Higher Education Partnership Initiative (HEPI)

Background
USAID/Indonesia aims to engage locally based new and underutilized partners to expand and amplify the Agency’s work through and with higher education. The overall Agency NPI seeks to support partner countries’ progress on the Journey to Self-Reliance, achieve sustainable and resilient results, and catalyze more effective partnering for impact.

Grant Details
The purpose of the HEPI Activity is to (1) improve the ability of select Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM)-related programs of study in select Indonesian higher education institutions to meet international standards, and (2) enhance collaboration with select American HEIs to strengthen STEM-related degree(s) in order to provide Indonesian students with essential technical skills, critical thinking, soft skills, experiential learning, and internationally recognized certifications and credentials needed by local and international businesses in a digital age and the digital economy. The activity will advance USAID/Indonesia Intermediate Result (IR) 2.1: Workforce Productivity Increased of the CDCS.

Eligibility Requirements
USAID defines “Implementing Partners” as U.S. and non-U.S. non-governmental organizations that can design and implement assistance activities outside the United States. All Implementing Partners must be legally registered entities under applicable law and eligible under the relevant laws to receive funding from a foreign source.

Period of Performance
The anticipated period of performance of this activity is five (5) years.

Grant Value
Subject to the availability of funds, USAID/Indonesia anticipates supporting one or more awards of up to $6 million in total over the life of the award(s).

Place of Performance
The HEPI activity will operate nationally but give preference to partnering with HEIs and relevant partners in the eight CDCS priority provinces (DKI Jakarta, Banten, East Java, South Sulawesi, West Kalimantan, North Sumatra, East Nusa Tenggara, and Papua).