WASHINGTON, April 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Agency for
International Development (USAID) will provide $1 million to fund 20
partnership-planning grants of $50,000 to plan long-term collaborations
between African and U.S. institutions of higher education.
Collaborating with the National Association of State Universities and
Land-Grant Colleges (NASULGC), the USAID grant will help to build African
university capacity for instruction and problem-solving through the
Africa-U.S. Higher Education Initiative. The focus will be in areas such as
agriculture, health care, science and technology, primary and secondary
education, business, engineering, economics and other disciplines. The
entire $1 million will be used for partnership grants because NASULGC and
others will share the administrative costs.
The grant was announced during the two-day Higher Education Summit for
Global Development held April 29 and 30 at the U.S. Department of State.
The conference drew nearly 300 university presidents, government officials,
and corporate and foundation leaders to Washington, from around the globe.
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation also awarded a $100,000 grant to
NASULGC to build the grant-making framework for the Africa-U.S. Higher
Education Collaboration Initiative. New funding would be used for
university partnerships to build agriculture education and problem- solving
capacity in African universities.
The Africa-U.S. Higher Education Initiative is led by NASULGC with the
Partnership to Cut Hunger and Poverty in Africa, the Forum for Agricultural
Research in Africa, Higher Education for Development and the American
Distance Education Consortium as key partners. More than a dozen other
higher education organizations, African embassies and other organizations
are also participating.
For more information about USAID and its education programs around the
world, please visit http://www.usaid.gov.
The American people, through the U.S. Agency for International
Development, have provided economic and humanitarian assistance worldwide
for nearly 50 years.
Public Information: 202-712-4810
SOURCE U.S. Agency for International Development
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