Office of Innovation and Improvement (OII): Investing in Innovation (I3): Validation Grants CFDA Number 84.411B

Post Date

April 23rd 2014

Application Due Date

June 24th 2014

Applications Available: April 25, 2014. Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: June 24, 2014.

Funding Opportunity Number

ED-GRANTS-042314-002

CFDA Number(s)

84.411

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement
Grant

Funding Activity Categories

Education

Number of Awards

8

Eligibility Categories

Other

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).

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $11500000

• Award Range:

  $None - $None

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. 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 the i3 program, CFDA number 84.411B (Validation grants), must be submitted electronically using the Governmentwide Grants.gov Apply site at www.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 program this competition by the CFDA number. Do not include the CFDA number's alpha suffix in your search (e.g., search for 84.411, not 84.411B). The telephone number for the Grants.gov Helpdesk is 1-800-518-4726 or e-mail: support@grants.gov.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of Education

• Office:

  None

• Agency Contact:

  Joyce Mays
  Management Analyst
  Phone 202-245-6122
  joyce.mays@ed.gov
  Program Manager:
  Kelly Terpak
  U.S. Department of Education
  400 Maryland Avenue SW., Room 4W111 Washington, DC 20202-5930
  Telephone: (202) 453-7122
  

• Agency Mailing Address:

  Program Manager: email

• Agency Email Address:

  i3@ed.gov.

• More Information:

  Office of Innovation and Improvement (OII): Investing in Innovation (I3): Validation Grants CFDA Number 84.411B