REQUEST FOR APPLICATIONS (RFA) for Higher Education for Innovation and Growth (HEIG) Activity
The Higher Education for Innovation and Growth (HEIG) Activity is seeking industry ecosystem actors to develop proposals to assume comprehensive responsibility for the operationalization and implementation of the Digital Growth and Security Cluster.
Purpose
The purpose of this RFA is to invite industry ecosystem actor applicants to develop proposals to assume comprehensive responsibility for the operationalization and implementation of the Digital Growth and Security (DGS) Cluster, inclusive of the Catalyst University partnership described above and in Annex 3, as a subaward, and suggested names of two additional beneficiary Higher Education Institutions, and in line with HEIG Activity objectives:
- HEI Engagement, Selection and Catalyst University Integration
- Cluster Governance and Operations
- Private Sector Engagement and Active Participation
- Partnership Facilitation and Pipeline Development
- Digital Matchmaking and Knowledge Exchange
- Sustainability and Exit Planning
- HEIG Oversight and Quality Assurance
See the Request for Applications document for more information about these objectives.
Eligibility requirements
The applicant/application must meet the following requirements:
- Be officially registered and working in compliance with all applicable civil and fiscal regulations, including, but not limited to pertinent local laws and status.
- Be officially registered as a legal entity in Jordan and working in compliance with all applicable local laws. An applicant can show proof of effort to secure registration.
- Be operational in Jordan for at least 2 years.
- Meet the program’s technical objectives and principles.
- Proposal contains expected outcomes and results consistent with and linked to the project’s objectives.
- Applicant is not a debarred organization.
- Must demonstrate financial and operational capacity to manage funds.
- Received a U.S. government Unique Entity ID (UEI) from SAM.gov or receive a UEI prior to the expected state date of the subaward, if selected.
Deadline
May 29, 2026.
How to submit proposals
- Submit proposals to grants.heig@irex.org with the subject line “IREX/HEIG/RFA/006/2026 – [Your Organization Name] Application Submission
Questions?
Questions regarding the RFA should be submitted to grants.heig@irex.org by May 18, 2026.