Deadline: 28-Mar-22
The 100,000 Strong in the Americas is inviting higher education institutions (HEIs) from the United States and from Brazil to partner and submit proposals in this Brazil-U.S. focused 100,000 Strong in the Americas (100K) Innovation Fund grant competition.
This new 100K Innovation Fund opportunity, supported through generous contributions from Brazil’s National Service of Industrial Training (SENAI), along with the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs at U.S. Department of State and U.S. Mission-Brazil, is designed to designed to stimulate and support innovative partnerships between HEIs that will lead to innovative student exchange and training programs between the United States and Brazil.
Thematic Areas
- Internet of Things (IoT)
- Cloud Computing
- Big Data
- Cybersecurity
- Artificial Intelligence
- Environment and Climate Solutions
- Human Rights and Public Policy
- Health Sciences and Public Health
- Education (Technology and Distance/Virtual Education)
- Food and Agricultural Sciences
- Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH)
- Biotechnology
- Business Development
- Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM)
Funding Information
- The intent of the 2021 U.S.-Brazil Innovation Fund Grant Competition is to award up to six (6) Innovation Fund grants of $34,250 each to selected proposals developed by teams of eligible institutions in the U.S. and Brazil, pending the proposal evaluation and selection process.
- The Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs at the U.S. Department of State, Partners of the Americas, and SENAI reserve the right to fund any or none of the grant proposals submitted for consideration in this Innovation Fund competition.
Eligibility Criteria
- The Innovation Fund seeks the broadest diversity of institutions to compete for grants and to develop exchange program innovations that will have the greatest possibility of replication throughout the United States and rest of the Western Hemisphere. As such, the following types of higher education institutions (HEIs) are eligible to apply for the 2021 U.S.-Brazil Innovation Fund Grant Competition.
- Mandatory: Proposals in this must include a team of at least one eligible institution from each category below:
- HEIs in the United States: HEIs located and legally registered in the U.S., including four-year degree-issuing institutions (public and private); community colleges; MinorityServing Institutions (MSIs), including Historically Black College & Universities (HBCUs) and Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs); technical/vocational schools; and other post-secondary institutions with credit-bearing programs.
- Eligible institutions in Brazil: SENAI Innovation Institutes (Institutos SENAI de Inovação) and SENAI Higher Education Schools (Escolas de Ensino Superior do SENAI).
- Recommended additional Brazilian Institutions as a 3 rd Partner: Proposals may also present a tripartite alliance between a (1) U.S. HEI, a (2) SENAI Innovation Institute or SENAI Higher Education School, and a (3) Brazilian higher education institution located and legally registered, including:
- Private and public universities (universidades privadas e públicas de todos as esferas da federação – estaduais/federais),
- Federal institutes/centers for technological education (Institutos Federais de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia – IFETs e Centros Federais de Educação Tecnológica – CEFETs)
- Professional technical institutes (institutos técnico-profissional),
- Research centers (centros de pesquisa), and
- Other post-secondary institutions
For more information, visit http://www.100kstrongamericas.org/grants/