Issue 23 | Volume 11 | June 15, 2023
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International Funding Opportunities Update
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Watch this space for Fall events of the
Community of Practice on Global Development
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Listed below are international funding opportunities identified in the past week. All other open opportunities may be accessed in a searchable database by clicking on the button to the right.
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Global IDEAS hosts the International Data Portal where you can learn about MSU's international presence. There is information about past international awards, educational programming, and MSU's international student body.
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Visit the new foundation funding opportunities website created and maintained by the MSU Office of Foundation Relations. This website is updated daily and provides a resource for MSU researchers to learn more about current and upcoming foundation funding opportunities.
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Climate, Water, Environment, & Energy
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The U.S. Department of State (Department of State), Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs (OES), Office of Environmental Quality (ENV) announces an open competition for organizations interested in submitting applications to be the host for a new international public-private partnership, End Plastic Pollution International Collaborative (EPPIC), which aims to significantly reduce plastic pollution by strengthening enabling environments, raising public awareness, and promoting multi-stakeholder engagements that advance solutions to enhance circularity across the plastics lifecycle, particularly with innovation in upstream design and production.
Activities of the EPPIC program include but are not limited to:
- Develop and support technical capacity building activities in developing countries that promote innovation to combat plastic pollution and advance the circularity of plastics;
- Convene governments and stakeholders to highlight action, undertake technical exchanges, build capacity, and secure commitments toward advancing circularity and ending plastic pollution, including an annual high-level meeting that brings together diverse stakeholders and experts from around the world to discuss challenges and ideas, and provides a platform for stakeholders to share successes and make commitments to actions that advance plastic circularity;
- Foster and recognize actions and/or investments made or pledged to advance circularity and reduce, reuse, and recycle plastic waste;
- Develop and administer incentives and prizes for excellence in advancing the circularity of plastics that recognize innovation in design, production, and recycling;
- Identify, share, and assist in the implementation of best practice solutions to plastic pollution across the full life cycle of plastics;
- Encourage behavior change for society and businesses, including through public awareness campaigns that advance circularity for plastics;
- Identify opportunities to support implementation and enforcement of enabling conditions for improved plastic waste management and increased recycling of plastics;
- Identify areas of need and potential sources of financial support for countries and targeted financing to advance the circularity of plastics;
- Identify challenges and opportunities at the national and subnational levels to advance plastic circularity and improve technical capacity for solutions to plastic pollution; and
- Facilitate training and technical capacity building, particularly in communities that have been marginalized and disproportionately impacted by plastic pollution, including on national and subnational monitoring and reporting of plastic pollution; and
- Administer innovation “prizes” through a prize competition for projects that encourage innovation to advance circularity and address plastic pollution and will contribute to the overall goal and objectives of the partnership.
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Award size: $14.5M
Deadline: July 8, 2023
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The Office of Global Partnerships (GP) of the U.S. Department of State (DOS) announces an open competition for organizations to submit a statement of interest (SOI) to carry out a program (or programs) to expand and amplify the Department’s response to the climate crisis. GP has launched the Climate Solutions and Sustainable Entrepreneurship Fund (CSSEF) to drive sustainability-focused programming in makerspaces, community centers, and technology labs in developing economies that strive to capacitate local entrepreneurs and increase their ability to scale climate solutions to market.
GP hopes to help create local communities of entrepreneurs and entrepreneur-support organizations around these hubs that are more market-savvy, more resourced, more cooperative amongst each other, and better able to generate climate solutions. SOIs that work to enable an economic response to the climate crisis, such as coaching and mentorship curriculum, capital-raising guidance, recruitment and education of environmentally-focused entrepreneurs, event management, and other economic engagement are welcome. These examples are only made for illustrative purpose and the Department welcomes hearing of the creativity from the private sector.
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Award size: $50,000 up to $260,000
Deadline: July 14, 2023
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The National Science Foundation Office of International Science and Engineering is pleased to inform the community that NSF and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) are partners on a new multilateral research initiative on climate change led by Canada’s New Frontiers in Research Fund. The 2023 International Joint Initiative for Research on Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Competition represents a collaboration among research funders from Brazil, Canada, Germany, Norway, South Africa, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States to leverage international expertise to tackle the global challenges caused by climate change. Climate change has been recognized as the single most important threat to the future well-being and prosperity of our planet and all who inhabit it.
The program aims to further the design and implementation of co-produced adaptation and mitigation strategies for vulnerable groups―those groups currently most impacted by the effects of climate change owing to both physical vulnerability and socioeconomic vulnerability. The program will support research that is both interdisciplinary and trans-sectoral on participatory contextually and culturally appropriate mitigation and adaptation responses to at least two vulnerabilities stemming from climate change, as identified in the Sixth Assessment Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
Projects must respond to the needs of those most impacted by the effects of climate change, such as communities in low- and middle-income countries or indigenous territories, or groups that are vulnerable due to their geographic, social and/or economic circumstances. All projects are required to partner with participating community(ies) in the co-creation, implementation and ownerships of the research and outcomes, and to develop approaches related to policy implementation and knowledge mobilization.
Led by Canada, the program is supported by funding agency partners from the eight countries listed above (consortium partners). The program adopts a consortium approach to funding. Each consortium partner will fund researchers within a project team who are eligible to receive funding from them. NSF intends to fund researchers eligible to receive NSF or NEH funding. A minimum of three countries must be represented among the co-PIs on the project team, and the team must be eligible to receive funding from at least two Consortium Partners. At least one co-PI must be eligible to receive funding from Canada’s New Frontiers in Research Fund.
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Funding will be awarded according to the rules, regulations, terms and conditions of the consortium partner.
Letters of intent due July 15, 2023
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To support the advancement of animal biology research, habitat monitoring and environmental conservation, Wildlife Acoustics is proud to offer a grant program that provides scientists with products and software to help further their research into the study of bats, birds, frogs and other vocal wildlife.
Consideration will be given to projects that meet the following criteria:
- Project makes significant use of wildlife vocalization recordings for data collection and/or analysis.
- The work advances scientific knowledge and contributes to long-term conservation.
- The grant would have significant impact on the success of the project.
- The application provides adequate information to facilitate project evaluation, including detailed expected outcomes and the need for bioacoustics data to support those outcomes.
- The project must begin within one year of the award.
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Award Size: up to $4,000
Deadline: August 15, 2023
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This call for proposals in forestry is focused on developing or integrating solutions for adapting to or mitigating climate change, promoting biodiversity, providing resilient ecosystems services while supplying sustainable forest products. We’re also seeking proposals that incentivize action and behavioral change, transforming the theoretical and abstract values of forest products and services.
Your proposal can be for an implementation-oriented research project that includes stakeholder engagement and has a high potential to foster change in practice. Alternatively, your proposal can be for a science practice network that co-develop or implement approaches that contribute towards the goals of the program. Support is available for projects within existing science-practice networks or establishing a new one.
Goals:
- Fostering a change of perspective in the use and value of forests and sustainable forest management addressing the pressing issues of climate change and biodiversity loss as well as society’s need for timber. The change of perspective shall be solution-oriented and based on interaction between science and practitioners.
- Developing financial innovation and improved framework conditions shall offer leverage to implement sustainable forest management providing forests which can maintain biodiversity, act as a carbon sink and supply forest products.
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Award size: $110,000
Deadline: September 23, 2023
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This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) encourages joint applications for the Global Infectious Disease (GID) Research Training programs from U.S. and low- and middle-income country (LMIC) institutions. The application should propose a collaborative training program that will strengthen the capacity of a LMIC institution to conduct infectious disease research not including HIV/AIDS.
FIC will support research-training programs that focus on major endemic or life-threatening emerging infectious diseases, neglected tropical diseases, infections that frequently occur as co-infections in HIV infected individuals or infections associated with non-communicable disease conditions of public health importance in LMICs. Training related to prevention, treatment or public health approaches to any technical area of basic, epidemiology, clinical, behavioral or social science health research may be supported. Research Training programs should incorporate didactic, mentored research and professional development skills components to prepare individuals for careers that will have significant impact on the priority health research needs of LMICs.
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) allows support of trainees as the lead investigator of an independent clinical trial; or a separate ancillary clinical trial or proposing to gain research experience in a clinical trial led by another investigator, as part of their research and professional development.
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Award size: up to $230,000/year for 5 years
Letters of intent due: July 3, 2023
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The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) is issuing this Notice to highlight interest in receiving implementation research grant applications designed in partnership with domestic and global service providers to advance HIV prevention and treatment goals (domestically) or targets (globally). These applications should target the unique needs in jurisdictions, both in cities and rural areas, that have been disproportionally affected by the HIV epidemic in the U.S. and globally.
Areas of programmatic interest include studies that:
- are designed to enhance HIV prevention providers’ (systems, providers, operational tools) capacity to people in high-incidence or priority populations
- optimize the implementation (uptake, effectiveness, efficiency) of individual and/or combination prevention evidence-based interventions (EBIs) (e.g., behavioral/social risk-reduction, male circumcision, PrEP, condom provision), designed to maximize the optimal targeting, uptake, coverage, effectiveness, and efficiency of service provision.
- optimize the implementation (uptake, effectiveness, efficiency) of individual and/or combination EBIs designed to maximize HIV testing, linkage to HIV care, earlier ART initiation, adherence and engagement HIV testing - that could include advancements in approaches and technologies.
- understand and address provider, clinic, and systems-level factors that may impact ART initiation, antiretroviral adherence, or patient retention, for the purpose of informing provider training, clinic practice, and healthcare policy.
- the impact of varying models of differentiated HIV care on HIV care continuum outcomes, which could include studies to evaluate optimal approaches to integrate community care delivery to include HIV prevention, care, and treatment with related services (mental and substance use disorders, sexually transmitted infections, family planning, prenatal care, malaria, tuberculosis).
- optimize the implementation of targeted interventions designed to reduce documented disparities (e.g. race, ethnicity, sex, age, geography, sexual and gender minority, underserved rural, and lower socioeconomic) in HIV prevention and treatment outcomes.
- test and evaluate implementation of interventions that address SSDoH and their impact on HIV prevention, testing, treatment initiation, and continuity.
- enhance understanding of the epidemiologic contexts for targeted interventions (e.g., accurate rates of testing, linkage, initiation and viral suppression that indicates gaps and targets for intervention).
- evaluate the systemic interventions to influence organizational structure, climate, and culture, in order to promote organizational readiness and capacity for intervention adoption, and implementation with fidelity and effectiveness.
- understand, implement, and evaluate technological innovations (including media) in order to enhance the scalability of interventions.
- evaluate the cost and cost-effectiveness of intervention delivery in real-world settings.
- understand the benefit of varying training methodologies (e.g., didactic training, clerkship, on-site mentoring, on-going consultation, internet-based courses) to prepare providers to offer HIV prevention and treatment services.
- examine the impact of changes in health policy/legislation that affect delivery of HIV-related prevention services and treatment.
- determine the impact of new payment mechanisms, including the cost-effectiveness of alternative treatments, services or structures for the provision of services.
- identify, describe, or track individual, family, provider, organizational or systems-level outcomes resulting from changes in services or benefits.
- inform how best to replace or discontinue interventions, especially those that are less effective or ineffective as compared to the best evidence-based practices. The study of this process, and the resulting outcomes, has been referred to as de-implementation.
- inform the sustainment and/or sustainability of HIV intervention.
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Award size: varies with proposal
Letters of intent due: August 7, 2023
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The Public Diplomacy Section (PDS) of the U.S. Mission to Afghanistan is pleased to announce an open competition for eligible organizations to submit applications to carry out a program aimed at supporting higher education opportunities for Afghans, in particular women and girls.
Successful proposals will focus on at least one of three areas of support for higher education:
- Individual and/or series of short online courses (at least three weeks and up to six months in duration) to assist educated young professional Afghans in maintaining or developing professional skills in target fields;
- Mentorship, coaching, and/or networking support for young professionals to further develop their skills through relationships with other Afghans in their field and/or;
- Post-secondary “bridge” programs that prepare students who have already studied at the secondary level but may lack an internationally recognized diploma or qualification for university admissions, or to otherwise prepare them for university studies.
The overall objective is to support higher education opportunities for Afghan students and young professionals, particularly women and girls, inside Afghanistan, and to maintain an educated workforce in which will be the basis for political and economic stabilization in Afghanistan. PDS intends to issue awards for a period of performance between 24 to 36 months.
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Award size: $500,000 up to $1M
Deadline: July 10, 2023
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The Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs’ Office of Assistance Coordination (NEA/AC) and Embassy Tunis' Assistance Unit seek proposals that take specific, measurable action to address the decline in traditional modes of political participation among young people. Tunisian youth run for office less often and remain underrepresented in elected positions. With 24.5 percent of its population between the ages of 15 and 29, Tunisia cannot afford to let a quarter of the population sit on the sidelines.
The project will increase university students’ leadership, networking, and analysis skills so that they become more likely to engage in advocacy and civic projects. Universities will create organizational frameworks for extracurricular activities that give students a meaningful role in the financial and administrative management of clubs. The clubs themselves will develop the skills students need to succeed as engaged citizens while creating linkages with existing community service projects.
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Award size: $250,000 up to $500,000
Deadline: July 20, 2023
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The U.S. Embassy Vienna (Austria) of the U.S. Department of State announces an open competition for organizations to submit applications to carry out a program to promote and foster U.S. culture, shared values, and diversity, with a specific focus on the contemporary American political and media landscape, among young Austrian students.
As there is a growing need for improving media literacy and strengthening young Austrians’ understanding of the contemporary American political and media landscape, U.S. Embassy Vienna invites proposals for a Youth and Education Exchange to be carried out between September 2023 and December 2024. In times of increasing discord and misinformation, this program promises to contribute to coming generations of Austrian leaders’ understanding of the United States.
This exchange program will focus on U.S. culture, shared values, disinformation, diversity, and the contemporary American political and media landscape. The goal is to reinforce the power of shared democratic values, provide a first-hand look at the U.S. political process, and enhance people-to-people ties between young Austrians and Americans. In times of increasing discord and misinformation, this program contributes to a closer connection between future generations of Austrian and American leaders and enhances Austrian participants’ understanding of the United States. The program will reduce stereotypes and produce informed young Austrians who can act as citizen ambassadors, thus benefiting the Austrian-American relationship in the years ahead.
In addition to those listed above, required elements of the program are as follows:
- Participants should learn about the essential elements of contemporary American political life and how these elements inter-relate. Participants should have the opportunity to experience these elements in a local U.S. community through interactive, hands-on training, which might include, for example: formal presentations, meetings with stakeholders, discussions, and cultural or social events.
- Participants should have interaction with policy experts, media professionals, and academics and students in both countries.
- The program should include elements for post-program engagement with the Austrian participants that include mentoring and supporting participants as alumni of this program.
- The recipient will identify specific and measurable outputs and outcomes based on the project specifications provided in the solicitation.
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Award size: $100,000 up to $120,000
Deadline: July 31, 2023
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Migration & Human Trafficking
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This solicitation seeks applicants that demonstrate previous experience conducting landscape and gap analyses on human trafficking or closely related issues in one or more regions. Applicants may apply for more than one region but must clearly demonstrate regional expertise via different analyses. If selected, applicants will sign a one-year award that, pending performance and the availability of funds, may be eligible for non-competitive continuation of the award.
Applicants will be called upon by the TIP Office quarterly or biannually to conduct rapid landscape and gap analyses that provide a robust understanding of a specific TIP problem in a particular country in the region the applicant demonstrated experience.
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Award size: $100,000 up to $400,000
Deadline: July 24, 2023
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The purpose of this funding call is to develop evidence regarding the local context on social, economic, and cultural realities for child trafficking victims in Nepal. Evidence should be derived from previous research, qualitative and quantitative methods, and generate a comprehensive understanding of child trafficking in Nepal with the ultimate goal to determine where to target resources, which interventions to deploy, and whether the interventions are culturally appropriate and responsive to the local context.
Applicants should propose beginning with a literature review (Stage 1) prior to conducting a formative research study (Stage 2). It is expected that completion of this study will not exceed 30 months.
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Award size: $800,000 up to $1.6M
Deadline: July 24, 2023
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The National Science Foundation (NSF) Convergence Accelerator program addresses national-scale societal challenges through use-inspired convergence research. Using a convergence approach and innovation processes like human-centered design, user discovery, as well as team science and integration of multidisciplinary research, the Convergence Accelerator program seeks to transition basic research and discovery into practice—to solve high-impact societal challenges aligned with specific research themes— Track K: Equitable Water Solutions; Track L: Real-World Chemical Sensing Applications; and Track M: Bio-Inspired Design Innovations.
NSF Convergence Accelerator track themes are chosen in concordance with the themes identified during the program’s ideation process that aligns with topics that have the potential for significant national impact. The NSF Convergence Accelerator implements a two-phase program. Phase 1 awardees receive resources to further develop their convergence research ideas into an initial proof of concept and to identify important partnerships and resources to accelerate their projects. Phase 2 awardees receive significant resources leading to deliverable research prototypes and sustainability plans.
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Award size: see website
Deadline: July 11, 2023
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The U.S. Embassy Kingston Public Affairs Section (Jamaica) of the U.S. Department of State is pleased to announce that funding is available through its Public Diplomacy Grants Program. This Annual Program Statement outlines our funding priorities, strategic themes, and the procedures for submitting requests for funding. The deadline is necessary to provide sufficient time to process and award programs in advance of the end of our fiscal year on September 30, 2023.
Project proposals should aim to strengthen ties between the United States and Jamaica by highlighting shared values and promoting bilateral cooperation. Proposals must convey an American element, which supports a priority program area or includes a connection with American expert(s), organization(s) or institution(s) in a specific field that will promote increased understanding of U.S. policy and perspectives.
Priority program areas include:
Climate, Environment, and Energy
- Example programming could focus on addressing the climate crisis, responding to natural disasters, conserving nature, water security, sustainable agriculture, reducing harmful pollutants, energy resilience, and renewable energy.
Combating Financial Scamming and Other Criminal Activity
- Example programming could focus on addressing corruption and money laundering, improving police-public relations, appreciation of the law, programs to teach digital literacy and detect financial scamming, and promoting behaviors that increase community safety.
Programs for At-Risk Youth
- Example programming could focus on diversion programs to prevent youth violence, educational programs for critical life skills, and parent/family interventions.
Economic Prosperity
- Example programming could focus on business, closing skills gaps in local communities, human resources, infrastructure, cybersecurity, resource development, and trade.
Global Health
- Example programming could focus on contagious and infectious diseases, nursing, and public health policy and management.
Gender Issues
- Example programming could focus on women’s empowerment, improving outcomes for marginalized male youth, addressing gender-based violence, and LGBTQIA+ issues.
Human Rights and Democracy
- Example programming could focus on fundamental human rights, human trafficking, immigration, refugees, governance, the role of civil society, and freedom of the press/media.
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Award size: $10,000 up to $40,000
Deadline: July 12, 2023
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The Public Diplomacy Section (PD) of the U.S. Office of Palestinian Affairs (OPA) invites Palestinian or American not-for-profit non-governmental organizations (NGOs), associations, non-profit higher education institutions, or non-profit social enterprises based in Gaza to submit proposals to design and implement a project which supports private sector growth and economic development in Gaza.
This program must be designed to implement activities that advance the applicant’s goals and the U.S. OPA-PD mission, including but not limited to:
- Building Palestinian institutions, both governmental and non-governmental, that effectively address the needs and aspirations of the Palestinian people;
- Building a prosperous Palestinian economy, led by a thriving private sector, that provides equitable and inclusive economic opportunities and improves daily life for Palestinians.
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Award size: $10,000 up to $50,000
Deadline: July 13, 2023
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The Department of State’s Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation, Office of Export Control Cooperation (ISN/ECC) is pleased to announce a new funding opportunity through this Notice of Funding
Opportunity (NOFO).
Under this NOFO, ISN/ECC seeks proposals to advance U.S. foreign policy and national security priorities by supporting initiatives that make decision-making structures and processes in fragile, conflict, or crisis-affected contexts more reflective of and responsive to the needs and perspectives of partner states to ensure strategic trade control systems meet international standards and by engaging on bilateral, regional and multilateral levels with foreign governments to aid in the establishment of independent capabilities to regulate transfers of weapons of mass destruction, WMD-related items, conventional arms, and related dual-use items, and to detect, interdict, investigate, and prosecute illicit transfers of such items.
ECC plans to include up to thirty (30) foreign government officials from EXBS partner countries at each iteration of the Academy, or approximately fifty (50) officials if one iteration of the SSTMA is proposed.
The recipient shall host and conduct up-to-two (2) SSTMA two-week sessions that provide a comprehensive overview of export control concepts, issues, and standards from an international perspective. Broad policy issues to be covered include: new threats, challenges, and opportunities in strategic trade management; international nonproliferation treaties; multilateral export control regimes; and advanced concepts in STM, such as catch-all controls, intangible technology transfer, transit, transshipment, and brokering. The recipient shall also provide in-depth briefings on United Nations and U.S. sanctions on countries with proliferation programs of concern, such as the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and Iran.
The curriculum will include:
- Introduction to strategic trade management policy, licensing, implementation, and enforcement issues;
- A comprehensive overview/review of strategic trade management concepts and best practices through seminar presentations, interactive exercises, simulations, case studies, and activities;
- Challenges and opportunities for cooperation among non-proliferators;
- Internal compliance programs (ICPs); and
- Implementation of sanctions on proliferators.
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Award size: up to $1.5M
Deadline: July 14, 2023
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The Department of State’s Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation, Office of Cooperative Threat Reduction (ISN/CTR) is pleased to announce an open competition for assistance awards through this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO). ISN/CTR sponsors foreign assistance activities funded by the Nonproliferation, Antiterrorism, Demining and Related Programs (NADR) account, and focuses on mitigating weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and WMD-related delivery systems proliferation and security threats from non-state actors and proliferator states. An underlying aim of all ISN/CTR’s efforts is long-term sustainability to maximize programmatic impact while minimizing the need for foreign partners to rely on outside financial or technical assistance.
Program Goal Supported by this NOFO:
Empower current nuclear energy states and potential nuclear energy newcomers to approach civil nuclear reactor deployment decisions, including for SMRs and other advanced reactor designs, in a manner that prioritizes nuclear security, nonproliferation, safety, and sound financial considerations from the outset. The NEXT One Stop Shop for SMR Support provides support to Eurasian partner countries as they approach the decision to proceed with a potential civil nuclear reactor tender in a manner that enables these countries to achieve their clean energy goals under the highest international standards for nuclear security, safety, and nonproliferation.
Like the rest of the FIRST program, NEXT provides support in a manner consistent with the IAEA Milestones Approach for implementing a responsible nuclear power program. These efforts support the ability of the United States to uphold and strengthen global nuclear nonproliferation, security, and safety norms at the facility and national level and in international forums such as the IAEA. The NEXT line of effort is focused on interested Eurasian states from the following countries: Armenia, Bulgaria, Czechia, Estonia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Uzbekistan.
Sub-Considerations:
Leveraging Technical and Other Expertise: FIRST incorporates experts from U.S. and international technical organizations, national laboratories, academia, and the nuclear industry in its activities. FIRST seeks to incorporate lessons learned and best practices from the nuclear industry but does not seek to promote nuclear energy to countries that are not considering it, nor to serve as a promotional vehicle for U.S. business interests or specific reactor vendors.
Tailored Engagement Strategies: FIRST sponsors projects that are relevant to each partner country’s needs, capabilities, infrastructure, and regulatory environment. Rather than adopting a one-size-fits-all approach, FIRST projects are based on an understanding of technical and human capacity in each partner country, take cultural and policy considerations into account, and build upon past FIRST or other expert engagements.
Utilizing Innovative Technology: To sustain developments made during in-country engagement and to provide consistent, regular support throughout project implementation, FIRST encourages the use of online platforms and virtual communication, when possible, supplemented by in-person meetings when possible and appropriate.
Concrete Impact: FIRST seeks to move beyond awareness-raising toward adoption, implementation, and long-term sustainability of nuclear energy, security, safety, and nonproliferation best practices. To accomplish this, FIRST is open to a variety of approaches, including leveraging private sector capabilities. Proposals that provide specific and feasible approaches to sustainability, rather than platitudes or vague references, are highly encouraged.
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Award size: $50,000 up to $4M
Deadline: July 15, 2023
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The Public Affairs Section of the U.S. Mission to ASEAN of the U.S. Department of State announces an open competition for a cooperative agreement to develop and implement the 2024 U.S.-ASEAN Women’s Leadership Academy for YSEALI (YSEALI WLA) titled “The Next Meal: Ensuring Food Security for a Combined One Billion People,” to be located in one of the ASEAN member states, pending the availability of funding.
Priority Region: Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Laos, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, and Timor-Leste.
The U.S. Mission to ASEAN has hosted nine leadership academies for women and will host another academy in 2024. The 2024 YSEALI WLA will advance the YSEALI theme of Economic Empowerment and Social Entrepreneurship and Environmental Issues and the U.S. Mission to ASEAN’s strategic goals:
- ASEAN recognizes the contribution of women in the economic recovery of the region and strives to promote DEIA principles across its economic community pillar.
- The United States creates a program to promote the role of women across ASEAN in contributing to peace and security across the region.
The 2024 Women’s Leadership Academy will include an in person four-day workshop exclusively with females who have professional or research experience related to food security (e.g., biotech, agribusiness, trade/economics, water management, relevant public health topics such as malnutrition). Participants, age 20 to 35, must represent all 10 of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member states and Timor-Leste. The Academy must also include additional virtual meetings and gatherings (before the workshop).
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Award size: $100,000 up to $300,000
Deadline: July 21, 2023
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The Public Affairs Section of the U.S. Mission to ASEAN of the U.S. Department of State announces an open competition for a cooperative agreement to develop and implement a Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (YSEALI) Regional Workshop titled “YSEALI Plus: What Comes Next?” The goal of this workshop is to strengthen and empower YSEALI alumni over the age of 35 in the ASEAN member states and Timor-Leste, pending the availability of funding.
Priority Region: Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Laos, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, and Timor-Leste.
The recipient will design a regional workshop that focuses on leadership and advances the YSEALI theme of civic engagement and the U.S. Mission to ASEAN strategic goal of delivering results for the combined 1 billion people of the United States and Southeast Asia.
The recipient will organize a workshop that will gather up to 50 YSEALI alumni over the age of 35. YSEALI leadership programs are usually designed for youth ages 18 to 35. This gathering will be an opportunity for YSEALI alumni over 35 to re-energize and expand their ties to the U.S. government and the YSEALI network.
This four-day workshop will enable this group of YSEALI alumni to:
- Develop ideas and plans for post-YSEALI engagement with U.S. missions and young Southeast Asian leaders, including mentoring programs;
- Hone leadership skills;
- Network with likeminded professionals.
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Award size: $100,000 up to $250,000
Deadline: July 21, 2023
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The Public Affairs Section of the U.S. Mission to ASEAN (USASEAN) announces an open competition for a cooperative agreement to develop and implement the Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (YSEALI) Seeds for the Future small grants competition. One organization will be selected to manage the program, which will provide subgrants up to $15,000 each for up to 25 projects implemented by Southeast Asian youth from the 11 YSEALI countries. The subgrant recipients will be selected through an open competition designed by the successful organization and will be given tools and training to implement nine-month projects across the four core YSEALI issue areas.
Priority Region: Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Laos, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, and Timor-Leste.
While working closely with U.S. Mission to ASEAN and the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs Office of Public Diplomacy, the recipient shall develop a robust program for the 2024 YSEALI Seeds for the Future with responsibilities as follows:
- Provide an online site to receive and manage subgrant participant applications, and answer questions from applicants. Provide virtual resources (e.g. webinars) to help applicants prepare.
- Collaborate with USASEAN to develop scoring criteria. Review and score all applications and provide a shortlist (maximum 40 projects). USASEAN will have substantial involvement in final participant selection.
- Work together with USASEAN to notify winning teams of approved proposals.
- Design and execute a two to three-day kick-off workshop in early 2024 for the selected participants, taking ownership of all logistics and programming. The goal of this workshop is to bring together all project participants (maximum 3 members per project), train them on subgrant expectations (e.g. budgeting, administration, communication, reporting, work plan, digital storytelling), and allow them to collaborate and improve their work plans. All logistics expenditures and travel costs for participants and trainers must be covered by the overall program budget. (e.g. flights, lodging, per diem, venue);
- Pair subgrantees with mentors that will help them with their project implementation throughout the program.
- Distribute funds to winning projects by January 2024 as follows: 60 percent of funding after submitting a detailed timeline and work plan (including marketing strategy for the project); 35 percent of funding after submitting a mid-term report (including direct and indirect impact metrics, both qualitative and quantitative); 5 percent of funding after submitting the final report with detailed project results.
- Oversee the implementation of projects and monitor subgrants by actively corresponding with the subgrant participants on at least a weekly basis. Collect monthly, mid-term and final reports. Track budget usage.
- Provide USASEAN with quarterly and final program and financial reporting. The program reports should summarize the progress on the subaward projects, identifying key milestones, successes, and challenges. Include both qualitative and quantitative success metrics to measure the impact of each project on their community.
- Collect media (photos/videos) and project stories to amplify on YSEALI website and social media through a robust and detailed communication and social media plan.
- Ensure that all program content and media adhere to the YSEALI and Department of State branding guidelines, including US flag and the YSEALI Seeds logo.
- Develop a “lessons learned” for future Seeds programs.
- Design virtual engagement opportunities for a minimum once per two months post kickoff workshop for the grantees to keep connected with the recipient, other participants, U.S. Mission to ASEAN as a way for them to connect and learn from each other and help run their projects throughout the year.
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Award size: $150,000 up to $300,000
Deadline: July 21, 2023
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The goal of this project is to increase student mobility to the U.S. from the northeastern states of India by promoting U.S. higher education, highlighting student exchange opportunities, and building strategic partnerships. As this programming is happening in a geopolitically strategic location, awareness raising is a successful result in this case as Consulate Kolkata is trying to establish a U.S. footprint in the northeast at this nascent stage.
The project recipient must highlight the benefits of a stronger U.S. collaboration in these cities, and should be able to achieve the following outcomes:
- Increase U.S. engagements in Northeast India by promoting higher education in the U.S. among university-age students and youth leaders.
- Engage with young audiences in select cities of northeast India to build lasting ties through exchanges, cultural programs, EducationUSA fairs, “Experience America Road Shows,” and partnerships.
- Expand educational, professional, scientific, technological, and technical exchange opportunities to build partnerships in areas of shared focus.
- Support democratic values that acknowledge the importance of youth in leadership roles in northeast India as a key strategic connector to the success of the Indo-Pacific vision.
- Highlight the importance of diversity, equity, accessibility, and inclusion on U.S. campuses.
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Award size: $60,000 up to $80,000
Deadline: July 27, 2023
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The Bureau of African Affairs (AF) of the U.S. Department of State (DOS) announces this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit Security Sector Consortium. AF invites eligible and qualified organizations to submit proposals that will work with civil society groups engaged in the security sector across Sub-Saharan Africa. The proposals should identify needs and opportunities to build the capacity of civil society organizations engaged in the security sector to produce mutually beneficial outcomes for security providers and citizens.
Suitable project proposals will include an implementation plan for effective identification of these groups and their viewpoints by conducting a wide-spread, multi-regional survey and needs assessment. This survey and its findings will be used to convene meetings of like-minded groups across Sub-Saharan Africa to discuss the results, share best practices, and develop strategies to improve civil society’s security sector engagement. These meetings will help build a network of civil society partnerships across Sub-Saharan Africa that will sustain itself after the program ends.
The overall goals and objectives of this program are:
- to build the capacity of civil society engaged in the security sector, and
- to produce mutually beneficial outcomes for security providers and the citizens they serve.
This project is intended to span four regions of Sub-Saharan Africa (West, Central, East, and South) and should specifically include the following countries: Kenya and South Africa.
The project will be carried out in two phases. The first phase aims to produce a high-quality survey to identify the needs and wants of civil society organizations across the sub-continent. This extensive survey will be used to help inform future U.S. government programming to support and strengthen civil society across Sub-Saharan Africa.
Following the successful conduct of the survey, the program will shift toward network building to expand the reach of civil society organizations and create and sustain these networks long after the program is over.
To support the goals and objectives outlined, the following activities are required:
- Conduct an overarching survey of civil society perceptions around security sector performance, professionalism, and accountability, as well as perceptions of USG engagement in security sectors.
- Coordinate a series of sub-regional meetings to discuss the results of the survey, share best practices, and develop strategies for improving security sector performance and accountability with both civilian and military leaders and sustaining networks and connections across the continent.
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Award size: $3.25M
Deadline: July 31, 2023
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The Public Diplomacy Section (PD) of the U.S. Office of Palestinian Affairs (OPA) invites Palestinian or American not-for-profit non-governmental organizations (NGOs), associations, non-profit higher education institutions, or non-profit social enterprises based in the West Bank, East Jerusalem, or Gaza to submit proposals to design and implement a community engagement and leadership program focused on social entrepreneurship, community service, action planning, and corporate social responsibility for youth (ages 20 to 40) from the West Bank, Gaza, and East Jerusalem.
This program must be designed to implement activities that advance the applicant’s goals and the U.S. OPA-PD mission, including but not limited to:
- Building Palestinian institutions, both governmental and non-governmental, that effectively address the needs and aspirations of the Palestinian people;
- Building a prosperous Palestinian economy, led by a thriving private sector, that provides equitable and inclusive economic opportunities and improves daily life for Palestinians.
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Award size: $50,000 up to $100,000
Deadline: August 6, 2023
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The U.S. Embassy Bangui Public Diplomacy Section (PDS) of the U.S. Department of State is pleased to announce that funding is available through its Public Diplomacy Small Grants Program. This is an Annual Program Statement, outlining our funding priorities, the strategic themes we focus on, and the procedures for submitting requests for funding.
PDS invites proposals for programs that strengthen cultural ties between the U.S. and the Central African Republic through cultural and exchange programming that highlights shared values and promotes bilateral cooperation. All programs must include an American cultural element, or connection with American expert/s, organization/s, or institution/s in a specific field that will promote increased understanding of U.S. policy and perspectives.
Examples of PDS Small Grants Program programs include, but are not limited to:
- Academic and professional lectures, seminars and speaker programs;
- Artistic and cultural workshops, joint performances and exhibitions;
- Cultural heritage conservation and preservation programs;
- Professional and academic exchanges and programs;
Priority Program Areas:
- Deepen U.S. –Central African Republic People-to-People Ties
- Programs that seek to explain U.S. policies, culture, and values to Central African audiences
- Increase Civic Engagement in Central African Republic society
- Increase media literacy for the public and capacity-building for journalists
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Award size: $5,000 up to $20,000
Deadline: August 15, 2023
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The U.S. Embassy Bishkek Public Diplomacy Section (PDS) of the U.S. Department of State is pleased to announce funding is available through the Embassy’s Public Diplomacy Small Grants Program. Based on funding availability, projects awarded under This program will support U.S. foreign policy goals in the Kyrgyz Republic in the areas of combating transnational threats, promoting sustainable economic growth, and accountable governance and stability in the Kyrgyz Republic.
Purpose of Public Diplomacy Grants: The PDS invites proposals for programs that strengthen ties between the United States and the Kyrgyz Republic and support a priority program area in order to highlight shared values and promote bilateral cooperation.
All proposed programs must include an American element, either through a connection with American expert/s, organization/s, or institution/s, usage of American educational/informational resources, or any other activities that promote or contribute to increased mutual understanding between the people of the United States and people of the Kyrgyz Republic. Competitive proposals will promote continued/sustainable cooperation between the people of the United States and the Kyrgyz Republic even after the project concludes.
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Award size: $5,000 up to $80,000
Deadline: August 17, 2023
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Art and culture's ability to look beyond fixed categories, create and maintain connections across different contexts is more relevant – and challenged – than ever. In a time of growing inequality, geopolitical conflicts, breakdowns in communities and an escalating climate crisis, a new and more nuanced approach to how we support the work of the actors is required. That is why we have created Globus Call.
The goal is quite immodest: To raise the potential for the transformative role of art and culture in societies.
With Globus Call, we support artistic and cultural collaborations, which in their practice aim to break down traditional distinctions and expand cultural, social, historical, geographical or professional boundaries. The program encourages the building of transversal collaborations and networks, which seek new perspectives and develop dialogue across contexts.
The program is open to projects that work with experimental approaches and methods and strive to explore interactions between the local and the global. The intention is to meet artists in the contexts and positions they are in, and to support them with trust and a willingness to take risks.
Through Globus, the foundation wants to develop a more inclusive and inclusive understanding of Nordic work. Here, the Nordic is not defined as a collaboration between nation-states, but as an idea or context that is not bound by borders and can be explored through the encounters of art and culture in and around the world. Projects must have a clear link and/or relationship to the Nordic region in the form of collaboration partners, themes or activities, but must not be able to be developed in the Nordic countries alone.
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Award size: up to $100,000
Deadline: September 14, 2023
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The Trans-Atlantic Platform for Social Sciences and Humanities (T-AP) is a collaboration between humanities and social science research funders from both sides of the Atlantic Ocean. T-AP aims to enhance the ability of funders, research organizations and researchers to engage in transnational dialogue and collaboration. T-AP works to identify common challenges and promotes a culture of collaboration in social science and humanities research by offering joint research calls in areas of strong potential for international collaboration. The platform facilitates the formation of networks within the social sciences and humanities and promotes interdisciplinarity. T-AP also strives to heighten awareness of the role the social sciences and humanities play in addressing 21st century challenges.
Proposals requesting NSF funding must fit within the scientific purview of the NSF Directorate for Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences (SBE). Proposers are strongly encouraged to consult SBE’s programs and contact the T-AP program director to discuss their proposals’ fit within NSF/SBE’s purview prior to submission of the international team proposal to any T-AP call.
International Team Composition
T-AP supports collaborative research teams from four continents: Africa (Republic of South Africa); Europe (Croatia, Finland, France, Germany, Poland, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom); North America (Canada, the United States); and South America (Brazil and Colombia).
Teams must include researchers based in at least three participating T-AP countries and must include partners from both sides of the Atlantic, i.e., from Europe/Africa and the Americas. Research partners will receive funding from their own national funding agencies for projects of up to 36 months in duration.
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Award size: see website
Deadline: October 15, 2023
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Scholarships & Fellowships
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The Humboldt Research Fellowship for researchers of all nationalities and research areas- We support you – postdoctoral and experienced researchers – with your research in Germany. Through the Humboldt Research Fellowship, the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation sponsors researchers with above-average qualifications from across the globe. As a fellow, you will benefit from individual support from the Humboldt Foundation and our diverse sponsorship portfolio.
In addition to the fellowship amount, you will also receive personal support throughout your sponsorship. You are flexible in determining when you would like to start your fellowship. Prior to your research fellowship, you and your marital partner will be able to attend an intensive language course. Further financial support, including family benefits for children and marital partners, subsidies for private full health insurance and allowances for travel expenses, is also available.
Fellowships may last from 6 to 18 months and can be divided into up to three stays within three years.
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Award size: $3,700/month stipend
Deadline: July 1, 2023
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The United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) and the government of Japan are calling on young people to apply for an innovative learning programme “Youth Leader Fund for a World Without Nuclear Weapons”. The new learning programme is aimed at equipping the leaders of the future with the knowledge, skills, and network to join global efforts to eliminate nuclear weapons – the most dangerous weapons on earth.
The programme is seeking youth who are motivated to use their talents to promote change for a more peaceful and secure world. Selected participants (100) will receive training in general principles of nuclear disarmament, non-proliferation and arms control through online courses, with a selected cohort (50) going on a week-long in-person study tour to Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
The future leaders will also exchange ideas with disarmament experts from think tanks, civil society organizations, media, and the diplomatic field, and will be provided with the opportunity to develop practical skills and know-how to engage and practically contribute to issues related to nuclear disarmament, non-proliferation and arms control.
Importantly, participants will learn about the lessons that the survivors of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, called hibakusha, have long been sharing with the world about the unimaginable suffering caused by nuclear weapons. As the hibakusha continue to age, it is vital that their powerful stories and appeals to eliminate nuclear weapons are carried forward by future generations.
The programme is open to youth from across the globe, from nuclear-weapon States and non-nuclear-weapon States alike.
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Award size: see website
Deadline: July 31, 2023
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CIFAR invites exceptional early-career researchers from across the natural, biomedical and social sciences and the humanities to join one of our interdisciplinary research programs (Canada) that address some of the most important questions facing science and humanity.
The CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholars program accelerates the development of the next generation of research leaders and positions them to heighten their impact in academia and beyond.
Since our founding in 1982, CIFAR has evolved and grown from a small group of Canadian academics to a community of more than 1,000 researchers from over 30 countries who have contributed to our research programs as fellows, advisors, Canada CIFAR AI Chairs, and CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholars.
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Award size: $100,000
Application portal opens: August 30, 2023
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One American scholar will be selected for the Fulbright-Schuman Postdoctoral Award at the European University Institute in Florence, Italy, during the 2024-2025 academic year.
The scholar selected for this award is expected to conduct his/her own research through an affiliation with one of the EUI Departments (Economics, History and Civilization, Law, Political and Social Sciences) or the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, which is devoted to interdisciplinary, comparative, and policy research on the major issues on the European integration process. If suitable, the candidate may choose to affiliate with the Max Weber Programme, currently the largest international postdoctoral training programme in the social sciences.
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Award size: $3,147 per month; travel expenses
Deadline: September 15, 2023
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Global Innovations in Development, Engagement, and Scholarship (Global IDEAS) catalyzes interdisciplinary thought, research, and action to solve global/grand challenges in an international development context. We facilitate communities of practice; collaborate and engage with external partners and donors; enhance opportunities for faculty and staff to conduct research, education, and engagement; and provide proposal development and project management to support MSU’s international objectives.
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1405 S. Harrison Rd. Manly Miles Bldg., Suite 308
East Lansing, MI 48823
Phone: (517) 884-2987
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