ABOUT OUR GRANTS
OUR FUNDINGS
Federal Government Funding Sources
The i3 Innovation Grant
http://www2.ed.gov/programs/innovation/index.html
The SEED Grant Govt Funding Source for both SEED Grants below
http://www2.ed.gov/programs/edseed/index.html?exp=0
Project 1
​I3 Innovation Competency Based Model
http://today.ttu.edu/posts/2011/11/co
llege-of-education-receives-3-44-
​million-grant
National Evaluator of I3 Competency based model
https://www.utexas.edu/lbj/research
/news/investigating-innovation-i3-
​grant-competency-based-educator​
Texas Tech University will design and implement a competency-based pre-service teacher education program yielding greater competency in subject area and pedagogy. It will also implement and test the impact of a competency-based intervention in mathematics at six low-performing schools.
i3 grant: $3 million
Matching Funds: $530K
Project 2
NIET & TTU TAP Connect SEED Grant
http://tapsystem.niet.org/newsroom/
newsroom.taf?
page=pressreleases&_function=detail
&id=216
​
​TTU Press Release on TAP Connect
http://today.ttu.edu/posts/2013/09/c
ollege-of-education-to-receive-4-7-
million
TAP Connect Newsletter
https://d39smchmfovhlz.cloudfront.ne
t/xVmHZtnmPrq4YQcI24AEwGNzVDc
Kt​W3reAMHOjZNDYcSUVAx.pdf
One Page Abstract of the NIET & TTU TAP Connect SEED Grant
http://www2.ed.gov/programs/edsee
​d/2013/nietttuabstract.pdf
Project 3
The LIFT Grant is the Second SEED Grant and was awarded this October 2015
http://www2.ed.gov/programs/edsee
​d/2015/nietabstract.pdf
TTU Educational Leadership Program
http://today.ttu.edu/posts/2015/10/seed-grant-education