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Funding Sources

Multiple funding sources are tapped to support various international activities ranging from higher education capacity building and training, to study abroad to collabrative research.  These resources are presented in three categories. Internal Sources such as the Research Initiation Grant, External Sources including U.S. government and State agencies, foundations, and international aid agencies and a third category, Funding for Students, provide direct links to the Study Abroad Programs and International Student and Scholar Services web pages that provide information on internal as well as external funding sources.

This page also includes links to useful funding databases.

INTERNAL SOURCES

GSU GRANTS AND AWARDS FOR INTERNATIONAL INITIATIVES

International Strategic Initiatives (ISI) Grants
Seed grant for faculty and staff to leverage external funds for international initiatives

Research Initiation Grant
Funding for faculty scholarship.

Faculty Mentored Grant
Mentoring of faculty seeking external funding.

Scholarly Support Grant
Funding for a scholarly project that will result in a significant and prestigious product.

Travel Grants

Support for trips to external grant sponsors.

Conference Grants

Support for conferences hosted by Georgia State Faculty.

EXTERNAL SOURCES

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

Agency for International Development (USAID)

Department of Education

Higher Education Act, Title VI: International Education Programs

Fulbright-Hays Program[faculty/staff]

Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education(FIPSE)

Department of State

Fulbright Programs

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

National Science Foundation

NON GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS

 

 

INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES

NATIONAL

  • Australia - Australian Agency for International Development(AusAID)
  • Austria - Austrian Development Agency - ADA
  • Belgium – Belgian Development Agency (BTC)
  • Canada - Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) and International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
  • Denmark - Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA)
  • European Union - European Commission: Development Directorate-General
  • Finland- Department for International Development Cooperation
  • France - French Development Agency (Agence Française de Développement) (AfD)
  • Germany - Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, German Development Bank (KfW), and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) (GmbH: Corporation for International Development Cooperation)
  • Greece - Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  • Ireland - Irish Aid
  • Israel - Ministry of Foreign Affairs: MASHAV - Israel's Agency for International Development Cooperation
  • Italy - Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Italian Development Cooperation Programme
  • Japan - Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Official Development Assistance, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), and Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC)
  • Korea - Korea International Cooperation Agency
  • Liechtenstein - Liechtensteinische Entwicklungsdienst
  • Luxembourg - Lux-Development
  • New Zealand - New Zealand Agency for International Development (NZAid)
  • Netherlands - Ministry of Development Cooperation (has its own minister but is a part of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
  • Norway - Ministry of Foreign Affairs: International Development Program and Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD)
  • Poland - Ministry of Foreign Affairs: The Development Co-operation Department (Polishaid)
  • Portugal - Instituto Português de Apoio ao Desenvolvimento (IPAD)
  • Republic of China (Taiwan) - International Cooperation and Development Fund (ICDF)
  • Romania - Assistance for Development
  • Slovakia - Slovak Aid
  • Spain - Spanish Agency for International Cooperation (AECI)
  • Sweden - Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA)
  • Switzerland - Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation(SDC);HELVETAS
  • Turkey - Turkish International Cooperation and Development Agency (TIKA)
  • United Kingdom - Department for International Development (UKaid)
  • United States - United States Agency for International Development(USAID); the Inter-American Foundation(IAF), and the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC)

    • MULTILATERAL

  • African Development Bank
  • Asian Development Bank
  • The Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES)
  • European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
  • European Investment Bank
  • Inter-American Development Bank
  • International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD; part of World Bank Group)
  • International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
  • International Monetary Fund (IMF)
  • International Organization for Migration (IOM)
  • Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (part of World Bank Group)
  • Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
  • United Nations (UN)
  • United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
  • United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
  • United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
  • United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
  • United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
  • World Bank Group
  • World Food Programme
  • World Health Organization (WHO)
  • World Trade Organization (WTO)