Grants Office
 Director: Kimberly Gray
 Grants Coordinator: Rita Patel

 Volume 6, Issue 16
 February 2010

 

Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education
European Union-United States Atlantis Program

DUE: APR 8
WEB:
http://www.ed.gov/programs/fipseec/

The European Union-United States Atlantis Program is a grant competition conducted cooperatively by the U.S. Department of Education’s Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) and the European Commission’s Directorate General for Education and Culture (DG EAC). The purpose of this competition is to promote a student-centered, transatlantic dimension to higher education and training in a wide range of academic and professional disciplines. The Atlantis Program will fund collaborative efforts to develop programs of study leading to joint or dual undergraduate or graduate degrees. The program will also fund a small number of policy-oriented grants and one team mobility grants.

ELIGIBILITY: Institutions of Higher Education (IHEs) or combinations of IHEs and other public and private nonprofit institutions and agencies.

FUNDING: $2 million for about 25 awards ranging from $35,000-$108,000 for the first year only. Project period: up to 60 months.

Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education
Program for North American Mobility in Higher Education

DUE: MAR 24
WEB:
http://www.ed.gov/programs/fipsenortham/

The program promotes a student-centered, North American dimension to education and training in a wide range of academic and professional disciplines that complement existing forms of bilateral and trilateral exchange programs among Mexico, Canada, and the United States. Consortia are funded for four years with the first year of funding dedicated to establishing consortium agreements or memoranda of understanding among institutions in the participating countries.

ELIGIBILITY: Institutions of Higher Education, Nonprofit Organizations, Consortia of institutions, and other organizations or agencies.

FUNDING: Total program funding: $300,000. Estimated number of awards: 9-10. The funding period will be for up to four years.


 

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