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Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs Download our Educational Partnerships Program Brochure! What We Do The U.S. Department of States educational partnerships program
encourages educational reform, economic development, civil society, and
mutual understanding through cooperation between U.S. colleges and universities
and foreign post-secondary institutions. Partnerships may focus on disciplines
in the social, political and economic sciences; public administration;
the humanities; business; economics; law; journalism and communications;
public health policy and administration; library science; and educational
administration. The programs are administered by the Humphrey Fellowships
and Institutional Linkages Branch of the Office of Global Educational
Programs. Projects should be beneficial to all partner institutions, although the
benefits may differ significantly for each of them. The proposals must
demonstrate a commitment by all partner institutions to pursue project
goals collaboratively. Competitions target specified themes and geographic
regions. Cooperation sometimes results from the experiences of a Fulbright
scholar at a U.S. or foreign host institution.
Typical Project Objectives Partnership Program project objectives typically include:
How to Apply U.S. educational institutions and organizations submit proposals to the Department by the deadlines announced in Requests for Grant Proposals (RFGPs), which are published periodically in the Federal Register and are available online on the Bureau's RFGP website. Proposal guidelines and application materials appear in the RFGPs and associated documents. "Suggestions for Applying" are also available online. The Department of State does not support U.S. student exchanges under most partnership programs. U.S. graduate students may participate as visiting instructors at the foreign partner institution, and foreign students must either have teaching responsibilities or be preparing for teaching duties. Information on grants to individual students and scholars through other Department of State programs is also available on the Bureau's website. Review Criteria Grant competitions are merit-based. Review criteria are published in RFGPs. Proposals in most competitions are reviewed independently by professional and scholarly experts and by State Department officers in Washington and overseas, and in some cases, by binational Fulbright Commission officers. Proposals are reviewed for the quality and impact of project goals, feasibility, and the commitment of participating institutions to work with one another as reflected in appropriate cost-sharing. The U.S. partner institutions are the grant recipients. Eligibility U.S. participation in State educational partnership programs is open to accredited institutions of higher learning, including:
In limited cases, U.S. non-governmental organizations may be eligible to apply in certain competitions for specialized projects. Letters of commitment from the U.S. and foreign partner(s) are required. Cost sharing from participant organizations and other sources is encouraged. The commitment of partner institutions to the proposed project should be reflected in the cost sharing which they offer in the context of their respective institutional capacities. This site is maintained by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, U.S. Department of State. Links to other sites should not be construed as an endorsement of the views contained therein. |