-----Original Message----- From: Alma Aliaj [mailto:aaliaj@USAID.GOV] Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2014 3:52 PM Subject: Exciting Funding Opportunities Hi Everyone, I wanted to share several exciting funding opportunities with you all, both within USAID and through external patners. As always please share these with your colleagues and interested students! 1 - Conflict and Development at Texas A&M has a unique student grant opportunity for any student at an accredited university worldwide. Students can earn up to $5000. The deadline for applications is May 14, 2014. The Student Media Grants Program is an annual photojournalism grant awarded to students interested in using innovative methods to research and chronicle issues facing fragile and conflict-affected nations. Interested students should submit a proposal by May 14, 2014, that outlines their intended use of grant funds, with details about locations to be visited, issues to be studied, how the funds will be used and any special needs. They should choose an international development area that reflects issues of food insecurity, health, education, land tenure, poverty, and other issues faced by people in fragile and conflict-affected nations. To learn more and apply, visit: http://condevcenter.org/smgp-2014-open-for-proposals/ 2 - Michigan State University's Global Center for Food Systems Innovation intends to issue a Request for Application (RFA) in April, 2014. The goal of this RFA will be to create innovation in the global food system by finding, incubating and evaluating new and potentially disruptive knowledge and technology based solutions to development challenges, with an emphasis on problems deriving from population growth, climate change and urbanization. GCFSI will provide funding of up to $2,050,000 through three levels of grants in one RFA. To learn more, visit: http://www.crdfglobal.org/grants-and-grantees/current-funding-opportunities/... 3 - The Africa Engineering Prize is a new prize program sponsored by the Royal Academy for Engineering, and is intended to spotlight and support African engineers working on development challenges. To learn more and apply, visit: http://www.raeng.org.uk/prizes/africa/default.htm Have a great week, HESN Team