MISSION TO TURKEY ISSUES GRANTS NOTICE ON ‘UNIVERSITY PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM FOR TURKEY, ARMENIA’

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March 9, 2010 Tuesday 8:58 AM EST

WASHINGTON, March 8 — Mission to Turkey issues grant opportunity to
enable post-secondary institutions in the United States, Turkey and
Armenia with similar educational missions to develop and broaden
institutional cooperation through exchange of students, faculty
members and administrators for the purposes of study, teaching,
research and outreach.

The funding opportunity number PRMTR-10-GR-001-EUR-022510 was posted
on March 8, 2010 with an application closing date of June 1, 2010.

Category of Funding Activity is Education.

Eligible Applicants: Independent school districts, Public and State
controlled institutions of higher education, Private institutions of
higher education

Additional Information on Eligibility: Eligible Foreign Institutions
Foreign institutional partners may be recognized institutions
of post-secondary education, state-supported universities,
independent universities, research institutes, relevant educational
authorities, and other public or private non-profit organizations
with project-related educational missions.

The description of the Grants Notice is "Award Information: Type
of Award: Grant Fiscal Year Funds: 2010 Approximate Total Funding:
$470,000 (contingent on funding) Approximate Number of Awards:
1 Anticipated Award Date: Pending the availability of funds,
grant activities should begin on or about September 1, 2010 for a
28-month period. Anticipated Project Completion Date: December 31,
2012 Additional Information: Eligible Foreign Institutions Foreign
institutional partners may be recognized institutions of post-secondary
education, state-supported universities, independent universities,
research institutes, relevant educational authorities, and other public
or private non-profit organizations with project-related educational
missions. III. Eligibility Information: III.1. Eligible applicants:
Applications must be submitted by accredited U.S. post-secondary
educational institutions meeting the provisions described in Internal
Revenue Code section 26 USC 501 (c)(3). III.2. Cost Sharing or
Matching Funds: There is no minimum or maximum percentage required
for this competition. However, the Department encourages applicants
to provide maximum levels of cost sharing and funding in support
of its programs. When cost sharing is offered, it is understood and
agreed that the applicant must provide the amount of cost sharing as
stipulated in its proposal and later included in an approved grant
agreement. Cost sharing may be in the form of allowable direct
or indirect costs. For accountability, you must maintain written
records to support all costs which are claimed as your contribution,
as well as costs to be paid by the Federal government. Such records
are subject to audit. The basis for determining the value of cash and
in-kind contributions must be in accordance with OMB Circular A-110,
(Revised), Subpart C.23 – Cost Sharing and Matching. In the event you
do not provide the minimum amount of cost sharing as stipulated in
the approved budget, the US Department of State’s contribution will
be reduced in like proportion.

III.3. Other Eligibility Requirements: a.) Technical Eligibility:
All proposals must comply with the following or they will result in
your proposal being declared technically ineligible and given no
further consideration in the review process. 1. It must adhere to
the guidelines established in this document and in the Solicitation
Package; 2. It must be submitted by the U.S. partner; 3. The U.S.

applicant organization must be eligible; 4. Eligible post-secondary
educational institutions in both Turkey and Armenia must be included.

Program Overview The Educational Partnerships Program enables U.S.

colleges and universities and their Turkish and Armenian counterpart
institutions to pursue objectives cooperatively through exchange visits
of faculty, students and administrators. The Educational Partnerships
Program is not designed to support degree programs for undergraduate
or graduate students. U.S., Turkish and Armenian universities that
have hosted Fulbright and other State Department sponsored grantees
or alumni as professors, students, or administrators are especially
encouraged to develop proposals that build on the achievements of
these individual grantees and that extend their impact. Proposals
must directly or indirectly make enduring contributions to the
normalization of relations between Turkey and Armenia. These might
consist of partnerships that focus on English teaching, secondary or
post-secondary educational administration, business administration,
regional development and tourism and hospitality management, but are
not limited to these areas. Purpose: The Educational Partnerships
Program has the following purposes: – To enable post-secondary
institutions in the United States, Turkey and Armenia with similar
educational missions to develop and broaden institutional cooperation
through exchange of students, faculty members and administrators for
the purposes of study, teaching, research and outreach. – To increase
understanding between the United States, Turkey and Armenia through
cooperation in higher education. – To reinforce the impact of other
State Department programs, including the Fulbright Program. – To
support the current foreign policy priorities of the Department of
State, especially efforts to promote the normalization of relations
between Turkey and Armenia in the civil society sector and to improve
educational outreach to non-elite populations."