From Seedlings to Scale Grants Program

Through the From Seedlings to Scale (S2S) grant program, IES will invest in innovative ideas within an identified focus area through three phases of increasing funding and duration to support ideas as they grow from seedlings to scalable solutions. Projects will incorporate high quality research, robust solution development, and attention to sustainability and scaling throughout all phases. During Phase One, teams will clarify their understanding of the problem, refine their solution—which could be a product, policy, or process—through engagement with relevant stakeholders, and build out a detailed plan for further research and development (R&D). Phase One teams will apply for Phase Two funding and will need to provide a compelling rationale generated from the Phase One work that the idea is worth further investment and a detailed research and development plan for how they will develop their idea into a scalable solution and generate evidence of impact. Teams that move onto Phase Two will develop their concept into a fully functioning initial version of the solution. IES may, at its discretion, support additional work in Phase Three. This third phase would focus on evaluating the impact of the solution across multiple settings and contexts and laying the foundation to scale the solution to users. In Fiscal Year 2025, IES invites applications for:

• Phase One projects under the Seamless Personalized Education Experiences Delivered at Scale (SPEED at Scale) focus area. The SPEED at Scale focus area aims to develop innovative solutions that allow teachers to seamlessly provide personalized instruction for PreK-12 grade students.