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As we enter more deeply in the 21st century, the dynamics of global economic and technological development are producing revolutionary changes in the cross-border movements of talent, capital, innovation and intellectual property. In this increasingly global knowledge-based economy, countries and universities alike are learning to navigate a complex landscape made of both competition and cooperation.

Today, not only do governments, universities and economic actors need to cooperate, but they increasingly look to do so across boundaries. Thanks to the generosity of private donors and public actors alike, the Partner University Fund was designed under the auspices of the FACE Foundation to meet this need between the United States and France, as a public-private partnership fostering trans-border educational and research networks.

At this crucial time when French and American universities are taking new steps to face the challenges of international competition, PUF helps them build sustainable education and research partnerships within or/and across all the disciplines, in a dialogue with its main contributors as well as with key actors in the academic field such as the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Institute of International Education (IIE), the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) or the Conférence des Présidents d’Universités (CPU).
Partnership projects are subject to independent scientific expertise and then reviewed by a committee of renowned academics and high level officials in the areas of international education and research.

The deadline for applications is December 15, 2008; the results will be announced early March 2009 for the following academic year. Grants are awarded for a period of up to three years but are subject to annual review by the committee.

 

Pascal Delisle, PhD.
Cultural Attaché
PUF Executive Director

 

 

 

Photo: Ministère des Affaires étrangères. Photo F. de La Mure (detail)
Grantees 2008|2011

The members of the PUF Grant Review Committee met on Monday March 31st, 2008, at the Embassy of France, Washington D.C and examined 67 grant applications.

The Committee, under the co-presidency of Dr. Allan E. Goodman, President and CEO of the Institute of International Education (IIE) and Dr. Christophe Laux, Professor of Engineering, Ecole Centrale Paris (ECP), selected 16 laureates, subsequently approved by the steering committee of PUF and the board of FACE.

The laureates are listed here.

 

PUF is a program of FACE (French American Cultural Exchange), the American nonprofit foundation and partner of the
Cultural Services of the French Embassy in the U.S.



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