100,000 Strong in the Americas has announced that its Competition 6, the second funded with support from Santander Bank, will open January 15, 2015 and close March 6, 2015. Competition 6 is open to Higher Education Institutions in all countries in the Western Hemisphere without any thematic restrictions.
There are several new and revised pages on the www.100KStrongAmericas.org website of interest to you to prepare for this competition:
http://www.100kstrongamericas.org/past-competitions
http://www.100kstrongamericas.org/100000-strong-explained
http://www.100kstrongamericas.org/meet-the-winners
The Request for Proposal (RFP), or guidelines for writing the proposal, will be accessible on January 15, 2015 by
- Clicking on the image for Competition 6 at the top of the www.100kstrongamericas.org home page; or,
- Visiting http://www.100kstrongamericas.org/educateand clicking the “Apply for a Grant” Button.
If you have questions once you have had read the RFP, submit them by January 29, 2015. Questions can be submitted here or by copying to your browser bit.ly/100KAmericas6Qs. Answers will be posted no later than February 5, 2015.
In addition to being able to ask questions there will be two informational webinars. The webinars were created for the Santander Universities network but will be open to representatives from all higher education institutions in the Western Hemisphere.
- The first webinar will take place on January 22, 2014 at 12:30 PM EST and will be in English. To read more about it and to register click here.
- The second webinar will take place on February 3 at 12:30 PM EST and will be in Spanish. To read more about it and to register click here.
Website: http://www.100KStrongAmericas.org