Department of Education grant opportunity: Education Innovation and Research Program-Early-Phase Grants

• Deadline for notice of intent to apply: May 9
• Deadline for transmittal of applications: June 5

College of Education researchers are encouraged to consider applying for the recently announced U.S. Department of Education’s Applications for New Awards; Education Innovation and Research Program-Early-Phase Grants funding opportunity. Program details are found in the full text announcement.

Purpose of program: The Education Innovation and Research (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 rigorously evaluate such innovations.

The EIR program is designed to generate and validate solutions to persistent educational challenges and to support the expansion of those solutions to serve substantially larger numbers of students. The Department awards three types of grants under this program: “early-phase” grants, “mid-phase” grants, and “expansion” grants. Ten percent matching/cost share is required. A specific deliverable under an early-phase grant that grantees must openly license to the public is the evaluation report.

Contact the

Office of Research and Graduate Education

if you are interested in pursuing this funding.