Call for Proposals: Fomenting Research Partnerships between U.S. and D.R.
Deadline: 06-Jul-20
The Public Affairs Section (PAS) of the U.S. Embassy in Santo Domingo announces an open competition to support effective partnerships that will bolster and leverage U.S. – Dominican Republic higher education research collaboration and capacity building focused on issues exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, including gender-based violence, public health, and access to education for vulnerable populations.
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Proposals should include at least one U.S. higher education institution and one Dominican higher education institution as joint implementers. The proposal should support the development of a sustainable and long lasting partnership between U.S. and Dominican higher education institutions and training and capacity building for Dominican students, faculty, and researchers.
The goal of this higher education research partnership program is to connect higher education institutions from the United States and the Dominican Republic to conduct joint research and capacity building focused on issues exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, including gender-based violence, public health, and access to education for vulnerable populations. This program will increase research, dialogue and training for students, faculty and researchers at Dominican and U.S. higher education institutions. The project will provide training related to planning and implementing a research project and must include U.S. content as part of the proposal. Proposals should also include webinars that are open to the public and showcase the U.S. and Dominican higher education research partnership. Proposals must highlight how they plan on becoming sustainable following grant completion and evolve into a sustainable and long lasting partnership.
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Funding Information
Award amounts: awards may range from a minimum of $5,000 to a maximum of $25,000
Total available funding: $25,000
Length of performance period: 6-12 months
Program Performance Period: Proposed programs should be completed in 12 months or less.
Participants and Audiences
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Dominican and U.S. faculty, researchers and students who are conducting or will conduct research related to issues exacerbated by COVID-19 at higher education institutions.
Allowable Activities and Costs
Please note that there will be a meeting with U.S. Embassy staff prior to the start of the program.
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E-learning expenses and/or virtual platform expenses should be included in the proposal for review by the committee. Activities that are typically funded include, but are not limited to:
Online platforms to carry out the program
Virtual trainer or speaker expenses
Reasonable equipment and materials
Activities that are not typically funded include, but are not limited to:
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Grants to individuals
Paying to complete activities begun with other funds
Projects that are inherently political in nature or that contain the appearance of partisanship/support to individual or single party electoral campaigns
Sustained staff salaries, office space, and overhead/operational expenses
Large items of durable equipment or construction programs
Alcohol, excessive meals, refreshments, or entertainment
Charitable or development activities or the provision of direct social services to a population
Programs that support specific religious activities
Fundraising campaigns
Possible activities guidelines:
Host synchronous sessions (e.i. Adobe Connect, YouTube, Facebook Live, Skype, Google Hangouts, and UberConference). Virtual activities do not have to be live-streamed. Many faculty members use email, text chats on social media, and even phone calls to supplement live streaming, or to bridge large differences in time zones) supported by a series of asynchronous connections (e.i. SnapChat, WhatsApp, Facebook, etc.
Dialogues should be between small groups, large group, or one-on-one, if appropriate;
Involve skilled facilitators during capacity building workshops to guide conversation and ensure engagement for all participants;
Dialogue and conversations related to the research topic;
You will also want to have some sort of culminating event, whether it is a guest speaker, a webinar, or something else.
Integrate a variety of evaluation tools and methods to ensure participants reach program goals, learning, and participant outcomes and outputs.
Eligibility Criteria
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The following organizations are eligible to apply:
Not-for-profit organizations, including think tanks and civil society/non-governmental organizations
Public and private educational institutions
For more information, visit https://do.usembassy.gov/funding-opportunity-fomenting-research-partnerships-between-the-u-s-and-the-d-r/
