The United States Agency for International Development Mission to Indonesia (USAID/Indonesia) has issued an Annual Program Statement (APS) seeking applications from Indonesian and U.S. institutions of higher education that support USAID/Indonesia’s development strategy through partnership activities between institutions of higher education in Indonesia and the United States.
Grant Size
Subject to the availability of funds, USAID/Indonesia intends to award a series of Cooperative Agreements under Component 1 with approximate values of $1,000,000 each, for a period up to three years. Subject to availability of funds, USAID/Indonesia intends to award a series of Cooperative Agreements under Component 2 of approximate values of $650,000 each for a period up to three years.
Goals and Objectives
This APS has two goals – to support university partnerships which strengthen institutional capacities in STEM at the tertiary level and to support university partnerships which will strengthen capacities at the secondary level. Component I of the APS is directed toward partnerships which support fields of applied science underlying USAID Indonesia’s strategic objectives in health, economic growth and the environment; Component II is to support university partnerships, supporting science, technology and math education at the secondary level, by creating model secondary science and technology schools.
The objective of Component I of this APS is to stimulate academic collaboration in priority sectors by providing seed funding for innovative university based partnerships that contribute to the objectives of USAID’s new strategy. The efforts of this program are directed at helping increase the capacity and contributions of Indonesian institutions of higher education to address longer term, sustainable development priorities through STEM in Indonesia.
The objective of Component II is to harness the best of U.S. and Indonesian expertise to improve the teaching science, math and technology for a larger percentage of Indonesian students. U. S. institutions have made great strides in preparing science and math teachers at the secondary level and are particularly engaged in research to make that training even better in order to meet the ever increasing demand for STEM competencies in the global economy. Component II is directed at stimulating academic collaboration in this priority area by providing seed funding for innovative teacher training institute based partnerships to establish models of excellence in teaching STEM at the secondary level in at least two geographic locations. Component II is specifically aimed at universities that have education departments and have or aspire to have superior curriculum, pedagogy and approaches to teacher training in science and math.
At the first stage, only the concept notes need to be submitted.
Last date for submission of concept notes is September 15, 2011
For more information and details, you can visit this link and search by Funding Opportunity Number for “APS-497-11-000001.”
