Date: Wed, 07 May 2003 09:02:56 -0400
From: "Linney, Thomas J." <TLinney@STARPOWER.NET>
Here is information about the first College and University specific
opportunity for new programming possibilities in a revised US-Middle East
partnership program from USAID. The State Department has a similar
university linkages program. It is also being revised this year to
reflect revised priorities from the Education and Cultural Affairs Bureau
in the State Department. I was able to attend a meeting on May 2 at the
State Dept with Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Tom Farrell. He
indicated at this meeting that it was State's intention to refocus the
program on program areas closer to State Dept priorities such as civic
engagement, communications, teacher education and building curriculum
reform at linkage sites, as well as encouraging Fulbright scholar
involvement from US and overseas institutions in these areas. State also
wants to focus on areas of the globe in need of additional
attention. These included the Caribbean area, Central America, and
Sub-Saharan Africa as areas of particular interest. A group is working
within ECA to revise the FY 03 RFP to reflect new priorities. Expect to
see the State ECA request for proposals sometime in the next few weeks
depending the time required for revisions. Michael McCarry and the
Alliance for Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs was extremely
helpful in setting up the meeting with ECA. Current grantees from Rutgers
U and Temple U. also provided direct field experience to assist the
efforts to keep and revise this program. Please let me know if any AIEA
members wish additional information on these meetings or programs.
> Special Request for Applications: U.S. - Middle East University
Partnerships Program
>
> The Association Liaison Office for University Cooperation in Development
> (ALO) is pleased to announce the release of a Special Request for
> Applications, "U.S. - Middle East University Partnerships Program." The
RFA
> may be downloaded from ALO's website:
> http://www.aascu.org/ALO/RFPs/RFPMain.htm
>
> The deadline for receipt of applications is July 1, 2003, 5:00 pm EDT.
>
> ALO, in cooperation with USAID and the U.S. Department of State, is
issuing
> a call for applications for the U.S. - Middle East University Partnerships
> Program. ALO will conduct a peer-reviewed competition to award up to eight
> grants of up to $100,000 each to implement cooperative partnerships
between
> higher education institutions in the United States and Arab universities
> located in Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Morocco,
Oman,
> Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, the United Arab Emirates, the West Bank and
> Gaza, and Yemen. Applications for higher education partnerships to
> strengthen Arab universities' programs should focus on one of the
following
> disciplines: (1) American Studies; (2) Business and Economics; (3)
> Education; (4) Information and Communication Technologies; and (5) Media
and
> Journalism.
>
> For more information on this RFA or on other ALO activities, please visit
> our website, or contact Tony Wagner, Communications Coordinator
> (wagnera@aascu.org; 202-478-4704)
>
> Tony Wagner
> Communications Coordinator
> Association Liaison Office for
> University Cooperation in Development
> 1307 New York Ave., N.W.
> Washington, DC 20005
> Tel: 202.478.4704
> Fax: 202.478.4715
> http://www.aascu.org/alo