Funding-Limited
Submission - U.S. Department of State – Open Competition for Professional
Fellows Program; March 5,
2012
The
Professional Fellows Division in the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs’
Office of Citizen Exchanges announces an open competition for grants to conduct
the Professional Fellows Program (PFP) in Africa, East Asia, Europe, the Near
East and North Africa, South Central Asia, and the Western
Hemisphere.
The
PFP is a global exchange program designed to strengthen leadership capacity and
professional skills for mid-level professionals (approximately 25-40 years of
age). The PFP provides mid-level professionals opportunities to participate in
substantive professional development activities in the United States working
closely with U.S. counterparts in exchanges which focus on one of the following
three themes: 1) Economic
Empowerment; 2) Media; and 3) Legislative Process and Governance. Each exchange
must involve both U.S. and foreign participants in roughly equivalent numbers
and should take place over a two-year period.
The sponsor
anticipates awards will be in the $350,000 to $500,000 range. Organizations with
less than four years experience in conducting
international exchanges are ineligible to apply under this competition. The anticipated award date for the project
is July 1, 2012, and the anticipated project
completion date is June 30,
2014.
The Bureau encourages
applicants to provide maximum levels of cost sharing and funding in support of
its programs.
Further information
can be found at:
An
organization may submit only one (1) proposal under this
competition.
Because the
Department of State only allows an organization to submit one
proposal, the University of
Kentucky has established an internal selection process. Individuals interested in submitting to
this program are to submit the following
materials electronically to the Office of the Vice President for Research at
vpr@email.uky.edu and a copy to their Associate Dean for
Research by Monday, March 5, 2012:
·
Names and departments
of UK Project Director and key personnel
·
Theme of the project
– Economic Empowerment, Media, or Legislative Process and
Governance
·
The specific
country(ies) from one of the 6 target regions for the
project (listed in opening paragraph above)
·
The program
activities and objectives (1 -2 pages)
·
If cost sharing is
offered, a budget with match and potential sources of funding for that match.
Note: Because of ongoing commitments, the Office of the Vice President
for Research is unable to provide matching funds.
A committee will be
appointed to review the information and make a recommendation. The Dept. of
State deadline is March 27, 2012. Questions about the submission process may be
sent to Ms. Annette Evans in the Office of the Vice President for Research (alevan4@email.uky.edu
or 257-1663).