Funding-Limited Submission - US Dept. of State – TechWomen; May 11, 2010

The Office of Citizen Exchanges of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs announces an open competition for “TechWomen”. This initiative champions two distinct but key themes of President Obama’s June 2009 speech in Cairo by supporting development in the field of technology and enabling women to reach their full potential in the technology industry. Applicants should plan to recruit and select a total of approximately 20-40 women from Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, the West Bank and Gaza to participate in a four- to six-week peer mentoring program in the United States. The mentoring experience will focus on bolstering the status of professional women in the field of technology, will provide networking opportunities for the participants, and will support activities in the participants’ home countries that encourage the interest of girls in technology-based careers.

Eligible applicants may not submit more than one proposal in this competition. If more than one proposal is received from the same applicant, all submissions will be declared technically ineligible and will receive no further consideration in the review process.

For more information on this competition see: http://exchanges.state.gov/grants/open2.html

Because the Department of State limits eligible applicants to only one proposal, the University of Kentucky has established an internal selection process. Individuals interested in submitting to this program are to send the following information electronically to the Vice President for Research at vpr@email.uky.edu and a copy to their Associate Dean for Research by Tuesday, May 11, 2010:

1) Specify program - US Dept. of State - TechWomen

2) Names and departments of PI and co-investigators

3) Name of the specific project (include themes and countries chosen)

4) Description of proposed project (including objectives and activities) and justification or rationale for why the proposed project should be selected as UK's applicant - maximum 2 pages

A committee will be appointed to review the information and make recommendations as to the University’s applicant. The Department of State deadline is June 2, 2010.

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).