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Description of Modification
Addition of URL link to announcement on MEPI website
Document Type:
Modification to Previous
Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number:
NEAPI-06-AW-004-MENA-102006
Opportunity Category:
Discretionary
Posted Date:
Oct 20, 2006
Creation Date:
Oct 24, 2006
Original Closing Date for Applications:
Dec 04, 2006
Current Closing Date for Applications:
Dec 04, 2006
Archive Date:
Jan 03, 2007
Funding Instrument Type:
Cooperative Agreement
Category of Funding Activity:
Education
Category Explanation:
Expected Number of Awards:
2
Estimated Total Program Funding:
$7,000,000
Award Ceiling:
$7,000,000
Award Floor:
$2,000,000
CFDA Number(s):
19.500
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Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI)
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:
No
Eligible Applicants
Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility:
Not-for-profit American Institutions of higher education operating in the Middle East that are accredited by an accrediting agency recognized by the United States Secretary of Education and are not controlled by the government of the country in which they are located.
Agency Name
Middle East Partnership Initiative
Description
I. Funding Opportunity Description: The Office of the Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) announces a limited competition Request for Applications (RFA) to provide four year, university-level scholarship and internship opportunities at select institutions of higher learning in the Middle East for future Arab leaders. The program is notionally titled the “Tomorrow’s Leaders” program. This represents a new MEPI funding initiative; submissions must contain detailed and comprehensive narratives outlining a program that will meet the objectives of the funding initiative. Funding awarded is expected to cover the cost of four years of university schooling (matriculation, lodging, and stipend) for each scholarship recipient, as well as the development and delivery of the special features of this unique leadership program. The first “Tomorrow’s Leaders” scholarship recipients should be prepared to begin the program in the summer of 2007.
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