# Investing in Innovation Fund
**AGENCY:**
Office of Innovation and Improvement, Department of Education.
**ACTION:**
Notice announcing the location, dates, and times of pre-application meetings.
**Overview Information**
**Investing in Innovation Fund**
*Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Numbers:* 84.411A (Scale-up grants), 84.411B (Validation grants), and 84.411C (Development grants).
**SUMMARY:**
The Assistant Deputy Secretary for Innovation and Improvement announces pre-application meetings for the fiscal year (FY) 2011 Investing in Innovation Fund (i3) competition. The Department of Education (Department) published three notices inviting applications for the i3 program in the *Federal Register* on June 3, 2011 (76 FR 32148-32182). These notices include the priorities and selection criteria that the Department will use for the FY 2011 i3 competition. The Department published a separate notice inviting applications for each grant type—Scale-up, Validation, and Development—under the i3 program.
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
Thelma Leenhouts, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., Room 4W302, Washington, DC 20202-5960. Telephone: (202) 453-7122; or by e-mail: *[email protected].*
If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) or a text telephone (TTY), call the Federal Relay Service, toll free, at 1-800-877-8339.
**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**
The Department intends to hold pre-application meetings designed to provide technical assistance to interested applicants for all three types of i3 grants (Scale-up, Validation, and Development). The Department will hold two pre-application meetings on June 17, 2011, in Washington, DC, from 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. (Eastern Time) and from 1:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Time). The Department will also hold one pre-application meeting on June 24, 2011, in San Francisco, California, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. (Pacific Time). The Department will hold another pre-application meeting on June 28, 2011, in Houston, Texas, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. (Central Time). Each of these four on-site pre-application meetings will also be transmitted live through the Internet as a webinar. Detailed information on the pre-application meetings, including registration information for the on-site meetings and webinars, specific location information for the on-site meetings, and information on how to notify the Department if an attendee will need special accommodations, is available on the i3 Web site at *http://www2.ed.gov/programs/innovation/index.html.*
*Accessible Format:* Individuals with disabilities can obtain this document in an accessible format ( *e.g.,* braille, large print, audiotape, or compact disc) on request to the program contact person listed under *FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.*
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Dated: June 10, 2011.
James H. Shelton, III,
Assistant Deputy Secretary for Innovation and Improvement.