Deadline- October 15, 2012
Countries/Region– U.S
Higher Education for Development (HED) and United States Agency for International Development (USAID) seeking applications from U.S. Colleges, Universities & Institutions for the South Sudan Higher Education Initiative for Equity and Leadership Development (SSHIELD) Program under the global Women’s Leadership Program.
HED expects to make one (1) award of up to $4,275,000, for two (2) and one-half years for a higher education partnership among one or more higher education institution(s) in the United States, the University of Juba in Juba, South Sudan, the Upper Nile University in Malakal, South Sudan and the Ministry of Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology (MoHERST), South Sudan. The purpose of the partnership will be to support South Sudanese national and local development goals that promote gender equality and female empowerment within the education sector.
This partnership is part of a broader new effort known as the Women’s Leadership Program, whose purpose is to support national and local development goals that promote gender equality and female empowerment.
HED operates with the advice and counsel of six major higher education associations: the American Council on Education (ACE), the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC), the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU), the Association of American Universities (AAU), the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU), and the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (NAICU).
HED receives funding from USAID’s Bureau for Economic Growth, Education and Environment, Office of Education (E3/ED), USAID’s functional and Regional Bureaus and worldwide Missions, and the U.S. Department of State to support higher education partnerships to advance global development, economic growth, good governance, and healthy societies.
How to Submit an Application?
To submit an application, the applicant must establish a user name and password. HED’s on-line application system permits users to save an application in progress and return to complete it during a subsequent session.
- To begin the online application process, the applicant must click the blue “Apply Now” button on the RFA web page.
- Applicants must either register as a new user or sign in using an existing HED username and password.
- Complete the requested information on the form. HED’s online application system permits users to save an application in progress and return to complete it during subsequent sessions.
- When applicant are ready to submit their application, please click the “Submit” button.
Eligibility-
- HED will only consider applications from regionally accredited, degree granting, U.S. higher education institutions (two- and four-year colleges and universities). U.S. colleges and universities may apply individually or in partnership with other institutions. Consortia applications are welcomed. HED encourages applications from or with the participation of Minority-Serving Institutions. HED will accept only one (1) application from each lead U.S. applicant institution per partnership award. However, U.S. applicant institutions are permitted to participate as secondary institutions in more than one application per partnership award.
- In an effort to work with and strengthen local tertiary institutions, the HED program will engage U.S. institutions of post secondary education (including universities, colleges, and community colleges) as core development partners in each of the activities funded under the program.
- Applicants’ budgets should demonstrate that award funds will be managed by the applicant and designated partner institution(s). HED can only negotiate an award agreement with the lead U.S. higher education institution named in the application.
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