U.S. University Partnership Initiative in South Africa

The Public Affairs Section of the U. S. Embassy South Africa of the U. S. Department of State announces an open competition for organizations to submit applications to carry out a program focused on strengthening existing ties and fostering new collaboration between U. S. and African universities.

Priority


Region:
Project activities must take place in South Africa and the United States, and be directed at South African audiences/participants.

Program Objectives:
The goal of the University Partnerships Initiative (UPI) is to strengthen existing ties and foster new collaboration between U. S. and South African universities.

Focus areas include promoting faculty and student exchanges, facilitating joint research, building administrative capacity, and creating public-private partnerships.

Program proposals should address how relationships between institutions will be sustained after U. S. government funded efforts are concluded.

Specific Program Objectives:
- Promote U.S.-South Africa faculty and student exchanges, particularly the development of dual degree programs that have South Africans complete their studies in their home country and address South Africa’s shortage of qualified academic staff.

- Facilitate joint research, especially in agriculture, food security, and STEM.

- Provide training and transfer skills in all aspects of university administration through subject-matter exchange programs.

- Explore public-private partnerships, with an emphasis on commercialization, technology transfer, and job creation.

Participants and Audiences:
The intended audience is community college and university students, university administrators, corporations, the NGO sector, and USG alumni.

Proposals that address linkages between South African technical universities and their American counterparts are strongly encouraged.

Programs that create or grow linkages between academia and commerce are also encouraged.

Applications should be emailed to PretoriaGrants@state.gov.

Related Programs

Public Diplomacy Programs

Department of State


Agency: Department of State

Office: U.S. Mission to South Africa

Estimated Funding: $600,000





Obtain Full Opportunity Text:
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-20-068.html

Additional Information of Eligibility:
Eligibility for this NOFO is exclusively restricted to Tanzania local Organizations.

Only local organizations as defined below are eligible for an award:•Are incorporated or legally organized under the laws of, and have its principal place of business in Tanzania;•Are at 75% beneficially owned by individuals who are citizens or lawfully admitted residents of Tanzania;•Are at least 75% of its staff (senior, mid-level, support) must be citizens or lawfully admitted residents of Tanzania; and •When an entity has a Board of Directors, at least 51% of the members of its Board must be citizens or lawfully admitted permanent residents of Tanzania.

Full Opportunity Web Address:
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-20-068.html

Contact:


Agency Email Description:
U.S. Embassy South Africa Grants Administrator

Agency Email:


Date Posted:
2019-12-05

Application Due Date:


Archive Date:
2020-03-29



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