Tomorrow's Leaders II Scholarship Program and Recruitment

[Paco Tomei]

The Office of the Middle East Partnership Initiative (NEA/PI)
announces an open competition for proposals to enhance and expand
educational opportunities in the Middle East and North Africa.
Education is a priority for the Administration, and President Obama
has called for an increased emphasis on building partnerships through
expanding exchanges and increasing scholarship opportunities for
students from this region. With this announcement, NEA/PI seeks to
expand its Tomorrow’s Leader Scholarship program, an innovative
educational opportunity that offers degree-granting, university-level
scholarship and internship opportunities at select institutions of
learning in the Middle East and North Africa. The current Tomorrow’s
Leaders Scholarship program began in 2007 and is hosted by the
American University in Cairo, Lebanese American University, and the
American University of Beirut. The applicant to this program
announcement should be prepared to host the first cohort of
scholarship recipients funded under this RFA beginning in the
2011/2012 academic year. Priority areas under this RFA follow below.
Detailed guidance is attached. Interested applicants are encouraged to
read this entire RFA as well as the full guidance before submitting an
application.


Eligible Applicants

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
Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on
Eligibility" for clarification)


Additional Information on Eligibility:

Eligible applicants for Priority Area A are institutions of higher
learning that have an undergraduate program. Applicants are based in
one of the eligible countries listed in this RFA and are registered
and accredited in the United States. Applicants must be able to
provide a minimum of three of the four to five years of the proposed
program in the Middle East or North Africa. Eligible institutions must
have demonstrated capacity and experience to: 1) design and offer all
of the essential components of the “Tomorrow’s Leaders” program, 2)
the institutional capacity to place and monitor scholarship recipients
in internships and study abroad programs, and 3) to administer an
Exchange Visitor (J visa) Program within full government regulations
as set forth in 22 CFR 6Z. Eligible applicants for Priority Area B
include any registered U.S. or foreign non-profit organization.

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