Daily Archives: May 13, 2015

2015-07-27: Women in University Administration Professional Exchange

Funding Opportunity Number: SCAPPD-15-AW-173-SCA-06262015
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Funding Instrument Type: Cooperative Agreement
Category of Funding Activity: Other (see text field entitled "Explanation of Other Category of Funding Activity" for clarification)
Eligible Applicants Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Agency Name: DOS-SA
Closing Date: 2015-07-27
Award Ceiling: $225,000
Expected Number of Awards: 1
Description: The Office of Press and Public Diplomacy of the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs (SCA) of the U. S. Department of State announces an open competition for a cooperative agreement to administer the Women in University Administration Professional Exchange. This program seeks to expose women working as administrators at institutions of higher education in the SCA region to international standards and best practices in their field, through an approximately 2-3 week professional exchange visit to the United States. The countries of South and Central Asia are: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. This program reflects and supports the foreign policy goals of the United States. SCA seeks proposals from nonprofit organizations for the development and implementation of professional programs for SCA-sponsored participants to the United States. Once the award is made, the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs will coordinate the participating country(ies) and individual participants with the implementing partner.
Link: www.grants.gov/view-opportunity.html?opp…

2015-07-23: Cuban Nonprofit Management Scholarship Program

Funding Opportunity Number: WHAP-WHAAQPPC-15-003
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Funding Instrument Type: Grant
Category of Funding Activity: Education | Employment, Labor and Training | Other (see text field entitled "Explanation of Other Category of Funding Activity" for clarification)
Eligible Applicants Public and State controlled institutions of higher education | Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education | Private institutions of higher education
Agency Name: DOS-WHA
Closing Date: 2015-07-23
Award Ceiling: $1,584,158
Expected Number of Awards: 1
Description: The Cuban Nonprofit Management Scholarship Program will support the professional growth of emerging nonprofit leaders from Cuba by offering U. S. university graduate-level certificates or degrees in nonprofit management. Participants will receive English language training and a hands-on internship program at a U. S. nonprofit organization or professional association as part of the project.
Link: www.grants.gov/view-opportunity.html?opp…