Deadline: 24-Jun-22
The Public Affairs Section of U.S. Embassy Dakar is seeking proposals to carry out a program focused on strengthening existing ties and fostering new collaborations between U.S. and African universities.
Focus Areas
- Promote partnerships with U.S. higher education institutions
- Establish Senegalese or Bissau Guinean student and faculty exchanges, including in-person and virtual exchange opportunities
- Facilitate joint research, especially in agriculture, entrepreneurship, creative industries, food security, and STEM
- Provide training and transfer skills in all aspects of university education through subject matter exchange programs
- Explore public-private partnerships, with an emphasis on commercialization, technology transfer, and job creation
Funding Information
- Minimum Award Amount: $50,000
- Maximum Award Amount: $150,000
- Proposals that are selected for funding must be initiated no later than September 30, 2022, and generally, be completed within one to two years of their commencement.
Eligibility Criteria
- The Public Affairs Section encourages proposals from:
- Registered not-for-profit organizations, including think tanks and civil society/non-governmental organizations with programming experience
- Individuals
- Non-profit or governmental educational institutions. For-profit or commercial entities are not eligible to apply
Ineligible Activities
- Organizational start-up costs
- Ongoing salaries or capital improvements
- Paying to complete activities begun with other funds
- Projects of a commercial or profit-making nature
- Projects that are inherently political or that contain the appearance of partisanship or support to an individual or single party electoral campaigns
- Projects that support specific religious activities
- Fundraising campaigns
- Academic or analytical research (if not part of a larger project)
- Construction projects
- Vehicles
- Scholarships to individuals
- Projects whose primary aim is the institutional development of the organization itself
- Any fees for news coverage
- Representational expenses, such as receptions
- (Exceptions: expenses for coffee breaks and working lunches can be funded; alcohol, however, cannot)
For more information, visit https://sn.usembassy.gov/education-culture/funding-opportunities/