Competition 1: Capacity-Building Program to Reach 100,000 Strong (2014)

This first Innovation Fund grant competition awarded 10 capacity-building grants to higher education institutions in Latin America that created innovative programs between the United States and Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, and Panama.

FAE Centro Universitario | Paraná, Brazil

Siena College, New York, United States

To overcome the challenges of making study abroad accessible for all students, FAE Centro Universitário implemented a Brazilian Portuguese program for foreign students, created an international student office, and developed a training program for student mentors.

Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Sudeste Minas Gerais | Minas Gerais, Brazil

Ball State University, Indiana, United States
Hampton University, Virginia, United States
Iracambi Rainforest Research Center, Brazil

Students alternated between living and studying at the IFSEMG campus, while carrying out practical internships at the Iracambi Rainforest Research Center.

Tecnológico de Monterrey | Nuevo León, Mexico

George Mason University, Virginia, United States

This collaborative initiative had three core components: faculty exchange, globally networked learning, and student exchange.

Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro | Querétaro, Mexico

West Virginia University, West Virginia, United States

The grant assisted in building global professional competencies and helped close the gap between academia and industry in Mexico and the United States.

Universidad de Guanajuato | Guanajuato, Mexico

University of Arizona, Arizona, United States

The grant expanded student exchange innovation through the internationalization of a summer research program at the Universidad de Guanajuato and promoted participation of students from the University of Arizona’s Summer Research Institute.

Universidad EAFIT | Antioquia, Colombia

Purdue University, Indiana, United States

Universidad EAFIT strengthened the services and opportunities offered to incoming U.S. students and increased their number of bilateral agreements by 200%.

Universidade Federal Viçosa | Minas Gerais, Brazil

The grant allowed Universidade Federal de Viçosa to start offering regular undergraduate courses in English in agricultural and biological engineering, food science, animal science, and agricultural economics in order to attract more U.S. students.

Universidad Intercultural Maya de Quintana Roo | Quintana Roo, Mexico

The Universidad Intercultural Maya de Quintana Roo created study abroad programs, trained staff to support these exchanges, sent professors to the U.S. to do research, and received U.S. professors to do research related to Mayan culture.

Universidad San Francisco de Quito | Pichincha, Ecuador

Clemson University, South Carolina, United States
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States
University of New Mexico, New Mexico, United States
Oregon State University, Oregon, United States
Juniata College, Pennsylvania, United States

Through the grant, the university expanded its study abroad through a student research program in the sciences, curriculum integration, student incentives, program marketing, and the implementation of a web-based data management system.

Universidad Santa María la Antigua | Ciudad de Panamá, Panama

University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States

The grant increased student mobility in both directions, increased capacity at Universidad Santa María la Antigua (USMA) to provide support to U.S. students for short-term programs, including service learning, established a visiting faculty program where Arkansas faculty taught courses at , and created a bi-directional corporate internship program.