The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded a $6,638,942 Project Grant under the Education Innovation and Research (EIR) program (CFDA 84.411) to the Intercultural Development Research Association (IDRA), a non-profit organization based in San Antonio, Texas. The grant, titled "TECHXPERTS", was awarded on January 1, 2025, with a planned completion date of December 31, 2029. The TECHXPERTS grant supports IDRA's efforts to develop, implement,...
The Illinois State Board of Education, through its Regional Office of Education #17, received a $4.4 million Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education under the Education Innovation and Research Program (formerly known as the Investing in Innovation Fund). The grant will support the "Leading While Learning Project," which is focused on improving principal effectiveness through December 2026. As indicated in the grant...
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 federal Project Grant award of $4,777,356.00, awarded by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education under the Education Innovation and Research (EIR) program (CFDA 84.411), will fund the "Learning to Lead in Math Project" at the University of Illinois in Chicago. This 5-year project, running from January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2029, aims to develop and implement innovative educational practices to improve student achievement and attainment,...
This $4,512,259 Education Innovation and Research (EIR) Early-Phase grant, awarded by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, supports the Region One Education Service Center's "Project LIFT" initiative. This 5-year project aims to enhance student achievement, particularly for high-need students, through the development and implementation of evidence-based educational interventions. The grant will enable Region One to create, pilot, and scale up...
The State of New Mexico Public Education Department received a $8,585,449.70 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Education's Education Innovation and Research (EIR) program (CFDA 84.411). The award, titled "NEW MEXICO TEACHER RESIDENCIES," will support the development, implementation, and scaling of evidence-based innovations to improve student achievement and attainment for high-need students in New Mexico over a 5-year project period from January 1, 2024 to...
The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded a $12,539,357.60 Project Grant under the Education Innovation and Research (EIR) program (CFDA 84.411) to the Center for Leadership and Educational Equity in Providence, RI. The five-year grant, effective from January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2029, will fund the "PLAN, LEAD, ACT, NETWORK, AND SUSTAIN (PLANS) FOR EQUITABLE STUDENT OUTCOMES" project. The project aims to create, develop, implement,...
The Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded Uplift Education $5,059,060 under the Education Innovation and Research (EIR) federal grant program (CFDA 84.411) to support the PATH TO PURPOSE project. The five-year project grant runs from December 2021 through December 2026 and will fund the creation and implementation of evidence-based innovations designed to improve student achievement and attainment for high-need students. As the EIR program aims to support...
The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded a $11,000,000 Education Innovation and Research (EIR) Program (CFDA #84.411) Project Grant to the San Jose State University Research Foundation. The grant, titled "SCIENCE ROOTS: GROWING STUDENT FUTURES THROUGH GENAI ENHANCED PROJECT-BASED LEARNING USING GREEN NINJA", will support the development, implementation, and evaluation of an innovative educational intervention focused on project-based...
The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded a $11,017,875 Project Grant to Michigan State University to scale a project-based curriculum that uses multiple literacies to transform science learning in elementary schools in the Deep South. This grant, funded through the Education Innovation and Research (EIR) program (CFDA 84.411), aims to develop, implement, and evaluate an innovative educational intervention focused on improving student achievement and...