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FUNDING OPPS FOR GAMES AND TECHNOLOGY PRODUCTS

*Funding opportunity for education technology products* The SBIR program at US Department of Education’s Institute of Education Sciences (ED/IES) (http://ies.ed.gov/sbir/) provides Phase I awards of $150,000 and Fast-Track awards up to $1,050,000 to for-profit developers for the development and evaluation of commercially viable education technology products. The 2013 program announcement will likely be available in early January 2013. The solicitation will include topic areas for technology products that support student outcomes and teacher teaching in general and special education. With questions or to discuss project ideas before the solicitation is released, contact Edward Metz at Edward.Metz@ed.gov.

*Funding opportunity for education games* In early January 2013, the US Department of Education’s Institute of Education Sciences (ED/IES) and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) plan to release a joint-agency Phase I SBIR solicitation requesting proposals for the development and evaluation of commercially viable education technology games. The solicitation will likely include four (4) topics areas, each focused on student learning. These topics include games to: (1) improve learning in statistics and probability, (2) support English learners, 3) support foreign language learning, and to 4) support computer science learning. Phase I awards will be up to $150,000, and Phase I winners will be eligible to apply for Phase II funding in amounts up to $900,000 one year from now. With questions or to discuss possible project ideas before the solicitation is released, contact the ED/IES SBIR program manager Edward Metz at Edward.Metz@ed.gov. For more information about the ED/IES SBIR program, see here: http://ies.ed.gov/sbir/. For more information about the DARPA SBIR program, see here: http://www.darpa.mil/opportunities/small_business.aspx