Faculty Exchange Program

 

The Faculty Exchange Program is intended to improve the teaching and pedagogical capacities of targeted sectors (currently veterinary science and animal health) in targeted countries, with the objective of improving long-term scientific capacity and use of scientifically-based policy decisions in current and potential trading partners.

Active 10.613 Foreign Agricultural Service, Department of Agriculture B - Project Grants; C - Direct Payments For Specified Use Fiscal Year 2022 Twenty (20) fellows received training in teaching of veterinary medicine National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Act of 1977, as amended, Title XIV, Part I, Section 1458, Public Law 95-113, 7 U.S.C. 3291, Statute 91,1015 State cooperative institutions or other colleges and universities in the United States, as defined by 7 USC 3103 Faculty of agricultural colleges and universities in designated beneficiary countries Not applicable. Preapplication coordination is not applicable. 2 CFR 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards applies to this program. Applications should be submitted through https://grants.fms.usda.gov USDA/FAS will convene a review panel to review eligible applications against the evaluation criteria described in the NOFO. Reviewers will ensure that the applicant is capable of delivering the programs/activities as described in the announcement based on the applicant's project narrative and assign a score and provide summary comments based on the evaluation criteria identified below. The review panel will make a recommendation list to the selecting official (generally, the Senior Director for Fellowship Programs), who is not a member of the panel. The selecting official may select applications out of rank order in consideration of strategic program priorities, such as geographical distribution, incorporation of minority-serving institutions, or congressional directive. Selection determinations are final and cannot be appealed. Prior to selection, the agency may contact the highest-ranking applicants to seek clarification and to negotiate technical and programmatic aspects of the application. If an application includes a subaward, FAS may request to speak with all parties included in the application to ensure sufficient planning and coordination has taken place prior to making an award. Contact the headquarters or regional location, as appropriate for application deadlines From 30 to 60 days. Successful applicants will be notified of the status of their application/award by email. This notification is not authorization to proceed, and such notification should be construed as provisional. Not applicable. Not applicable. Applicants will be evaluated on the extent and quality to which they demonstrate that they have the capabilities, staff, resources, and equipment to successfully perform the project. Scoring will also be based on the level of detail and how clearly the applicant's capacities to address these factors are outlined in the proposal. Specific selection criteria are identified in the corresponding Notice of Funding Opportunity, and generally include Technical Expertise and Experience, Overall Program Design, Cost Effectiveness, and Quality of Submission. Assistance may be used to support the participating fellows (i.e. travel and subsistence expenses), related supplies and materials, reasonable host institution fees, and related travel by faculty mentors. Not applicable. Not applicable. Grant records shall be retained for a period of 3 years from the day the recipient submits its final expenditure report. If any litigation, claim, negotiation, audit, or other action involving the records has been started before the expiration of the 3-year period, the records must be retained until completion of the action and resolution of all issues which arise from it, or until the end of the regular 3-year period, whichever is later. Grant records include financial and program/progress reports, support documents, statistical records, and other documents that support the activity and/or expenditure of the recipient or subrecipient under the award. Statutory formula is not applicable to this assistance listing.

Matching requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.

MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing. Agreements are for two years, to include the initial fellowships and appropriate follow-up; extensions may be authorized under certain circumstances. None/Not specified. Nicola Sakhleh
1400 Independence Ave. SW
Washington, DC 202501031 USA
nicola.sakhleh@usda.gov
Phone: 202-720-4228 https://www.fas.usda.gov/programs/faculty-exchange-program 12-2900-0-1-352 (Project Grants (Fellowships)) FY 22$999,392.00; FY 23 est $1,000,000.00; FY 24 est $1,000,000.00; FY 21$795,605.00; FY 20$795,124.00; FY 19$494,713.00; - Each award is approximately $500,000, intended to support a cohort of 8-10 fellows. Not applicable. Fiscal Year 2019 $0
Fiscal Year 2022 In 2022, two awards were made, supporting 20 fellows from Vietnam and the Philippines, who are faculty of veterinary medicine at universities in those countries.