ED is inviting applications for the Education Innovation and Research (EIR) program’s early phase competition.  These grants are focused on launching, iterating, and refining practices that have the potential for further scaling.  This grant includes a STEM absolute priority and a competitive preference priority for expanding opportunities in computer science for underserved populations, such as minorities, girls, youth from rural communities and low-income families. A pre-recorded pre-application webinar, as well as other competition-related updates and resources, can be found on the FY 2020 Competition page.  You may direct questions to the following: EIR email:  eir@ed.gov; EIR phone: (202) 453-7122.  Applications are due Sept. 10, 2020.