The Research Triangle Institute (RTI) was awarded a $4 million Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education on January 1, 2023 to implement the "SPEAK TO THE POTENTIAL, ABILITY, AND RESILIENCE INSIDE EVERY KID (SPARK): A MENTORING INTERVENTION FOR MIDDLE-SCHOOL STUDENTS" program through December 31, 2027. This award is funded through the Education Innovation and Research Program (formerly known as the Investing in Innovation Fund or...
The federal Project Grant award R305N240054 for $710,982.00 was provided by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) under the Education Research, Development and Dissemination program (CFDA 84.305). The grant supports career development opportunities in the Los Angeles Unified School District, with a period of performance from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2025. The prime awardee, SRI International, is a non-profit research and development institute that will conduct the project. SRI...
The U.S. Department of Education, through its Education Innovation and Research (EIR) program (CFDA 84.411), awarded a $10,964,184 Project Grant to The 21st Century Partnership for STEM Education, a non-profit organization based in Wayne, Pennsylvania. The funding, with a performance period from Jan. 1, 2025 to Dec. 31, 2029, will support the development and implementation of innovative standards-based grading practices aimed at improving student achievement, particularly for high-need students....
The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded a $9,398,638.00 Project Grant under the Education Innovation and Research (EIR) program to the American Institutes for Research (AIR) with a performance period from January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2029. The purpose of the grant is to refine, scale, test, and sustain a teacher professional learning program for early-career teachers based on Teachstone's MyTeachingPartner-Secondary (MTP-S) program. The...
This $4,947,502 Education Innovation and Research (EIR) Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education will support the scaling and evaluation of the Third Quest (TTQ) intervention. The grant was awarded to the American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences (AIR), a non-profit research organization, on January 1, 2024 for a 5-year project period ending on December 30, 2028. The project aims to scale and evaluate the impact of the...
This $1,919,191.85 Project Grant award was provided by the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences (IES) under the Education Research, Development and Dissemination program (CFDA 84.305). The award will fund a collaborative research effort between the American Institutes for Research (AIR), the University of California, Berkeley (UCB), the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), and the California Department of Education (CDE). The key objectives are to examine...
The Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences awarded a $985,475 Project Grant under the Research in Special Education program (CFDA 84.324) to the American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences (AIR) for the project "The Special Educator Workforce: A Research Collaborative (SPARC)". The award period is from August 1, 2024, to July 31, 2025. The SPARC project will conduct comprehensive research to expand knowledge and understanding of developmental,...
The Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded Providence College a $13.7 million Project Grant under the Education Innovation and Research (formerly Investing in Innovation (i3) Fund) program (CFDA 84.411) to test the impact of Self-Regulated Strategy Development (SRSD) from December 15, 2021 to December 15, 2026. The i3 program supports the creation, development, implementation, replication and scaling of evidence-based innovations designed to improve...
The Texas A&M Research Foundation received a $16,283,484 project grant award from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education on December 15, 2021 through the Education Innovation and Research program (CFDA 84.411). The grant will support the Knowledge Acquisition and Transformation Expansion initiative through December 15, 2026. This federally-funded project aims to improve student achievement and attainment for high-need students through...
The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded a $7,417,784 Project Grant under the Education Innovation and Research (EIR) program (CFDA 84.411) to the Board of Control for Southern Regional Education (SREB), a non-profit organization based in Atlanta, Georgia. The grant, titled "HOPE: A Professional Development Model to Enhance Math Teacher Effectiveness," aims to develop, implement, and evaluate an innovative professional development...