02 Jun

Posted at 21:18h in Competency One, Funding Opportunities
Department of Education – Office of Elementary and Secondary Education Attention institutions of higher education awarding Federal Pell Grant funds! The Department of Education (ED) – Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE) is accepting applications for EIR program expansion tier. This program 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 while rigorously evaluating innovations. The EIR has three grant tiers: early-phase, mid-phase, and expansion, with the expectation that projects will advance through the tiers. This opportunity is specifically for the early-phase tier.

06 Aug

Posted at 09:33h in Competency One, Funding Opportunities
United States Department of Education – Office of Elementary and Secondary Education: Education Innovation and Research (EIR) Program: Early-Phase Grants Attention folks in higher education! Is your program seeking funding for researching and developing an innovative educational practice? The United States Department of Education’s Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE) recently opened applications for Education Innovation and Research (EIR) Program for Early-phase grants. The EIR program is a phased structure that links the potential funding amount to the quality of supporting evidence for the proposed project’s efficacy. The expectation here is that projects will build upon their evidence and move through the EIR program phases: Early-phase, Mid-phase, and Expansion. For the purposes of this solicitation discussion, we’ll take a closer look at Early-phase grants.