USAID Announces U.S. - Iraq University Partnerships
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October 3, 2003
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WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has announced that grants have been made to three university consortia, each led by a U.S. institution of higher learning, to partner with and strengthen Iraqi universities. Additional grants will follow in the coming weeks. The Higher Education and Development (HEAD) program for Iraq is one of USAID's most significant engagements with the university community in recent years. The universities will support the work of the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) to strengthen the capacity of Iraqi universities.
Archeology and Environmental Research. The first of these grants, a $4,131,274 award, is to a consortium led by the Research Foundation of the State University of New York (SUNY) at Stony Brook that will partner with Baghdad University, Al Mustansiriyah University in Baghdad, Mosul University and Basrah University. The consortium, which includes Columbia University, Boston University and Oxford University (England) will provide tools and training to:
- Modernize curricula in archaeology and Assyriology and conduct research using modern analytical methods; and
- Develop curricula in environmental health and conduct environmental research programs using modern techniques.
Agriculture. A second award in the amount of $3,770,724 is to the University of Hawaii's College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources that will partner with the University of Mosul's College of Agriculture and Forestry which is located in Hamam al-Alil. These resources will:
- Strengthen academic programs and extension training in agricultural sciences at the University of Mosul and the University of Dohuk; and
- Rehabilitate the research infrastructure and the agricultural research program at the University of Mosul.
Raising the Bar: Legal Education Reform in Iraq. A third award, in the amount of $3,827,734 is to the Human Rights Institute of DePaul University College of Law (IHRLI) and the International Institute of Higher Studies in Criminal Sciences (ISISC) in Siracusa, Italy, working in association with the University of Baghdad. The goal of this activity is to engage in and generate a broad-based reform of the legal education system in Iraq as a central and necessary element of the nation's transition to democracy.
For more information on Iraq relief and reconstruction issues, please visit www.usaid.gov/iraq/.
The U.S. Agency for International Development has provided economic and humanitarian assistance worldwide for more than 40 years.
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