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Digital Learning Infrastructure and IT Modernization Pilot

 
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    CFDA#

    84.116     		 

    Funder Type

    Federal Government

    IT Classification

    A - Primarily intended to fund technology

    Authority

    U.S. Department of Education (DoEd, USED)

    Summary

    The Digital Learning Infrastructure and IT Modernization Pilot program provides grants to Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Tribal Colleges or Universities (TCUs), and other eligible minority-serving institutions (MSIs) to support IT modernization, and to enable them to provide support and technical assistance to expand their digital learning infrastructure.


    The US Department of Education defines digital infrastructure as the physical, virtual, human, and social assets that interconnect the all the resources needed to sustain an institution's digital operation. Physical and virtual assets include, but are not limited to, mobile and internet communications, spectrum, macro cell towers, data centers, fiber networks, and small cell networks, used both synchronously and asynchronously. Human and social assets include, but are not limited to, personnel recruitment, knowledge/needs assessments, resources, professional development, and technical assistance needed to sustain the dissemination and adoption of digital technologies for learning. As such, digital learning infrastructure encompasses the key data systems, technologies, and human capital, needed to enable actions that allow for everywhere, all-the-time learning and ensure greater equity and accessibility to learning opportunities for students, staff, and faculty in person, at a distance, or a combination thereof. 


    This competition requires applicants to develop or enhance and implement digital learning infrastructure plans that address the leadership, human capital, instruction, and IT strategies that will improve the institution's capacity to seamlessly expand learning and promote innovation that improves student outcomes. Additionally, it is required that applicants include dissemination plans of their digital learning infrastructure plans to other institutions.


    Note: High speed access means access that is not less than 100 megabits per second for downloads nor 20 megabits per second for uploads and latency that is sufficient to support real-time, interactive applications.

     

    History of Funding

    None is available.

    Additional Information

    For FY 2022, there is one absolute priority that all applicants must meet.

    • Absolute Priority: Projects to Develop or Improve the Institution's Digital Learning Infrastructure. Proposed projects must address all of the following areas:
      • Leadership: Describe how the institution will equitably and efficiently sustain progress toward digital learning and how institutional governance, resources, and collaboration with external partners will support and drive change to improve the learning environment for students, faculty, and staff.
      • Human Capacity: Describe the institution's plan to address the professional development needs of leadership, faculty, and staff, which will allow for active learning opportunities enabled through technology for students as they work toward a certificate or degree.
      • Approach to networks and infrastructure: Describe how the institution will strategically maximize resources to provide equitable access to and adoption of devices and broadband (as defined in this notice) and ensure adequate infrastructure for digital learning, including reliable, high-speed access. Applicants must describe how their projects will ensure greater equity and accessibility to learning opportunities for all students by providing support to ensure that the technology supports active teaching and learning practices.
      • Content, Instruction, and Assessment: Describe how vendors will be vetted and evaluated to ensure that their products and services can meet the institution's digital learning infrastructure needs and goals for high-quality, active teaching and learning. The plan must address how the institution will develop and implement standards for high-quality digital learning in their courses and programs, provide coaching and professional development for faculty and leadership, and support students in the adoption and effective use of technology for learning. 
      • Coordination and collaboration: Describe how the institution will take a systemic approach by collaborating with other IHEs and/or other public, private, and nonprofit entities toward a systemic approach to address the purchase of broadband internet access service and/ or any eligible equipment, and the hiring and training of information technology personnel.

    Contacts

    Pearson Owens

    Pearson Owens
    400 Maryland Avenue S.W. Room 250-12
    Washington, DC 20202-4260
    (202) 453-7997
     

  • Eligibility Details

    Eligible applicants include minority service institutions. Only institutions that the Department determined to be eligible, or which were granted a waiver under the process described in that notice, may apply for a grant in this program

    Deadline Details

    Applications are to be submitted by November 25, 2022. For information about future rounds of funding please refer to the Department website.

    Award Details

    Approximately $3,895,200 is available to fund 4 awards. Awards will range from $750,000 to $973,800 for a project period of 36 months. Anticipated average award amount is $861,900. Cost match not required.

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