Request For Applications (RFA): Broader Middle East and North Africa - U.S. Community College Entrepreneurship Proposal Development Grants Program: 2010
Date Issued: July 15, 2010
Applications Due: October 18, 2010
for more information see http://www.hedprogram.org/tabId/66/itemId/218/Broader-Middle-East-a...

Higher Education for Development (HED), in cooperation with the U.S. Department of State, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the U.S. Department of Education, is issuing a request for applications for the Broader Middle East and North Africa - U.S. Community College Entrepreneurship Proposal Development Grants Program.

Contingent upon funding, HED anticipates making up to ten (10) awards of up to $60,000 each for a six-month period of performance to support the planning for partnerships between U.S. community colleges and community and technical colleges in the following countries in the Broader Middle East and North Africa  (BMENA) region: Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Tunisia, and Yemen.

These grants are intended to support the creation of proposals for long-term partnerships of not less than three years to strengthen the capacity of BMENA partner institutions through the promotion of entrepreneurship.  The partnership proposals developed through these planning grants will be submitted to HED at the conclusion of the grant period.  HED will, through a peer review process, evaluate the proposals and rank them for consideration for implementation funding.

ONLINE Information Session: HED is organizing an online information session that will take place on August 4, 2010.  Applicants are asked to register for the online information session no later than August 2, 2010 by sending an e-mail to hcipolle(at)hedprogram.org.  Sending questions in advance of the online information session is strongly recommended.  Questions are due on August 2, 2010.

Follow-up information sessions for the Levant, Iraq and Gulf, and North Africa regions will occur in mid-September.  Specific dates for the regional information sessions will be announced shortly.

For clarification or questions regarding this RFA, please contact Senior Program Associate Marilyn Crane at (202) 243-7685 or mcrane(at)HEDprogram.org.

Please visit the HED website for the complete RFA.
http://www.hedprogram.org/tabId/66/itemId/218/Broader-Middle-East-a...