Game-Changing Innovations Through New Relationships With Universities

Posted by Maura O'Neill and Alex Dehgan / February 09, 2012

University of Wisconsin Superior students practice counting rotifer cysts, eggs of an invasive freshwater zooplankton on June 9, 2009, in the wet lab of UWS' Lake Superior Research Institute. [AP File Photo]

About the Authors: Maura O'Neill serves as Chief Innovation Officer at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), and Dr. Alex Dehgan serves as the Science and Technology Adviser to the USAID Administrator.

We are proud to announce the Higher Education Solutions Network Request for Applications (RFA), which invites higher education institutions to compete to join USAID as new strategic, long-term partners to have a greater impact on development through creative partnerships. From USAID's start 50 years ago, partnering with universities and research organizations has been part of the Agency's vision. Over the years we have worked with partners on sector-specific projects, but today we are pursuing an unprecedented relationship with… more »

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