply:  The Department will be able to review grant applications more efficiently if we know the approximate number of applicants that intend to apply.  Therefore, we strongly encourage each potential applicant to notify us of their intent to submit an application.  Applicants may access this form using the link available on the Notice of Intent to Apply section of the competition website:  https://oese.ed.gov/offices/office-of-discretionary-grants-support-services/innovation-early-learning/education-innovation-and-research-eir/fy-2022-competition/.       Applicants that do not submit a notice of intent to apply may still apply for funding; applicants that do submit a notice of intent to apply are not bound to apply or bound by the information provided.     Deadline for Transmittal of Applications:  June 21, 2022.     Deadline for Intergovernmental Review:  August 22, 2022.      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-2022-competition/.     FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Yvonne Crockett, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW, room 3E344, Washington, DC 20202-5900.  Telephone:  (202) 401-8105.  Email:  eir@ed.gov.