OpportunityTitle: University Research and Entrepreneurial Skills Program
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: Eligibility is limited to U.S. and Georgian non-profit/non-governmental organizations, universities and educational institutes, and private sector entities.
Description: The U.S. Embassy in Tbilisi invites U.S. and Georgian universities, educational institutes, non-profit/non-governmental organizations, and private sector entities to submit proposals for a one- to two-year project to improve the capabilities of Georgian scholars and students in commercialization of university research and marketing ideas. This project is meant to extend current research into the development process; foster entrepreneurial and innovative pursuits among Georgian professors, scholars, undergraduate, and graduate students; provide training in marketing, finance, revenue-raising, and small-business market-oriented sustainability; develop an ecosystem of knowledge transfer among Georgian universities that encourages entrepreneurial pursuits through the commercialization of research and ideas; and provide the framework for a sustainable entrepreneurial skills program consisting of a Georgian and American university consortium with possible in-kind contribution(s) from private sector entities and/or non-governmental organizations.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: Office
GrantorContactText: TbilisiGrants@state.gov
CloseDateExplanation: All applications must be submitted in electronic form in addition to or instead of the hard copies on or before June 15, 2018, 11:59 p.m. Eastern Standard time.