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Friday, March 26, 2010

FY 2010 U.S.-Russia Grant Program Competition Announced by the Fund for Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE)

Overview

The Fund for Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) in U.S. Department of Education is pleased to announce the 2010 U.S.-Russia Program competition. The program emphasizes the development of innovative projects and partnerships between Russian and American institutions of higher education (IHEs) that promote educational and academic exchanges of students and teaching faculty, contributing to the advancement of education and science in both countries. The funded projects are expected to use the educational study content as a vehicle for the learning of languages and cultures, sharing of knowledge, and the formation of long-term relationships among the institutions and between the two counties. The Program is open to all disciplines, professional fields, and vocational programs, as well as cross-disciplinary studies, at both the graduate and undergraduate levels. The deadline for applications is May 18, 2010.

For FY 2010, the Department and the Russian Ministry have jointly decided to make up to six (6) new awards in the following three areas:

* Grant Category A – Science and Technology
* Grant Category B – Environmental Science
* Grant Category C – Education, Culture and Society

Value of this project

An American institutions funded under this program will receive up to $400,000 over three years. Russian institutions that are consortia partners with a U.S. institution will receive the ruble equivalent from the Russian Ministry of Education and Science.


The competition is open to thirteen IHEs in the Russian Federation. The names of the qualifying Russian institutions are listed in the competition notice. An institution in the U.S. interested in submitting an application should contact one of the thirteen IHE in the Russian Federation with the aim of developing a bi-lateral educational consortium. Russian partners in the consortium interested in applying for these grants should contact the Russian Ministry of Education and Science for further information.

The competition notice was published in the Federal Register (Vol. 75, No. 57, March 25, 2010, page 14431 – 14435) http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/ .

A PDF file of this Notice can be found using the link http://frwebgate3.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/PDFgate.cgi?WAISdocID=53517024277+2+2+0&WAISaction=retrieve

Application

The full application package (application guidelines, forms and instructions) can be downloaded from http://e-grants.ed.gov Look under e-Application tab and under ‘Application Packages’ Section using CFDA # 84.116S. For more information about this FIPSE program, please consult www.ed.gov/programs/fipserussia/index.html .

Contact

Krish Mathur, Ph.D.
U.S.-Russia Program Manager
U.S. Department of Education, FIPSE, Office of Postsecondary Education
1990 K Street, NW, Room 6155
Washington, D.C. 20006-8544
Tel: 202-502-7512 202-502-7512
Fax: 202-502-7877
Email: krish.mathur@ed.gov


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