[Limited_submission_opps] Limited - Obama-Singh 21st Century Knowledge Initiative (OSI)

[Rathbun, Diane Christine]

The information for this limited submission funding opportunity (detail below) is posted on the Informer at:  http://informer.ogrd.wsu.edu/Opportunity.aspx?ID=8048 .  All instructions for this limited submission pre-proposal can be found at this site. Please pass this opportunity on to interested faculty and encourage their participation.

Thank you,

Diane Rathbun
Hours: 1-5pm daily
Office of Grant & Research Development
Washington State University
509-335-7266

Title:

Obama-Singh 21st Century Knowledge Initiative (OSI)

Sponsors:

United States-India Educational Foundation (USIEF)


Date

Certainty

Type

Mandatory

Invite Only?

Note

Internal Deadline:

9/12/2011

Agency Deadline:

11/1/2011

Agency Deadline Note:

Internal coordination required. The deadline to receive proposals for FY 2011 is November 1, 2011. The selected applicants will be notified by end of March 2012. The selected institution will be expected to enter into grant status by end of August 2012.

Organizational Limit:

1

Amount:

$200,000 - $250,000

Amount Note:

The maximum award in the FY 2011 competition will be $250,000 for a three-year period. Requests for amounts smaller than the maximum are eligible. Budgets and budget notes should carefully justify the amounts requested.

Abstract:

The United States-India Educational Foundation (USIEF) announces an open competition for the support of projects through the Obama-Singh 21st Century Knowledge Initiative (OSI). Announced by the U.S. and Indian governments, OSI aims to strengthen collaboration and build partnerships between American and Indian institutions of higher education. Accredited U.S. post-secondary educational institutions meeting the provisions described in Internal Revenue Code section 26 U.S.C. 501(c)(3) may submit proposals to support the program's goals of encouraging mutual understanding, facilitating educational reform, fostering economic development, and engaging civil society through academic cooperation with Indian post secondary educational institutions, in the thematic areas of agricultural sciences and food security; energy; sustainable development; climate change; environmental studies; education and educational reform; public health; and community development and innovation.
* To encourage mutual understanding, facilitate educational reform, foster economic development, and engage civil society, the OSI enables U.S. colleges and universities and Indian counterpart institutions to pursue objectives cooperatively through exchange visits of faculty, administrators, post graduate Indian students, and U.S. graduate students who can demonstrate the ability to work independently. The OSI is not designed to specifically support study abroad activities for undergraduate students but does encourage the development of education abroad programs for U.S. undergraduate students.
* The project should be designed to focus on specific institutional objectives that will support the program's goals of encouraging mutual understanding, facilitating educational reform, fostering economic development, and engaging civil society. The project design should include a series of exchange visits and activities that will lead to the achievement of the project's objectives within a three-year period, and should describe a process for evaluating the results of project implementation. The design should also provide for the effective administration of the project. Please see the RFP for further information: http://www.usief.org.in/uploads/Obama-Singh%20RFP.pdf FAQs can be found at: http://www.usief.org.in/uploads/Frequently%20Asked%20Questions.pdf

URL:

http://www.usief.org.in/Scripts/ServicestoInstitutionsForU.S.InstitutionsObama-Singh21stCenturyKnowledgeInitiativeAwards.aspx

Bookmark URL:

http://informer.ogrd.wsu.edu/Opportunity.aspx?ID=8048

Keywords:

Agricultural Sciences and Food Security; Energy; Sustainable Development; Climate Change; Environmental Studies; Education and Educational Reform; Public Health; and Community Development and Innovation.



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