Obama Singh 21st Century Knowledge Initiative
Harvard Pre-Proposal Deadline: September 22, 2014
Eligible Disciplines: Energy, Climate Change & Environmental Studies; Education & Educational Reform; Public Health; Sustainable Development & Community Development; and International Relations & Strategic Studies.

The Obama Singh Initiative aims to strengthen collaboration and build partnerships between American and Indian institutions of higher education. Harvard may submit one proposal that supports the program’s goals of encouraging mutual understanding, facilitating educational reform, fostering economic development, and engaging civil society through academic cooperation with Indian post-secondary educational institutions.  Exchange activities may include but are not limited to curriculum design, research collaboration, team teaching, focused series of exchanges, seminars, among other activities.  Activities should be designed to develop expertise, advance scholarship and teaching, and promote long-term ties between partner institutions.