100,000 Strong in the Americas Innovation Fund: Increasing collaboration through institutional partnership -- What you need to know to apply and win

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The 100K Strong in the Americas Innovation Fund seeks to increase student mobility in the Western Hemisphere. The model has been successful in promoting U.S.-Brazil mobility. Innovation competitions planned for 2016 and 2017 and beyond represent key opportunities to engage. Join this session to learn how your institution can successfully participate and break down barriers that impede greater U.S.-Brazil collaboration.

This session will showcase examples of successful grantees as models of innovation. Presenters will also provide proposal writing tips to help prospective institutions with their grant submissions.
Learning Objectives:
· Access a broader reservoir of models available to their institution in order to increase education abroad between their institution and the U.S. and countries of the Western Hemisphere.
· Learn proposal-writing tips to help them submit winning 100,000 Strong in the Americas Innovation Fund proposals.

Author(s):

Abigail Dressel    
United States Embassy Brazil
United States

David Hodge    
U.S. Department of State
United States

Clausen Matt    
Partners of the Americas
United States

Mike Proctor    
University of Arizona
United States

Vladimir Oliveira    
Universidade Federal de Vicosa
Brazil