91990025R0004.ResponsestoQuestions.docx
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This is a Questions and Answers document (Amendment 0001) for Department of Education Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Direct to Phase II solicitation 91990025R0004, with a closing date of January 8, 2025, at 11:00 a.m. ET.
The document addresses two questions from potential offerors. First, it confirms that instructors participating in pilot studies at university and high school settings can be compensated through ED/IES SBIR awards. Second, it clarifies that offerors may submit similar or related proposals to multiple SBIR programs or funding programs, provided they disclose this information in Section H and do not accept multiple funding sources for the same work. The document also includes an important technical note about email attachment size restrictions of 25 MB for Department of Education submissions.
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Request for Proposals 91990025R0004 Small Business Innovation Research Program Direct to Phase II Amendment 0001 Closing Date: January 8, 2025, 11:00 a.m. ET
U.S. Department of Education’s (Department or ED) responses to clarification questions submitted by December 2, 11:00 A.M. ET:
NOTE!
· Offerors must note that there are email attachment size restrictions. The Department of Education cannot accept attachments larger than 25 MB. The Government is not responsible for attachment size restrictions that may exist on offerors' email servers! Offerors are advised to check with their provider for information on email size restrictions and plan accordingly.
Question 1:
We anticipate that we will conduct the pilot study in a sample of university and high school settings. Is it acceptable to compensate the instructors of courses in which the pilot study occurs? We anticipate that the instructors may spend some time and effort in administering assessments and adapting curriculum.
Response:
Yes, participants in research are permitted to be compensated through the ED/IES SBIR award.
Question 2:
Our project is focused on readying an existing evidence-based intervention for use at scale. Our existing evidence-based innovation is an intervention called (Redacted). That intervention has been found to be highly effective in improving STEM learning outcomes for all students including students from underrepresented communities. (Redacted) was conceptualized and developed by an academic (Redacted). We have a pending proposal to the NSF with a focus on investigating the impact of the two intervention components on student academic and social emotional learning outcomes. For the IES proposal the focus will be on working with a technical team of IT and business experts to transform the prototype online course into a video-hosted highly interactive product with robust data-collecting and assessment features and prepare it for commercialization. Our question is whether we can submit the IES proposal given the pending NSF proposal. The solicitation for the NSF proposal is (Redacted) Response:
Offerors are permitted to submit similar or related proposal to multiple SBIR programs, or other funding programs. The offeror must disclose this information in SECTION H: Disclosure of Similar or Related Awards or Proposals. Funding cannot be accepted from multiple programs to conduct the same or similar work.
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