Opportunity Information: Apply for ED GRANTS 092011 001
Apply for ED GRANTS 092011 001
- The Department of Education in the education sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Institute of Education Sciences (IES) Statewide, Longitudinal Data Systems Program CFDA Number 84.372A" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 84.372 Statewide Longitudinal Data Systems.
- This funding opportunity was created on Sep 20, 2011 and posted on Sep 20, 2011.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Dec 15, 2011 Request for Applications (RFA) Available September 15, 2011. Application Package Available September 26, 2011. Deadline for Transmittal of Applications December 15, 2011.. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- The funding agency has allocated a total of $100,000,000.00 to eligible and selected applicants.
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $5,000,000.00 in funding.
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
- Eligible Applicants Eligible applicants are limited to SEAs. An SEA is the agency primarily responsible for the State supervision of elementary schools and secondary schools. See 20 U.S.C. 9601 (which incorporates by reference the definition of SEA set out in section 9101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended (ESEA), 20 U.S.C. 7801). The SEAs of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands are eligible. SEAs that received SLDS grants in June 2010 from funds appropriated under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) will not be considered for 2012 SLDS grants under this competition. Their ARRA SLDS grants, awarded in FY 2010, will still be underway when the 2012 grants are awarded.
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Opportunity Summary:
The Institute of Education Sciences (IES) Statewide, Longitudinal Data Systems (SLDS) Program (CFDA 84.372A) is a U.S. Department of Education discretionary grant competition designed to help State educational agencies (SEAs) build or improve statewide longitudinal data systems. The core purpose is to support States in designing, developing, and implementing data systems that can efficiently and accurately manage individual student-level information over time, and then use that information for analysis, reporting, and decision making. The program is framed around a long-term federal goal of helping every State move toward a comprehensive "P-20W" data system, meaning a connected data pathway spanning early learning (pre-K), K-12 education, postsecondary education, and the workforce. In practice, that goal emphasizes not just collecting data, but making it timely, accurate, and useful for improving educational services and outcomes.
A central theme of the opportunity is strengthening a State's ability to generate and use high-quality data to support better decisions at multiple levels of the education system. The grant supports work that enables deeper analysis and disaggregation of student information, which can help identify achievement gaps, evaluate programs and interventions, and track progress across student groups over time. The opportunity also highlights improving the efficiency of analyzing data for continuous improvement, facilitating research that can contribute to higher academic achievement, supporting education accountability systems, and making public and federal reporting more transparent and less burdensome for SEAs. In other words, the program is not only about IT infrastructure, but also about building an ecosystem where data are reliable, accessible to appropriate users, and actionable for policy and practice.
Eligibility is limited to State educational agencies as defined in federal law, meaning the primary state-level agency responsible for supervising elementary and secondary schools. Eligible applicants include SEAs from the 50 States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands. A key restriction in this competition is that SEAs that received SLDS grants in June 2010 funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) were not eligible to be considered for FY 2012 SLDS grants under this announcement, because their earlier ARRA-funded projects would still be underway when new awards were made.
From a funding and administrative standpoint, the competition is identified as Funding Opportunity Number ED-GRANTS-092011-001 and was posted on September 20, 2011. The estimated total funding amount was $100,000,000, with an award ceiling of $5,000,000 per grant, and there was no cost-sharing or matching requirement noted. The Request for Applications (RFA) was made available September 15, 2011, with the application package available September 26, 2011. The deadline for transmittal of applications was December 15, 2011, and the opportunity was later archived January 14, 2012.
Applications had to be submitted electronically through Grants.gov, using the Grants.gov Apply site. Applicants were expected to download the application package, complete it offline, and then upload and submit it through the portal; emailing an application was explicitly not allowed. A practical detail included in the notice is that applicants needed to search for the application package using the CFDA number without the letter suffix, meaning they should search for "84.372" rather than "84.372A" in Grants.gov.
The synopsis emphasizes that the posting is only a summary and that applicants needed to rely on the official Federal Register notice for the full set of requirements and expectations. That includes details such as pre-application and application requirements, submission instructions, performance measures, priorities, and official program contacts. The notice also points users to free access to the Federal Register and Code of Federal Regulations via GPO Access for the authoritative version of the announcement. For support, the listing provides a Grants.gov systems contact (Julius Cotton) for technical access issues and identifies a program manager (Tate Gould) at the National Center for Education Statistics for program-related questions.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
1) What is the SLDS Program (CFDA 84.372A)?
The Statewide, Longitudinal Data Systems (SLDS) Program (CFDA 84.372A) is an Institute of Education Sciences (IES) discretionary grant competition under the U.S. Department of Education. It is designed to help State educational agencies (SEAs) build or improve statewide longitudinal data systems that manage individual student-level information over time and support analysis, reporting, and decision making.
2) What is the main purpose of this grant opportunity?
The core purpose is to support States in designing, developing, and implementing data systems that can efficiently and accurately manage student-level data over time, and then use that data for analysis, reporting, and decision making. The opportunity emphasizes not only collecting data, but making data timely, accurate, and useful to improve educational services and outcomes.
3) What does "P-20W" mean in the context of this program?
"P-20W" refers to a connected data pathway spanning early learning (pre-K), K-12 education, postsecondary education, and the workforce. The long-term federal goal described in the opportunity is to help every State move toward a comprehensive P-20W data system.
4) What kinds of outcomes or uses of data does the program emphasize?
The program emphasizes strengthening a State's ability to generate and use high-quality data for better decisions across the education system. It highlights deeper analysis and disaggregation of student information to identify achievement gaps, evaluate programs and interventions, and track progress across student groups over time. It also points to improving efficiency for continuous improvement, supporting research tied to higher academic achievement, supporting accountability systems, and making public and federal reporting more transparent and less burdensome for SEAs.
5) Is this opportunity only about building IT infrastructure?
No. While it supports system design, development, and implementation, it also stresses building an ecosystem where data are reliable, accessible to appropriate users, and actionable for policy and practice.
6) Who is eligible to apply?
Eligibility is limited to State educational agencies (SEAs) as defined in federal law (the primary state-level agency responsible for supervising elementary and secondary schools).
7) Which jurisdictions are included as eligible SEAs?
Eligible applicants include SEAs from the 50 States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands.
8) Were any SEAs specifically excluded from applying under this announcement?
Yes. SEAs that received SLDS grants in June 2010 funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) were not eligible to be considered for FY 2012 SLDS grants under this announcement, because their ARRA-funded projects would still be underway when new awards were made.
9) What is the Funding Opportunity Number for this competition?
The Funding Opportunity Number is ED-GRANTS-092011-001.
10) When was the opportunity posted?
The opportunity was posted on September 20, 2011.
11) What was the estimated total funding available?
The estimated total funding amount was $100,000,000.
12) What was the maximum award amount per grant?
The award ceiling was $5,000,000 per grant.
13) Was cost sharing or matching required?
No cost-sharing or matching requirement was noted in the information provided.
14) When were the application materials available?
The Request for Applications (RFA) was made available September 15, 2011, and the application package was available September 26, 2011.
15) What was the application deadline?
The deadline for transmittal of applications was December 15, 2011.
16) Is this funding opportunity still open?
No. The opportunity was archived on January 14, 2012.
17) How were applications required to be submitted?
Applications had to be submitted electronically through Grants.gov using the Grants.gov Apply site. Applicants were expected to download the application package, complete it offline, and then upload and submit it through the portal.
18) Could applicants email their application instead of using Grants.gov?
No. Emailing an application was explicitly not allowed.
19) How should applicants search for this opportunity in Grants.gov using the CFDA number?
Applicants needed to search for the application package using the CFDA number without the letter suffix. That means searching for "84.372" rather than "84.372A" in Grants.gov.
20) Is the synopsis enough to apply, or is there an official source applicants should rely on?
The synopsis is described as only a summary. Applicants were expected to rely on the official Federal Register notice for the full set of requirements and expectations, including pre-application and application requirements, submission instructions, performance measures, priorities, and official program contacts.
21) Where can applicants access the authoritative version of the announcement?
The notice points users to free access to the Federal Register and Code of Federal Regulations via GPO Access for the authoritative version of the announcement.
22) Who should be contacted for Grants.gov technical access issues?
The listing provides a Grants.gov systems contact for technical access issues: Julius Cotton.
23) Who should be contacted for program-related questions?
The listing identifies a program manager for program-related questions: Tate Gould at the National Center for Education Statistics.
24) What broader federal goal does this program support?
The program is framed around a long-term federal goal of helping every State move toward a comprehensive P-20W data system, with an emphasis on making data timely, accurate, and useful for improving educational services and outcomes.
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