Malawi programs / S-Higher Education Solution Network (HESN)/ APS - Michigan State University (MUST ISP)
(LAB - Global Development Lab): Through the STIP Annual Program Statement (APS), the Lab published an APS aimed at identifying and funding university-based support of cross-cutting development challenges that can be tackled by a "whole of university" approach with our U.S. based and non-U.S. based university partners. Launched in March 2018, the Accelerating Local Potential Addenda to the STIP APS sought to build human and institutional capacity in developing country universities through partnerships with U.S. based universities. After co-creation, four awards were selected that each sought to build capacity and self-reliance by strengthening developing country university institutions. One of the four awards is with Michigan State University. Michigan State University, in partnership with Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Malawi University of Science and Technology (MUST) and the Malawi National Engineering Ecosystem Network, plan to implement the MUST Innovation Scholars Program (MUST ISP). The MUST ISP aims to improve the human and institutional capacity of MUST to harness and use innovation to respond to, and preempt, local and regional agricultural
Source: IATI activity description, US-GOV-1-7200AA18CA00021 (2018). The source's own text.
Operated in: Malawi. 1 other country is only tagged on documents.
When the program ran, from its start year to the latest document year. A hatched bar means the start is our estimate.
Axis: award years, end from years in documents. The start year comes from award fiscal year; the end is the latest document year, so the program may have run longer.
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| Name | Role | Years | Basis | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan State University | implementer | 2020 to 2021 | Stated in a document | 6 sources |
| Michigan State University. International Studies and Programs | implementer | 2020 to 2021 | Stated in a document | 3 sources |
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Operated in Malawi, 2020 to 2021 6 sources
Scope: country: Malawi. Set by the countries the program's documents name most often. Low confidence.
How sure we are: 0.556.
| Name | Years | Basis | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan State University. Global Center for Food Systems Innovation (GCFSI) |
| implementer |
| 2020 to 2021 |
| Stated in a document |
| 3 sources |
Districts, regions and facilities named in the program's own documents, not verified sites. Place dots exist for Malawi and Guatemala only so far.
Sample Built from district names in Malawi documents while the full place data loads; it is not yet the finished place list.
Solid: the documents describe the program's work there. Faint: named in the program's documents. Bigger means more mentions. Shown: district; squares are facilities.
| Africa South of Sahara |
| 2020 to 2021 |
| Stated in a document |
| 3 sources |
| Name | Years | Basis | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7200AA18CA00021 (cooperative agreement, FY2018) | 2020 to 2021 | Stated in a document | 6 sources |
| Name | Years | Basis | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) | 2020 to 2021 | Stated in a document | 6 sources |
| USAID. Bur. for Development, Democracy, and Innovation. Innovation, Technology, and Research Hub (DDI/ITR) | 2020 to 2021 | Stated in a document | 3 sources |
Sector profile (computed): Higher education, universities and scholarships 56%; Basic education (early childhood, primary, secondary, literacy, teachers) 9%; Protection, assistance and solutions (relief, refugees, displaced) 8%
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Program key awd:7200AA18CA00021