Opportunity AMENDMENT-NO-2-TO-APS-INDONESIA-09-014

The summary for the Opportunity AMENDMENT-NO-2-TO-APS-INDONESIA-09-014 grant is detailed below. This summary states who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, current and past deadlines, Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) numbers, and a sampling of similar government grants. Verify the accuracy of the data FederalGrants.com provides by visiting the webpage noted in the Link to Full Announcement section or by contacting the appropriate person listed as the Grant Announcement Contact. If any section is incomplete, please visit the website for the Indonesia USAID Jakarta, which is the U.S. government agency offering this grant.

Opportunity AMENDMENT-NO-2-TO-APS-INDONESIA-09-014: AMENDMENT NO. 2 ANNUAL PROGRAM STATEMENT (APS)NO. INDONESIA 09-014 "SUPPORTING UNIVERSITIES TO PARTNER ACROSS THE PACIFIC" Issuance Date of Original APS: August 10, 2009 Issuance Date of this Amendment No. 2: February 3, 2010 Deadline for Receipt of Questions for Concept Papers for Second Phase: March 4, 2010 Deadline for Receipt of Questions for Concept Papers for Third Phase: June 28, 2010 Closing Dates for Concept Papers: First Phase September 8, 2009 Second Phase April 30, 2010 Third Phase August 27, 2010 Closing Time for Submission of Concept Papers: 4:00 PM, local Jakarta time Submit Concept Papers to: [email protected] The purpose of this Amendment No. 2 to APS No. Indonesia 09-014 is as follows: (1) To allow Indonesian universities to submit applications as a lead institution; (2) To change the dates for second and third phases of competition in order to provide institutions of higher education with more time to prepare quality concept papers. The new closing dates are: Second Phase - April 30, 2010 and Third Phase - August 27, 2010; (3) To revise the following sections of the APS: Section I.E "Intended Partnership Characteristics; Section IIB.b. "Application Requirements - Technical Narrative"; Section IIC. "Technical Evaluation Criteria for Concept Papers"; Section III.A.1(a)(4) Management Plan; and Section IIIC. "Technical Evaluation Criteria for Full Applications". (4) In Section III "Full Application Submission and Information", add two new sections, as follows: Section D "Responsibility Determination" and Section E - Pre-Award Survey (Grant worthiness Assessment). For the Second and Third Phases of competition under this APS, there is no preference for the lead institution to be an Indonesian or U.S. institution of higher education, as long as all other requirements (see Section III) are met. Organizations who submitted Concept Papers in 2009 and were not selected are welcome and encouraged to revise their Concept Papers (based on the detailed advice in this announcement), and should submit a new proposal in order to be considered again. Attached is the Revised APS, incorporating the above changes.