Dear engineering faculty interested in international development,
Based on interest for I2D Lab seed grant competition and faculty
feedback we would like to start a series of meetings to pass out
information on, discuss, and plan for funding and collaboration
opportunities in R and D related to international development.
We are planning to have 4 meetings this semester as follows:
Thursday, March 5, 12:00-1:00pm, WANG 2501 – To discuss Development
Innovation Ventures (DIV) Grant program of the USAID Global
Development Lab (GDL) (no deadlines, applications accepted any time)
http://www.usaid.gov/div ; we
have discussed this opportunity with the USAID program manager and
can share some recommendations.
Thursday, March 12, 12:00-1:00pm, MRGN 206 – Opportunities with the
Burton D. Morgan Center for Entrepreneurship
Wednesday, April 1, 12:00-1:00pm, WANG 2501 – Follow-up from the I2D
Lab Exposition (please see attached the latest draft agenda)
If you are unable to attend any of these sessions and are interested
in learning more about the specific opportunity, please let us know
and we will set up a meeting to meet with you.
We expect to continue this meeting series in the fall in a biweekly
format with regularly scheduled talks by faculty active in the area
and discussions on funding opportunities. This email listserv has
been prepared based on feedback from school heads and includes
engineering faculty with demonstrated interest in global
development.
Regards,
Arvind
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Arvind Raman
Robert V. Adams Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Associate Dean for Global Engineering Programs
585 Purdue Mall
Purdue University
West Lafayette, Indiana 47907-2088
Tel: (765) 494 5733
Fax: (765) 494 0539