Applications Now Accepted for IIE’s International Academic Partnership Program in Brazil

If your institution is seeking to develop strategic institutional partnerships with higher education institutions in Brazil, please consider applying for IIE's International Academic Partnership Program. IIE’s Center for International Partnerships is pleased to announce the Brazil international partnership initiative for the 2012-2013 cycle. For more information, please go www.iie.org/iapp. 

Following three years of success, the International Academic Partnership Program (IAPP) will again select a group of U.S. higher education institutions to engage over the course of a year in strategic planning activities focused on implementing partnerships with higher education institutions in Brazil. Since 2009, IAPP has engaged more than 50 U.S. higher education institutions in comprehensive, yearlong programs aimed at increasing the number of partnerships between U.S. higher education institutions and their counterparts abroad. Past participants have increased their faculty exchanges, implemented institutional strategic plans, and expanded study abroad offerings within Brazil. If you are interested in participating in this program, please contact Clare Banks at cbanks@iie.org or visit www.iie.org/iapp.

Application Cycle Begins: September 4, 2012 

Application Deadline: October 1, 2012 

Program Cycle: November 2012–October 2013 

Study Tour to Brazil: April or May 2013 (tentative) 

Program Cost: IIENetwork Members $12,500/Non-members $14,000 (This includes all in-country costs for one representative from your institution to travel on the IAPP study tour, not including international airfare.) 

1. Strategic planning process, including guidelines for assessing on-campus international partnership capacity and developing practical strategic plans for partnership activities in the focus country. 
2. Expert advice and guidance on developing or expanding a strategic plan for partnerships with the focus country by one of the members of the IAPP Advisory Board and IIE staff in the United States and abroad. 
3. A study tour to the focus country that will include visits to select higher education institutions, the U.S. Embassy, EducationUSA Advising Centers, the Fulbright Commission, and other educational exchange organizations. All in-country expenses for one representative from each institution will be covered as part of the program fees. Participants are responsible for covering their international airfare. 
4. A series of training webinars, focused on topics such as implementing strategic partnerships, faculty engagement, developing a consolidated partnership strategy, and higher education in the focus country. 
5. A suite of information resources on the higher education system in the focus country, and IIE publications and policy research reports. 

Clare Banks 

Senior Manager, Center for International Partnerships 

Institute of International Education 

Tel: +1 (212) 984 5481 

Email: cbanks@iie.org 

For more information, or to download the IAPP application or Special Partnership Initiatives, please go to: www.iie.org/iapp.