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ED Grants: Investing in Innovation (i3) Fund 2011

Dataset Summary

Agency	Department of Education
Sub-Agency/Organization	Office of Innovation and Improvement
Category	Education
Date Released	09/21/2011
Date Updated	10/12/2011
Time Period	2011
Frequency	One-time
Description	The Investing in Innovation (i3) Fund website depicts and allows downloading of general information on the i3 applicants received, grantees awarded and project locations. The Investing in Innovation Fund, established under section 14007 of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), provides funding to support (1) local educational agencies (LEAs), and (2) nonprofit organizations in partnership with (a) one or more LEAs or (b) a consortium of schools. The purpose of the i3 program is to provide competitive grants to applicants with a record of improving student achievement and attainment in order to expand the implementation of, and investment in, innovative practices that are demonstrated to have an impact on improving student achievement or student growth, closing achievement gaps, decreasing dropout rates, increasing high school graduation rates, or increasing college enrollment and completion rates. These grants will (1) allow eligible entities to expand and develop innovative practices that can serve as models of best practices, (2) allow eligible entities to work in partnership with the private sector and the philanthropic community, and (3) identify and document best practices that can be shared and taken to scale based on demonstrated success.

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Dataset Information

Data.gov Data Category Type	Tool Catalog
Specialized Data Category Designation	Widget/Gadget
Keywords	education, cooperative agreements, scale-up grants, discretionary grants, validation grants, development grants, student achievement, innovation, ARRA
Unique ID	5562

Contributing Agency Information

Citation	U.S. Department of Education, Investing in Innovation (i3) Fund 2011, http://data.ed.gov/grants/oii/2011/investing-in-innovation
Agency Program Page	http://www2.ed.gov/programs/innovation/
Agency Data Series Page	http://data.ed.gov/grants/oii/2011/investing-in-innovation

Dataset Coverage

Unit of Analysis	applicant type, applicants received, applicant location, absolute priority, competitive preference priority, grant type, project title, state
Granularity	State, ZIP code, latitude/longitude pair
Geographic Coverage	United States

Data Description

Collection Mode	http://e-grants.ed.gov/
Data Collection Instrument	http://www2.ed.gov/programs/innovation/applicant.html
Data Dictionary/Variable List	http://data.ed.gov/grants/oii/2011/investing-in-innovation

Additional Dataset Documentation

Technical Documentation	http://www2.ed.gov/programs/innovation/
Additional Metadata

OMB Control No. 3090-0284