Funding available for EC/US education projects

The European Commission is calling for proposals under the EC/US cooperation programme in higher education and vocational education and training. The programme aims to promote understanding between people in the European Community and the USA and to improve the quality of the...

The European Commission is calling for proposals under the EC/US cooperation programme in higher education and vocational education and training.

The programme aims to promote understanding between people in the European Community and the USA and to improve the quality of their human resources development.

The programme supports innovative, multilateral, student centred projects with the potential to stimulate substantive and long lasting structural transatlantic cooperation in higher education and vocational education and training. It may also support international education projects that give rise to new forms of cooperation between the United States and the European Community.

This call for proposals relates to:

- Consortia implementation projects
Three year projects fostering interinstitutional partnerships centred on students. Students benefit from international curricula and cultural dimensions added to their studies through a combination of curricular innovation and study or training abroad.

- Consortia preparatory projects
One-year projects which provide opportunities for developing international innovative cooperation, as well as opportunities for giving access to the programme to institutions with little or no international experience.

- Complementary activities
One or two year projects designed to support the overall purpose of international curriculum development and preparing students for work in a global workplace.

Further details are available from the official call text at the reference below.
Full programme guidelines and application forms can be obtained from:

For EC applicants:

Augusto González
European Commission
Directorate-General for education and culture
rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 200 (B7 8/20)
B-1049 Brussels
Fax [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]

For US applicants:

Frank Frankfort PhD
Coordinator, EC/US programme
Fund for the improvement of post-secondary education (FIPSE)
1990 K Street 8th Floor
Washington DC 20006-8544
Fax [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]