The Mary Street Jenkins Foundation Innovation Competition

Overview

<p>The purpose of the Mary Street Jenkins Foundation Innovation Competition is to provide more opportunities for higher education institutions (HEIs) in the United States and Mexico to work together to provide new student exchange and training programs between both countries. The HEIs that are eligible for this grant competition include universities (public and private), colleges, technical/vocational schools, and other post-secondary institutions with credit-bearing programs.</p> <p>This grant competition seeks proposals from teams of HEIs in Mexico and the U.S. that will increase student exchange and training in the fields of Social Sciences and Humanities. Proposals in the following academic disciplines will be given special consideration: Archaeology, Anthropology, Education and exchange programs that include and will benefit economically-disadvantaged and/or racial/ethnic minority student populations in both countries.</p> <p>Applicants should focus on presenting innovative ideas, practices, or models that will increase outbound opportunities for their students; expand the capacity for the partner institution(s) to host them or to reciprocate the exchange by sending students; expand their own capacity to host international students; or integrate increased flow in both directions. Applicants may propose to provide small scholarships to students in order to have an impact on their study abroad decisions as well as their ability to find a way to follow through on their study abroad plans. Another example is to incorporate variations on traditional study abroad models, such as student and faculty engagement through service learning.</p> <p>We encourage grant proposals that include best practices and address topics discussed from 100,000 Strong in the Americas Innovation Fund workshops and the Latin American Forum at NAFSA. Topics include accreditation and credit transfer, community engagement, entrepreneurship, diversity and inclusion, inter-departmental collaboration, language training, public-private sector engagement, safety and security, student recruitment, technical skills development/training, and technology development, among others</p>