Closed · ED-GRANTS-091225-002 · CFDA 84.411 · Discretionary
Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE): Innovation and Early Learning Programs: Education Innovation and Research (EIR) Program Mid-Phase Grants Assistance Listing Number 84.411B
Federal grant opportunity posted by Department of Education, cataloged on Grants.gov.
- up to $10M
- Award range
- Closed
- Status
- October 14, 2025
- Close date
- 8
- Expected awards
The verdict
Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE): Innovation and Early Learning Programs: Education Innovation and Research (EIR) Program Mid-Phase Grants Assistance Listing Number 84.411B is a closed discretionary listing from Department of Education that offered Up to $10,000,000 across 8 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 1,672 other opportunities from Department of Education.
- up to $10M
- award range
- Closed
- application status
- 8
- expected awards
- 84.411
- CFDA program
Recently closed NOFO
This listing closed on October 14, 2025. Watch CFDA 84.411 (Early Learning Alignment and Improvement Grants) for the next funding cycle. Historical award band was Up to $10,000,000.
According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.
Deadline tracker
Application window closed
Closed October 14, 2025
Est. Total Funding
$253,000,000
Expected Awards
8
Instrument
Grant
Cost Sharing
Required
Description
Note: Each funding opportunity description is a synopsis of information in the Federal Register application notice. For specific information about eligibility, please see the official application notice. The official version of this document is the document published in the Federal Register. Please review the official application notice for pre-application and application requirements, application submission information, performance measures, priorities and program contact information.For the addresses for obtaining and submitting an application, please refer to our Common Instructions for Applicants to Department of Education Discretionary Grant Programs, published in the Federal Register on August 29, 2025 (90 FR 42234), and available at https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/08/29/2025-16571/common-instructions-and-information-for-applicants-to department-of-education-discretionary-grantams.Purpose of Program: The EIR program, established under section 4611 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended (ESEA), provides funding to create, develop, implement, replicate, or take to scale entrepreneurial, evidence-based (as defined in this notice), field-initiated innovations to improve student achievement and attainment for high-need students; and to rigorously evaluate such innovations.This notice invites applications for Mid-phase grants only. The notice inviting applications for Expansion grants within the EIR program is published elsewhere in this issue of the Federal Register. The Department does not intend to offer an Early-phase competition, yet may fund high-scoring, unfunded applicants from any of the FY 2024 EIR competitions.Assistance Listing Number: 84.411B.
Civic applicant mix · government + nonprofit doors
Office of Elementary and Secondary Education combines government/tribal and nonprofit applicant types (4 doors). The listing is a civic funding corridor spanning public and nonprofit operators. Applicant cost-sharing is required on the Grants.gov extract. Instrument: Grant. Funding-activity code maps to Education (ED). Only 4 other Department of Education listings share this exact eligibility-code string (0% of 1,673).
- Code 05
- Independent school districts
- Code 07
- Federally recognized tribal governments
- Code 12
- Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs)
- Code 25
- Others (see official listing text)
Codes are Grants.gov eligibility category values from the extract vintage 2026-08-10. Confirm the full eligibility statement on the official listing or the Grants.gov eligibility reference.
Official Listing on Grants.gov
View full details, application forms, and submission instructions.
Parent Grant Program
Early Learning Alignment and Improvement Grants
U.S. Department of Education
Agency Contact
Dr. Sonji Jones-Manson U.S. Department of Education 400 Maryland Avenue, SW Washington, DC 20202-5900 Telephone: 202-987-1753 Email: eir@ed.gov
More from Department of Education
Institute of Education Sciences (IES): National Center for Education Research (NCER): Using Longitudinal Data to Support State Education Policymaking, Assistance Listing Number (ALN) 84.305S
Institute of Education Sciences (IES): National Center for Education Research (NCER): Statistical and Research Methodology in Education, Assistance Listing Number (ALN) 84.305D
Institute of Education Sciences (IES): National Center for Special Education Research (NCSER): Using Longitudinal Data to Support State Education Policymaking in Special Education, Assistance Listing Number (ALN) 84.324S
Institute of Education Sciences (IES): National Center for Special Education Research (NCSER): Research Training Programs in Special Education, Assistance Listing Number (ALN) 84.324B
Institute of Education Sciences (IES): National Center for Education Research (NCER): Research Training Programs in The Education Sciences, Assistance Listing Number (ALN) 84.305B
What to do next
Office of Elementary and Secondary Education is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.
- Parent CFDA 84.411 may publish future NOFOs under the same assistance listing. Open program
- Early Learning Alignment and Improvement Gran… indexes 0 Grants.gov listings in this extract. Program profile
- Department of Education lists 1,672 other indexed opportunities on PlainGrants. Agency catalog
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