Under the USA-Egypt joint grants program, the Science and Technological Development Fund (STDF) is pleased to announce that the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the National Science Foundation (NSF) have launched a new and broader program called Partnerships for Enhanced Engagement in Research (PEER).

This competitive grants program will allow scientists in developing countries to apply for funds to support research and capacity-building activities in partnership with their NSF-funded collaborators on topics of importance to USAID.

Developing country Principal Investigators (PIs) who apply should either be actively engaged in or plan to be engaged in a collaborative research project with an NSF-funded U.S. researcher. Developing country scientists without existing partners are encouraged to search NSF’s public database of awards to identify potential U.S. collaborators (http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch)

*Online Proposal Deadline is November 30, 2011 by e-mail:

peer@nas.edu

*For more information, kindly visit the following website:

www.stdf.org.eg