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Funding Opportunities for International Programs in Higher Education Development

Explore federal and private funding sources for international exchange students. Define hypotheses, research questions, and problem statements. Identify funding options from foundations like Coca-Cola and Rotary International. Learn about agencies like the US Department of Education and USAID.

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Funding Opportunities for International Programs in Higher Education Development

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  1. International February 19 and 20, 2007 Richard Dunfee

  2. Topics • Program Focus • Federal Funding • Private Funding

  3. The Hypothesis, Problem Statement or Research Question • An explanation of the relationship being proposed. • No more than three to five sentence paragraph. • Elements include the following: -Statement of the research target (evidence of the importance of the issue) -Hypothesis, research question or problem statement (clear identification of the variables and their proposed relationship) -Quantitative/Qualitative criteria for measuring the solution (how the outcome will be measured, not a description of the specific outcome).

  4. Hypothesis, Research Question, or Problem Statement Defined A hypothesis is a 'small' cause and effect statement about a specific set of circumstances. It represents an informed belief that a researcher or proposal writer possesses about a research issue before conducting a satisfactory number of experiments that could potentially disprove that belief.

  5. Federal Funding • US Department of Education • US AID • State Department • NSA and DOD Funding search through GrantSearch

  6. Private/Foundation Support Results : 6 Foundations. 6 Displayed. Search Criteria:FOI: international exchange students, GEO: National • AFS-USA, Inc. New York, NY $240,386 • Coca-Cola Foundation, Inc., The Atlanta, GA $23,912,780 • IFSA Foundation, Inc. Indianapolis, IN $437,688 • Rodgers Trust, Elizabeth Killam Boston, MA $575,000 • Rotary Foundation of Rotary International, The Evanston, IL $94,500,000 • Society of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick for the Relief of Emigrants from Ireland Dublin, PA $14,500 http://fconline.fdncenter.org/?li_message=The+password+you%27ve+entered+is+incorrect+-+

  7. FOUNDATION CENTER http://foundationcenter.org/

  8. Higher Education for Development • Agency for International Development Funding • Economic Development Funding • Affiliated with AASCU and cooperating with GRC

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