Center for Civil Society International ([email protected])
Thu, 12 Nov 1998 15:22:41 -0800 (PST)
Sender: "Cebra, Jonathan" <[email protected]>
Subject: USIA RFP: NIS College and University Partnerships Program
USIA announces the 1999 NIS College and University Partnerships Program
(NISCUPP)
(My apologies to those of you receiving multiple copies of this
announcement. Contact information can be found at the bottom of this
message, please do NOT post inquiries or responses to the listserv on
which this announcement is posted.)
US Institutions of higher education are invited to submit proposals for
support of partnership activities with an institution (or institutions)
of higher learning from the New Independent States (Russia, Ukraine,
Belarus, Moldova, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Kazakstan, Tajikistan,
Kyrgyzstan, Uzebekistan, and Turkmenistan). Grants of up to $300,000
will be awarded to US colleges or universities in order to support
institutional linkages including faculty exchange and curriculum
development.
Eligible disciplines include:
(1) law;
(2) business/economics/trade;
(3) education/continuing education/civic education/educational reform;
(4) government/public policy/public administration/urban and regional
economic development; and
(5) journalism/communications.
For further information:
The full Request for Proposals (RFP) is printed in the Federal Register
dated November 12, 1998.
The Request for Proposals (RFP); Program Objectives, Goals, and
Implementation (POGI); and Proposal Submission Instructions (PSI) can all
be downloaded from the following URL:
http://www.usia.gov/education/rfps/menu.htm
The Solicitation package (RFP, POGI, PSI) can be obtained via
fax-on-demand: 202/401-7616
Or contact one of the two following USIA program officers:
For partnerships with institutions in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus,
Georgia, Moldova or Ukraine:
Jonathan Cebra
telephone: (202)619-4126
fax: (202)401-1433
internet: [email protected]
For partnerships with institutions in Kazakstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia,
Tajikistan, Turkmenistan or Uzbekistan:
Sam Eisen
telephone: (202) 619-4097
fax: (202) 401-1433
internet: [email protected]
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