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    MISSION TO TURKEY ISSUES GRANTS NOTICE ON 'UNIVERSITY PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM FOR TURKEY, ARMENIA'

    US State News
    http://turkey.usembassy.gov/university_partne rships_program.html
    March 9, 2010 Tuesday 8:58 AM EST

    WASHINGTON, March 8 -- Mission to Turkey issues grant opportunity to
    enable post-secondary institutions in the United States, Turkey and
    Armenia with similar educational missions to develop and broaden
    institutional cooperation through exchange of students, faculty
    members and administrators for the purposes of study, teaching,
    research and outreach.

    The funding opportunity number PRMTR-10-GR-001-EUR-022510 was posted
    on March 8, 2010 with an application closing date of June 1, 2010.

    Category of Funding Activity is Education.

    Eligible Applicants: Independent school districts, Public and State
    controlled institutions of higher education, Private institutions of
    higher education

    Additional Information on Eligibility: Eligible Foreign Institutions
    Foreign institutional partners may be recognized institutions
    of post-secondary education, state-supported universities,
    independent universities, research institutes, relevant educational
    authorities, and other public or private non-profit organizations
    with project-related educational missions.

    The description of the Grants Notice is "Award Information: Type
    of Award: Grant Fiscal Year Funds: 2010 Approximate Total Funding:
    $470,000 (contingent on funding) Approximate Number of Awards:
    1 Anticipated Award Date: Pending the availability of funds,
    grant activities should begin on or about September 1, 2010 for a
    28-month period. Anticipated Project Completion Date: December 31,
    2012 Additional Information: Eligible Foreign Institutions Foreign
    institutional partners may be recognized institutions of post-secondary
    education, state-supported universities, independent universities,
    research institutes, relevant educational authorities, and other public
    or private non-profit organizations with project-related educational
    missions. III. Eligibility Information: III.1. Eligible applicants:
    Applications must be submitted by accredited U.S. post-secondary
    educational institutions meeting the provisions described in Internal
    Revenue Code section 26 USC 501 (c)(3). III.2. Cost Sharing or
    Matching Funds: There is no minimum or maximum percentage required
    for this competition. However, the Department encourages applicants
    to provide maximum levels of cost sharing and funding in support
    of its programs. When cost sharing is offered, it is understood and
    agreed that the applicant must provide the amount of cost sharing as
    stipulated in its proposal and later included in an approved grant
    agreement. Cost sharing may be in the form of allowable direct
    or indirect costs. For accountability, you must maintain written
    records to support all costs which are claimed as your contribution,
    as well as costs to be paid by the Federal government. Such records
    are subject to audit. The basis for determining the value of cash and
    in-kind contributions must be in accordance with OMB Circular A-110,
    (Revised), Subpart C.23 - Cost Sharing and Matching. In the event you
    do not provide the minimum amount of cost sharing as stipulated in
    the approved budget, the US Department of State's contribution will
    be reduced in like proportion.

    III.3. Other Eligibility Requirements: a.) Technical Eligibility:
    All proposals must comply with the following or they will result in
    your proposal being declared technically ineligible and given no
    further consideration in the review process. 1. It must adhere to
    the guidelines established in this document and in the Solicitation
    Package; 2. It must be submitted by the U.S. partner; 3. The U.S.

    applicant organization must be eligible; 4. Eligible post-secondary
    educational institutions in both Turkey and Armenia must be included.

    Program Overview The Educational Partnerships Program enables U.S.

    colleges and universities and their Turkish and Armenian counterpart
    institutions to pursue objectives cooperatively through exchange visits
    of faculty, students and administrators. The Educational Partnerships
    Program is not designed to support degree programs for undergraduate
    or graduate students. U.S., Turkish and Armenian universities that
    have hosted Fulbright and other State Department sponsored grantees
    or alumni as professors, students, or administrators are especially
    encouraged to develop proposals that build on the achievements of
    these individual grantees and that extend their impact. Proposals
    must directly or indirectly make enduring contributions to the
    normalization of relations between Turkey and Armenia. These might
    consist of partnerships that focus on English teaching, secondary or
    post-secondary educational administration, business administration,
    regional development and tourism and hospitality management, but are
    not limited to these areas. Purpose: The Educational Partnerships
    Program has the following purposes: - To enable post-secondary
    institutions in the United States, Turkey and Armenia with similar
    educational missions to develop and broaden institutional cooperation
    through exchange of students, faculty members and administrators for
    the purposes of study, teaching, research and outreach. - To increase
    understanding between the United States, Turkey and Armenia through
    cooperation in higher education. - To reinforce the impact of other
    State Department programs, including the Fulbright Program. - To
    support the current foreign policy priorities of the Department of
    State, especially efforts to promote the normalization of relations
    between Turkey and Armenia in the civil society sector and to improve
    educational outreach to non-elite populations."
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