Deadline- May 15, 2012.
Countries/Region- Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.
Higher Education for Development (HED), in cooperation with the United States Agency for International Development’s Latin America and the Caribbean regional bureau (USAID/LAC), is issuing a Request for Applications (RFA) for the second phase of the Initiative for Conservation.
HED expects to make four (4) awards (one award per host country) of up to $750,000 each for three (3) years for higher education partnerships between U.S. higher education institutions and higher education institutions in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. The purpose of the partnerships will be to support national and local development goals that promote the conservation of biodiversity and maintenance of the Andean Amazon Biome.
The abstract should not exceed two typed, double-spaced pages with 12-point font and one-inch margins. The abstract usually contains a summary of the narrative, workplan and budget.
Eligibility-
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. 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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