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LOGO100.000…LOGOSDECASABLANCA,DEPARTAMENTODE
ESTADO,NAFSAYPARTNERS.YAESTAHECHAENLADEICETEX
Innovation Fund Peru Competition:
How to Engage
100,000 Strong in the Americas is Working
Source: 2015 Open Doors Report on International Educational Exchange
There was 19% growth in the region for education abroad to the U.S.
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OUR RESPONSE100,000 Strong in the Americas INNOVATION FUND MOBILIZES PUBLIC-PRIVATE SECTOR FUNDING TO PROVIDE GRANT COMPETITIONS:
WHOLESALE APPROACH
CREATES OPPORTUNITIES for LEVERAGED PARTNERSHIPS TO PROVIDE GRANTS TO higher educational institutions THAT DEMONSTRATE SUSTAINABLE INNOVATIONs TO INCREASE STUDY ABROAD THROUGHOUT THE AMERICAS.
OUR RESPONSE100K
Innovation Fund
Current Partners
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800 INSTITUTIONS
FROM 30 COUNTRIESHAVE APPLIED FOR FUNDING
94 Innovation Fund GRANTS
TO 201 Universities FROM
20 COUNTRIES
HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS HAVE JOINEDTHE INNOVATION NETWORK
1,677IN CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THEPUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTOR
$10 millIon
$2.3 millIonHAS BEEN GRANTED NOW RESULTINGIN A MATCH BY THE HEIS OF
1.7x
Mexico 34%
Colombia 16%
Brazil 14%
Central America 11%
Chile 9%
peru 9%
Argentina 4%
Cuba 4%
Leading 100k innovation fund country WINNERS in partnerships with the u.s.
Costa Rica 5 5%
El Salvador 4 4%
Nicaragua 2 3%
Panama 1 1%
Honduras 1 1%
Belize - -
Guatemala - -
Leading 100k innovation fund CENTAM WINNERS in partnerships with the u.s.
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WE ARE JUST BEGINNING…
…Public-private Innovation Fund Grant Competitions facilitating public-private sector educational partnerships.
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Innovation FUND GRANT Competitions
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COMPLETED - 12 FUTURE CONFIRMED - 15u u u
2018
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Peru – U.S. Innovation Competition: Largest Round Yet
Eligibility: All U.S. universities and community colleges,and all universities and vocation / technical colleges in Peru
Themes: Environmental Science, Climate Change, Water, STEM, Marginalized Students.
Launch: April 28, 2017Closes: August 31, 2017
ACADEMY SUPPORTS MEXICAN AND US WOMEN LEADERS IN STEM AND INNOVATION
• University of New Mexico, in partnership with Universidad La Salle México and Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, wona Santander-funded grant to develop the
Innovation Academy for Women in the Americas.
• The program focused on providing research, leadership, and mentorship opportunities to undergraduate women in STEM. It offered
graduate scholarships for winning research projects.
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Join us for our upcoming workshops!April 28, 2017 at the U.S. Embassy in Lima, PeruMay 28, 2017 in Los Angeles (before NAFSA)
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Current Partners
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Join the innovation network
www.100kstrongamericas.org
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LOGO100.000…LOGOSDECASABLANCA,DEPARTAMENTODE
ESTADO,NAFSAYPARTNERS.YAESTAHECHAENLADEICETEX
MaggieHugCoordinator,100,000StrongintheAmericas
DepartmentofState,BureauofWesternHemisphereAffairs
LeeTablewskiDirector,100,000StrongintheAmericasInnovationFund