TBA (last known deadline was August 20, 2012)
Announced by the US and Indian governments, the Obama-Singh 21st Century Knowledge Initiative (OSI) aims to strengthen collaboration and build partnerships between American and Indian institutions of higher education. The program’s goals are to encourage mutual understanding, facilitate educational reform, foster economic development, and engage civil society through academic cooperation with Indian post secondary educational institutions.
Proposals should demonstrate that a project’s objectives are feasible to achieve within a three-year period through a series of exchange activities that take into account prevailing conditions in the United States and India.
Exchange activities may include but are not limited to curriculum design, research collaboration, team teaching, focused series of exchanges, seminars, among other activities. Activities should be designed to develop expertise, advance scholarship and teaching, and promote reliable, long-term communication between partner institutions.
Proposals in the following fields are eligible: Energy; Sustainable Development; Climate Change; Environmental Studies; Education and Educational Reform; Public Health; and Community Development and Innovation.
The grant period will be for three years in the amount of $250,000.
This opportunity is subject to an internal competition managed by the UW-Madison Graduate School. To participate in the internal competition, a notice of intent is due Aug 20, 2012 and an application is due Aug 29, 2012. For the selected project, a full proposal is due Nov 1, 2012.