The first part of the US Dept. of ED's Investing In Innovation (I3) Fund is out.   It's a little disappointing because it only funds school districts, or non-profits in partnership with districts or school consortia, and it requires a 15% match from the private sector.  But, it does have a $138 million budget to play with.  The current solicitation under this fund focuses on "development grants."

You can learn more by visiting: www.grants.gov/view-opportunity.html?opp…

To see the notice in the Federal Register, see: www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2014-03-14/pdf/…

To see a list of last year's awardees, access: explore.data.gov/Education/i3-Fund-2013-…

Funding Opportunity Number: ED-GRANTS-031414-001
Agency Name: ED: Office of Innovation and Improvement (OII)
Closing Date: 2014-04-14
Expected Number of Awards: 10
Note: In order to receive an Investing in Innovation Fund (i3) Development grant, an entity must submit a pre-application.
Purpose of Program: The i3 program is designed to generate and validate solutions to persistent educational challenges and to support the expansion of
effective solutions to serve substantially larger numbers of students.