Funding Prospects ** General Overview of Grant Opportunities - Descriptions of the various grant opportunities for community colleges. Excerpted from the AACC publication, Internationalizing the Community College. The Freeman ASSIST Program -- Funding is available to outstanding international students from East and Southeast Asia who are pursuing summer internships in the U.S. nonprofit sector. Applicants must be undergraduate students who are currently enrolled in a U.S. college or university. Undergraduate students from Brunei, Cambodia, China, East Timor, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Laos, Macao, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand or Vietnam who secure internships with U.S not-for-profit organizations during the summer of 2008 are eligible. The program seeks to facilitate greater interaction between young Asian students and U.S. non-profit and community groups by creating paths for sharing experiences and enhancing mutual understanding. For more information and an online application, see http://www.iie.org/programs/freemanassist or email FreemanASSIST@iie.org.
Application deadline: May 15, 2008 Higher Education for Development (HED), in cooperation with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), has currently issued several Requests for Applications and will issue several more in spring 2008. Applicants from U.S. higher education institutions are needed to work with their counterparts in developing countries on programs focusing on economic growth, governance, education, the environment, and health. For more information, visit http://www.hedprogram.org/. To sign up for updates from HED: Send your name, job title, organization name, and e-mail to HED@HEDprogram.org. Current RFA anticipates making the following grant awards: - Middle East and North Africa -- Five awards of up to $285,000 each is anticipated for three-year higher education partnerships in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region focusing on one of the following target areas: 1) Business Administration or Economics, 2) Journalism and Mass Communication, 3) Political Science, 4) Teacher Education, and 5) Women's Empowerment. For further information regarding this RFA, please contact Josh Henson at (202) 243-7680 or jhenson@hedprogram.org. For more information see http://www.hedprogram.org/tabid/66/itemid/155/USMiddle-East-University-Partnerships-Program.aspx.
Application deadline: May 23, 2008, 5:00 p.m. ET.
- Jordan -- One award of up to $450,000 for this three-year higher education partnership is anticipated. The award recipient is expected to enhance and improve the Early Childhood Development undergraduate degree program in two higher education institutions in Jordan - University of Jordan and another private Jordanian institution - as a way to increase teachers' skills and competencies in early childhood education in Jordan. For clarification or questions regarding this RFA, please contact Lisa Leander at (202) 243-7680 or lleander@hedprogram.org. For more information see http://www.hedprogram.org/tabid/66/itemid/153/Jordan-Early-Childhood-Education.aspx.
Application deadline extended to: May 26, 2008, 5:00 p.m. ET.
- Mexico -- Seven awards of up to $250,000 each is anticipated to be incrementally funded over a three-year period, contingent on USAID funding, as part of the US-Mexico Training, Internships, Exchanges, and Scholarships (TIES) Initiative. For clarification or questions regarding this RFA, please contact Jennifer Sisane at (202) 243-7692 or jsisane@hedprogram.org. For more information see http://www.hedprogram.org/tabid/66/itemid/157/TIES-US--Mexico-University-Partnerships.aspx.
Application deadline: June 20, 2008, 5:00 p.m. ET. - ONE AWARD in Strengthening ICT in Higher Education for Rural Development;
- THREE AWARDS in Rule of Law (two regarding constitutional reforms in Mexico, one regarding gender and indigenous languages);
- TWO AWARDS in Conservation of Biodiversity and Economic Growth (one regarding linkages between small producers and financial services, one regarding forestry and sustainable economic opportunities);
- ONE AWARD in English Language Education.
- Burundi -- One award is anticipated, contingent on the availability of USAID funding, of up to $450,000 for a three-year partnership with the University of Ngozi to strengthen its capacity for teaching, applied research, and agricultural extension. For clarification or questions regarding this RFA, please contact Josh Henson at (202) 243-7690 or jhenson@hedprogram.org. For more information see http://www.hedprogram.org/tabid/66/itemid/160/Burundi-Strengthening-Rural-Agriculture.aspx.
Application deadline: July 28, 2008, 5:00 p.m. ET.
Africa-U.S Higher Education Initiative will launch a Competitive Grants Program in which USAID will provide $1 million to fund 20 partnership planning grants of $50,000 each to plan long-term collaborations between African and U.S. institutions focused on building capacity for instruction and problem solving in six areas of study: agriculture, environment and natural resources; engineering; science and technology; health; education and teacher training; and business, management, and economics. The Africa-U.S. Higher Education Initiative is led by NASULGC with the Partnership to Cut Hunger and Poverty in Africa, the Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA), Higher Education for Development (HED), and the American Distance Education Consortium (ADEC) as key partners. More than a dozen other higher education organizations (including AACC), African embassies and other organizations are also participating. For additional information, contact David Edelson or Paul Hassen, of NASULGC, at (202) 478-6072/6073 or dedelson@nasulgc.org / phassen@nasulgc.org respectively.
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