The 100,000 Strong in the Americas Innovation Fund grant competition is now open for eligible institutions of higher education. Offered through a public-private partnership formed by NAFSA, Partners of the Americas, and the U.S. Department of State, these grants will help universities implement President Obama’s vision of increasing collaboration and student mobility between the United States and Latin America and the Caribbean. This first round of funding consists of two separate competitions:

• The Capacity Building Program to Reach 100k Strong offers 10 grants worth U.S. $25,000 each to Latin American institutions in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Panama, and Peru. This competition is supported by Department of State Economic Support Funds and is intended to be used by Latin American institutions to expand access to study abroad in the Americas.
  
  
• The Promoting Study Abroad in STEM and Sustainable Development competition will be open to higher education institutions in the United States, Chile, and Peru. The program will offer 5 to 10 grants worth $20,000 to $70,000 in order to support innovative proposals to increase the number of U.S. students studying in Chile or Peru, preferably in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) or sustainable development fields.

These are the first of what will be many more grant competitions designed to increase collaboration and ease student mobility between U.S. and Latin American institutions of higher education.

To learn more and apply, visit www.100kstrongamericas.org.