Cochran Fellowship Program – Mexico Alumni Workshop and Impact Report — Foreign Agricultural Service funding opportunity
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Cochran Fellowship Program – Mexico Alumni Workshop and Impact Report

Program DescriptionThe Cochran Fellowship Program’s Latin America and Caribbean team is requesting the design and delivery of a Mexican alumni workshop in Mexico City. Also requested, is a monitoring and evaluation impac...

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Award $1–$130k Deadline 1192 days ago Location Alabama Type scholarship Level Federal Closed posted Apr 10, 2023
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  • Who can apply: Federal-level applicants (see eligibility for details).
  • Funding amount: $1 – $130,000, total pool ~$130,000.
  • Next deadline: May 15, 2023.
  • Issued by: Foreign Agricultural Service.
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  • Eligible applicants: see the Eligibility tab for the criteria from the official announcement.
  • Where: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, District of Columbia.
  • Award: $1–$130k. Total program pool: $130,000.
  • Matching funds: not required.
  • Deadline type: Fixed.

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Award amount
$1–$130k
Deadline
1192 days ago
May 15, 2023
Total pool
$130k

About this opportunity

Program DescriptionThe Cochran Fellowship Program’s Latin America and Caribbean team is requesting the design and delivery of a Mexican alumni workshop in Mexico City. Also requested, is a monitoring and evaluation impact report of Cochran Fellowship Programs with Mexico.BACKGROUNDSince 1984, the Congress has made funds available to the Cochran Fellowship Program for training agriculturalists from middle-income countries, emerging markets, and emerging democracies. Training opportunities are for senior and mid-level specialists and administrators working in agricultural trade and policy, agribusiness food sciences, extension services, agricultural marketing, and many other areas. Individuals selected for Cochran trainings come from both the public and private sectors. All training occurs in the United States. Training programs are designed and organized in conjunction with universities, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), and other government consultants. The Cochran Fellowship Program is part of the United States Department of Agriculture's Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS). Since its start in 1984, the Cochran Fellowship Program has provided -based training for over 19,250 international participants from 127 countries worldwide.SCOPESince 1984, USDA FAS has trained over 1,000 Mexican agricultural professionals through the Cochran Fellowship Program (CFP). Fellows from 127 countries have participated in Cochran training programs, with Mexico being the first country in the program to reach 1,000 participants. Additionally, on December 12, 2022, the United States and Mexico celebrated the Bicentennial of the United States-Mexico Diplomatic Relations. In honor of both historic benchmarks, CFP is requesting the design and delivery of an alumni workshop in Mexico City along with a monitoring and evaluation report on the impact of Cochran programs in Mexico. The goal of the alumni workshop and impact report is to commemorate milestone of over 1,000 Mexican Cochran alumni and highlight CFP’s positive impact on -Mexico agricultural trade and agricultural capacity building.Alumni WorkshopThe alumni workshop should take place in Mexico City in August 2023. The workshop will consist of a large gathering in a hotel ballroom or other large venue. As many Cochran alumni as possible should be invited with the goal of having a maximum of 200 alumni in attendance to represent the vast range of CFP training topics, years of participation, and current career positions (including government, civil the private sector). The workshop should feature remarks from USDA leadership, including the Foreign Agricultural Service, a local Embassy representative, and one prominent alumnus. The workshop shall include food. food and agricultural industry representatives should also be invited to attend this event. The objective is to review the impact of CFP in Mexico and provide an opportunity for Cochran alumni to network with FAS officials, industry representatives, and each other. The recipient shall create a short video that highlights several of the alumni’s outstanding experiences and successes from CFP. FAS staff will help identify alumni to be included in the video. This video will be shown during the alumni workshop.Impact ReportThe recipient will closely coordinate with USDA FAS, which will provide the recipient with the data to be analyzed in the impact report. Once all required permissions are received, FAS staff will reach out to CFP Mexico alumni to survey them on their experience, the overall impact of their training program on trade, capacity building, and/or career goals, and recommendations to improve future programs. These surveys may occur after the alumni workshop. Outreach will occur to as many alumni as possible for inclusion in this survey, which will be analyzed in the impact report.

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  • Arizona
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  • California
  • Colorado
  • Connecticut
  • Delaware
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  • Georgia
  • Hawaii
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  • Illinois
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  • Kentucky
  • Louisiana
  • Maine
  • Maryland
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  • Michigan
  • Minnesota
  • Mississippi
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  • Montana
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  • New Mexico
  • New York
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  • North Dakota
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  • Oklahoma
  • Oregon
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  • Rhode Island
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  • South Dakota
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Source ID347416
PostedApr 10, 2023

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