2012 i3 Grantees

THE DEPARTMENT IS PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THE 2012 GRANTEES.

The press release announcing the i3 program's 2012 grantees is located at http://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases/all-2012-investing-innovation-top-applicants-secure-support-private-donors.

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Summary

The Department received the following number of applications for the i3 programs and identified the following number of grantees.

Development
Development Pre-Applications Received: 654
Development Full Applications Received: 117
Grantees: 12

Summary of the Development Pre-applications (MS Word, 820KB)
Summary of the Development Full applications (MS Word, 212KB)

Validation
Validation Applications Received: 63
Grantees: 8

Summary of the Validation applications (MS Word, 184KB)

Scale-up
Scale-up Applications Received: 10
Grantees: 0

Summary of the Scale-up applications (MS Word, 120KB)

Program Office: Office of Innovation and Improvement (OII)

CFDA Number: 84.411A (Scale-up grants); 84.411B (Validation grants); 84.411C (Development grants)

Program Type: Cooperative agreements (for Scale-up grants) and Cooperative Agreements or Discretionary Grants (for Validation grants and Development grants)

Program Description: 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 this 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.