Overview
Donor: | Philippines USAID-Manila |
Application procedure: | Full Proposal |
Donor base: | United States |
Reference number: | 72049223RFA00001 |
Eligible applicants: | Non-Profit Organisation, Social Business |
Deadline: | 22.12.2022 |
Financial details
Grant size: | Large - more than $1,000,000 |
Minimum grant size: | - |
Total available budget: | 30.000.000USD |
Funding type: | Grants |
Maximum grant size: | 30.000.000$ |
Funding ratio: | up to 100% |
Sectors
- Capacity Building
- Education
Project Locations
Asia
Philippines
Description
1) Objective
The theory of change: If the workforce development and innovation capacities of higher education institutions are strengthened through faculty development, curricula improvements, and engagement with industry and international partners; and if an enabling regulatory environment can be fostered that improves governance in the sector, then higher education can be a stronger driver of broad-based and inclusive growth in the Philippines.
This activity will build on the gains and progress made by previous USAID/Philippines’ interventions in higher education. More importantly, it will be oriented towards supporting key stakeholders in the Philippines, particularly government institutions who continue to make significant investments and are implementing their own programs in pursuit of the same goals. Working with these stakeholders to leverage their resources, commitment, and expertise to achieve development impact in higher education is an underlying principle of the activity.
Given the robust policy landscape, more intensive work will be done to provide capacity strengthening and technical assistance to government partners and other stakeholders, as they seek to effectively implement stalled, expanded, or new mandates that can strengthen or improve the regulatory environment for human capital development at both the university and national level. Examples include the PQF, UniFAST, inclusive innovation, and internationalization of higher education. By the end of the activity, it is envisioned that USAID and its partners would have created stronger networks of stakeholders, each contributing their own resources, and working effectively together to achieve the shared goal of a strengthened higher education system’s workforce development and innovation functions, leading to inclusive growth in the Philippines.
Eligibility is unrestricted.
3) Location
Actions must take place in Philippines.
4) Budget
USAID intends to award one (1) Cooperative Agreement pursuant to this notice of funding opportunity. Subject to funding availability and at the discretion of the Agency, USAID intends to provide up to $30 million in total USAID funding over a five-year period.
5) Application
You may submit your application package through Grants.gov or via email to GrantsManila(a)state.gov. Deadline for submitting proposals is December 31, 2020.