Deadline- 5 June, 2012
Countries/Region- Rwanda , Paraguay, South Sudan and Armenia
Higher Education for Development (HED), in cooperation with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID/Paraguay) is issuing a Request for Applications (RFA) for a women’s leadership higher education partnership in Paraguay.
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. Subject to the availability of U.S. government funding, HED anticipates issuing a total of five RFAs for higher education partnerships under the Women’s Leadership Program in Rwanda , Paraguay, South Sudan and Armenia.
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.
- 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. Funding will be obligated through the U.S. institution to the cooperating institutions and stakeholders in the target countries in a fair, transparent, and open manner through program investments that will both develop and leverage the capacity of the local institutions to meet the human and institutional capacity needs of their country.
- 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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