Developing International Exchanges
U.S. State Department Educational Partnership Program
Many University of Minnesota departments and campuses have participated in the Educational Partnerships Program, which encourages educational reform, economic development, civil society, and mutual understanding through cooperation between U.S. colleges and universities and foreign post-secondary institutions.
Partnerships may focus on disciplines in the social, political and economic sciences; public administration; the humanities; business; economics; law; journalism and communications; public health policy and administration; library science; and educational administration. The programs are administered by the Humphrey Fellowships and Institutional Linkages Branch of the Office of Global Educational Programs.
These exchanges require institutional commitment and signatures. Since very few awards are granted each year, the University of Minnesota wants to ensure that the proposals it submits are not competing with each other and that programs meet State Department priorities.
We suggest that you contact OIP if you are interested in developing a proposal for an affiliations grant. Our staff can provide you with information on previous grant winners, supply some of the boilerplate institutional information requested by the State Department, and give you feedback on proposal drafts. In addition to the appropriate signatures from central administration, proposals must pass through the budget and administrative review of Sponsored Projects Administration (SPA) before submission.
http://exchanges.state.gov/education/partnership/
Past University of Minnesota Involvement
Year
Country
Institutions
Discipline
1983
Iceland
U of M, University of Iceland
Social Sciences
1984
Uruguay
U of M, Catholic University of Uruguay
Social Sciences, Communications
1986
Nigeria
UMM, Niger State College
International Studies
1986
Austria
U of M, Karl Franzens University-Graz
History
1989
Poland
U of M, Marie Curie-Sklodowska University
Interdisciplinary Studies
1989
Russia
UMD, Petrozavodsk State University
Social Sciences
1991
Russia
U of M, Minnesota Technical Colleges, Novosibirsk State University
Environment
1992
Sweden
U of M, University of Lund
American Studies, Sociology, Political Science
1993
Israel
U of M, Bar-Ilan University
Social Sciences, Public Adminstration, Educational Psychology, Policy, Medicine
1993
Turkey
U of M, University of Bogazici
American Studies, Art, History, Political Science
1994
Uruguay
U of M, Minnesota Technical Colleges, University of the Republic, University of El Trabajo
Higher Education
1995
Kenya
U of M, Kenyatta University
Education
1995
Poland
U of M, University of Wisconsin, Marie Curie-Sklodowska University, Catholic University of Lublin
American Studies, European Studies
1999
China
U of M, Hong Kong Institute of Education
Civic Education
2001
Ukraine
U of M, Odessa State Economics University
Business
2002
Thailand
U of M, Chulalongkorn University, Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University
Civic Education, Environmental Education