Opportunity NEAPI-10-CA-025-MENA-061810
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Opportunity NEAPI-10-CA-025-MENA-061810: The Office of the Middle East Partnership Initiative (NEA/PI) announces a request for applications (RFA) to advance political change and empower civil society in the Middle East and North Africa by providing emerging democracy activists with academic and skill-based training, as well as linkages with other activists across the region. With this announcement, NEA/PI seeks to expand its Leaders for Democracy Fellowship (LDF) project and continue support for cadres of professionals who have both a familiarity with the theoretical elements of democratic governance and systems as well as practical experience. In the past, LDF has facilitated networking of like-minded democracy, civil society, and human rights activist region-wide.Interested applicants are encouraged to read this entire RFA as well as the attached full project guidance before submitting an application. Applicants may apply to host the U.S.-based project only, the Middle East and North Africa-based project only, or present a joint application which addresses both components. LDF II - U.S. Component:This project will provide one cohort of 20-25 mid-career democratic reform leaders between the ages of 25 and 40, from across the Middle East and North Africa, the opportunity to complete both academic coursework and a skill-building internship in a field of their choice at a college-level American public policy school. Applicants to this project must: 1) incorporate an academic component that supports the goals of the program at large; 2) identify, place, and monitor internships for each program participant; and 3) plan and execute all pre-project preparation, support administration, and alumni activities. Alumni responsibilities include but are not limited to networking new alumni with graduates of the first four cohorts (trained 2007-2010) with innovative virtual and in-person communication and meetings.LDF II - Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Component:This project will provide one cohort of 15-20 aspiring or emerging democratic reform leaders between the ages of 22 and 30, with training similar to the U.S. component but designed for participants with little or no experience in theoretical or practical comparative democratization. All aspects of the MENA component will be conducted in Arabic. Junior activists will train at a public policy host institution in the Middle East and North Africa and intern with organizations, ideally under the tutelage of more senior LDF alumni. Applicants to implement this component of the project must: 1) design an academic component that supports the goals of the program at large and is tailored to the needs and level of the participants; 2) identify, place, and monitor internships for each program participant; and 3) plan and execute all pre-project preparation, support administration, and alumni activities.
Federal Grant Title: | Opportunity NEAPI-10-CA-025-MENA-061810 |
Federal Agency Name: | Middle East Partnership Initiative |
Grant Categories: | Community Development Education Law Justice and Legal Services Regional Development |
Type of Opportunity: | Discretionary |
Funding Opportunity Number: | NEAPI-10-CA-025-MENA-061810 |
Type of Funding: | Cooperative Agreement |
CFDA Numbers: | 19.500 |
CFDA Descriptions: | Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) |
Current Application Deadline: | Jul 30, 2010 |
Original Application Deadline: | Jul 30, 2010 |
Posted Date: | Jun 18, 2010 |
Creation Date: | Jun 21, 2010 |
Archive Date: | Aug 29, 2010 |
Total Program Funding: | $1,000,000 |
Maximum Federal Grant Award: | $1,000,000 |
Minimum Federal Grant Award: | $300,000 |
Expected Number of Awards: | 1 |
Cost Sharing or Matching: | No |
- Applicants Eligible for this Grant
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education - Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education - Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education - Private institutions of higher education - For profit organizations other than small businesses
- Additional Information on Eligibility
- Eligible applicants to LDF II U.S. component are accredited institutes of higher education that have schools of public policy. Eligible applicants to the LDF II MENA component are accredited public policy institutions in the Middle East and North Africa.
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