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Assistance listing · 84.411
Education Innovation and Research (formerly Investing in Innovation (i3) Fund)
Federal financial assistance obligated under listing 84.411, the organisations that receive it and where it goes.
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Federal agencies obligated $209M in awards under assistance listing 84.411, Education Innovation and Research (formerly Investing in Innovation (i3) Fund), in FY2025, and $1.2B over the five fiscal years since FY2022; the program ranks 300 of 1056 on this site.
Obligations were about level on FY2024 ($231M), with $411M so far in FY2026.
The largest recipient organisations by the value of $1.0M-plus awards since FY2022 were Texas a & M Research Foundation ($60M), Wested ($48M) and American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences ($31M).
By place of performance, the most money went to CA, TX and MA.
Obligations by fiscal year
Compared with the largest program FY2025
| Measure | This program | Grants to States for Medicaid | All assistance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obligations, FY2025 | $209M | $666B | $4.5T |
| Five-year total | $1.2B | $3.2T | $21T |
| Share of all assistance obligations, five years | 0% | 15.2% | 100% |
Largest recipients $1.0M+ award value since FY2022
Awarding agencies $1.0M+ awards
Where the money goes
Largest awards since FY2022
Other programs numbered 84.xxx
- 84.063 Federal Pell Grant Program $157B
- 84.010 Title I Grants to Local Educational Agencies $91B
- 84.027 Special Education Grants to States $70B
- 84.126 Rehabilitation Services Vocational Rehabilitation Grants to States $18B
- 84.425 Education Stabilization Fund $17B
- 84.367 Supporting Effective Instruction State Grants (formerly Improving Teacher Quality State Grants) $11B
- 84.424 Student Support and Academic Enrichment Program $7.7B
- 84.041 Impact Aid $7.5B
- 84.048 Career and Technical Education -- Basic Grants to States $7.0B
- 84.287 Twenty-First Century Community Learning Centers $6.6B
- 84.033 Federal Work-Study Program $5.7B
- 84.031 Higher Education Institutional Aid $5.0B
- 84.007 Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants $4.5B
- 84.365 English Language Acquisition State Grants $4.3B
- 84.002 Adult Education - Basic Grants to States $3.5B
- 84.181 Special Education-Grants for Infants and Families $2.7B
- 84.047 TRIO Upward Bound $2.3B
- 84.173 Special Education Preschool Grants $2.1B
- 84.369 Grants for State Assessments and Related Activities $1.8B
- 84.011 Migrant Education State Grant Program $1.8B
- 84.184 School Safely National Activities $1.8B
- 84.042 TRIO Student Support Services $1.5B
- 84.116 Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education $1.5B
- 84.334 Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs $1.4B
Questions and answers
How much is obligated under assistance listing 84.411?
$209M in FY2025 and $1.2B over the five fiscal years since FY2022, counting every award type recorded under the listing (grants, direct payments, loan subsidy cost, insurance and other assistance). Obligations are commitments, not payments.
Who receives the most under Education Innovation and Research (formerly Investing in Innovation (i3) Fund)?
Texas a & M Research Foundation ($60M), Wested ($48M), American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences ($31M), University of Kansas Center for Research Inc ($30M), University of Missouri System ($30M). Individuals are never listed; where a program pays individuals, USAspending records aggregated rows that appear here as "not shown".
What is an assistance listing (CFDA) number?
A five-digit number that identifies a federal financial assistance program on SAM.gov (formerly the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance). Every grant, loan, direct payment or other assistance award on USAspending carries one; contracts do not.
Provenance
Source: USAspending.gov API v2, spending by category (assistance listing) by fiscal year, recipient cross-tabulation for FY2022–FY2025 and award search, loaded 30 Sep 2026. State figures come from each state's top-100 listing table, so small amounts in a state may be missing. See methodology.