10:19 p.m.
Greetings Colleagues,
In today’s Federal Register, there was a preview of RFPs to be released (most likely on
Monday) for (1) Education Innovation and Research Program—Expansion-phase Grants and (2)
Education Innovation and Research (EIR) Program—Mid-phase Grants.
For these grants, the IHE cannot apply independently. Eligible Applicants are listed as
follows: (a) An LEA; (b) An SEA; (c) The Bureau of Indian Education (BIE); (d) A
consortium of SEAs or LEAs; (e) A nonprofit organization; and (f) An LEA, an SEA, the BIE,
or a consortium described in clause (d), in partnership with--(1) A nonprofit
organization; (2) A business; (3) An educational service agency; or (4) An IHE.
Education Innovation and Research Program--Expansion-phase Grants Deadline 30 days from
release of Notice Inviting Applications
Public Inspection Notice/DRAFT
https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2021-11938.pdf
The EIR program, established under section 4611 of the Elementary and Secondary Education
Act, as amended (ESEA), 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; and rigorously evaluate such
innovations. The EIR program is designed to generate and validate solutions to persistent
education challenges and to support the expansion of those solutions to serve
substantially larger numbers of students.
The central design element of the EIR program is its multi-tier structure that links the
amount of funding an applicant may receive to the quality of the evidence supporting the
efficacy of the proposed project, with the expectation that projects that build this
evidence will advance through EIR’s grant tiers: “Early-phase,” “Midphase,” and
“Expansion.”
The Department awards three types of grants under this program: “Early-phase” grants,
“Mid-phase” grants, and “Expansion” grants. These grants differ in terms of the level of
prior evidence of effectiveness required for consideration for funding, the expectations
regarding the kind of evidence and information funded projects should produce, the level
of scale funded projects should reach, and, consequently, the amount of funding available
to support each type of project.
Expansion grants are supported by strong evidence (as defined in this notice) for at least
one population and setting, and grantees are encouraged to implement at the national level
(as defined in this notice). The Department expects that Expansion grants will provide
funding for implementation and a rigorous evaluation of a program that has been found to
produce sizable, significant impacts under a Mid-phase grant or other effort meeting
similar criteria, for the purposes of: (a) determining whether such impacts can be
successfully reproduced and sustained over time; and (b) identifying the conditions in
which the program is most effective.
Education Innovation and Research Program—Mid-phase Grants Deadline 30 days from release
of Notice Inviting Applications
Public Inspection Notice/DRAFT
https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2021-11940.pdf
Mid-phase grants are supported by moderate evidence (as defined in this notice). The
Department expects that Mid-phase grants will be used to fund implementation and a
rigorous evaluation of a program that has been successfully implemented under an
Early-phase grant or other effort meeting similar criteria, for the purpose of measuring
the program’s impact and cost-effectiveness, if possible using existing administrative
data.
While this notice is for the Mid-phase tier only, the premise of the EIR program is that
new and innovative programs and practices can help to solve the persistent problems in
education that prevent students, particularly high-need students, from succeeding. These
innovations need to be evaluated, and, if sufficient evidence of effectiveness can be
demonstrated, the intent is for these innovations to be replicated and tested in new
populations and settings. EIR is not intended to provide support for practices that are
already commonly implemented by educators, unless significant adaptations of such
practices warrant testing to determine if they can accelerate achievement, or greatly
increase the efficiency and likelihood that they can be widely implemented in a variety of
new populations and settings effectively.
I will resend the notices once they are officially released.
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 2021 AdvancingCities Challenge
https://www.jpmorganchase.com/content/dam/jpmc/jpmorgan-chase-and-co/docu...
Through this AdvancingCities Challenge 2021 RFP, JPMC is soliciting proposals for
initiatives designed for and by Black and/or Latina women who experience the intersections
of the racial and gender wealth gaps. While these disparities are felt acutely by Black
and Latina women across the income spectrum, JPMC is seeking solutions for low- and
moderate- income Black and/or Latina women, where longstanding gaps in pay and wealth
coupled with impacts from COVID-19 have exacerbated their overall economic health. JPMC
will prioritize solutions that focus on Black and/or Latina women in their prime working
and wealth building years (ages 16 and older), from when they pursue higher education or
enter the workforce as young adults (16-24), to when they move through 3 their careers,
increase earnings, and save for retirement as adults (25+). JPMC also knows that people
face intersectional realities, and Black and Latina women who are also immigrants,
involved with the criminal justice system, LGBTQIA+ or gender expansive people, and/or
women with disabilities may face compounded negative trends.
JPMC will prioritize solutions designed, led, and implemented by Black and/or Latina
women, centering their proximate expertise and lived experience in a powerful vision for
the future.
The 2021 AdvancingCities Challenge builds on JPMC’s global grantmaking in scores of
communities and the firm’s longstanding commitment to advancing opportunity and racial
equity, including its $30 billion commitment over five years to provide economic
opportunity to underserved communities, especially the Black and Latinx communities.
The RFP describes the unique goals and criteria for this year’s competition. Groups of
organizations (referenced as collaboratives) may apply, and successful applications are
eligible for a three-year grant of up to $5 million from the JPMorgan Chase Foundation
(JPMC Foundation). Selected proposals will also be eligible for a wide array of JPMC
resources—including data support, employee expertise, and global insights, among others.
Winners will be announced in November or December 2021.
All proposals must be submitted via Cybergrants by Monday, June 28, 2021, 11:59PM Eastern
Time
Thank you.
--Iwan
Mr. Iwan Notowidigdo
Senior Grant Development Coordinator
The University of Texas at San Antonio
College of Education & Human Development (COEHD)
iwan.notowidigdo(a)utsa.edu
(Mobile: 347-231-5931)
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