OpportunityTitle: Tomorrow&apos;s Leaders II Scholarship Program and Recruitment
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: 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 &#147;Tomorrow&#146;s Leaders&#148; 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.
Description: 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&#146;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&#146;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.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: NEA Grants emailbox
GrantorContactText: Jessica Baker &lt;br/&gt;Quality Support, Inc .Contractor &lt;br/&gt;Phone 202-776-8524
CloseDateExplanation: Per a Grants.gov alert, applicants to the Tomorrow&apos;s Leaders Scholarship II Program should note that Grants.gov will be unavailable from February 6 - 9, 2010.  Applicants should make every effort to submit their applications by 23:59:59 Eastern Standard Time (EST) on February 5, 2010.  Applicants who intend to submit but cannot do so by February 5th, should alert NEA/PI of this intent no later than 5:00 pm EST on February 5, 2010.  This will help us to track any problems that may occur with the system on February 10, 2010.      NEA/PI will not be extending the deadline for submissions.  Any application without proof of an attempt to submit prior to the announcement deadline of 23:59:59 EST on February 10th will be considered late and not subject to review.&#148;