Deadline: 1 May 2015
The Public Affairs Section (PAS) ofthe U.S. Embassy in Tbilisi, Georgia is requesting proposals for a university research program in public policy. This will encourage greater interaction between Georgian academic researchers, civil society, and government policy-makers.
Award Information
The direct beneficiaries of this program will be young Georgian academics, primarily assistant professors, PhD candidates, and Public Policy MA students, and the indirect beneficiaries will be their Georgian host universities. PAS will award approximately $346,500 for this two-tothree-year project, and may seek additional funding for future years.
The Public Affairs Section (PAS) ofthe U.S. Embassy in Tbilisi, Georgia seeks to fund an effective, creative, and sustainable project to improve the research capacity of Georgian universities. An organization with prior experience conducting similar trainings in research methodologies for universities and educational institutions, particularly with in-kind financial contributions, will be favorably considered
Eligibility Information
- Eligibility is limited to U.S. non-profit/non-governmental organizations subject to 501 (c) (3) of the tax code, U.S. universities, and Georgian universities, educational institutes,and non-profit/non-governmental organizations.
- Applicants are not required to include funding from other donors. However, applications that include additional in-kind and/or cash contributions from non-U.S. Government sources will be more competitive, since cost-sharing demonstrates a strong commitment to the planned activities and will be considered to show greater cost effectiveness.
All applications must be submitted in electronic form in addition to or instead of the hard copies.
For more information, visit grants.gov and search for funding opportunity number: DOSGEO-15-GR-001-GEO-031315.
