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REQUEST FOR APPLICATIONS (RFA) for Higher Education for Innovation and Growth (HEIG) Activity

REQUEST FOR APPLICATIONS (RFA) for Higher Education for Innovation and Growth (HEIG) Activity

Request for Applications

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The Higher Education for Innovation and Growth (HEIG) Activity is seeking applicants to develop effective, demand-driven partnerships between Jordanian HEIs and private-sector organizations under the Digital Growth and Security Cluster.

Purpose

The purpose of this RFA is to invite applicants to develop effective, demand-driven partnerships between Jordanian HEIs and private-sector organizations under the Digital Growth and Security Cluster. These partnerships should address verified digital skills, workforce readiness, productivity, or innovation gaps by embedding employer demand into HEI teaching, applied research, work-integrated learning, and student transition pathways. 

Priority will be given to proposals that translate private-sector needs into practical HEI-led or HEI-supported interventions, including illustratively curriculum modernization, emerging technology training, work-based learning, internships, applied research, prototyping, digital transformation solutions, career readiness models, and scalable HEI–industry collaboration mechanisms. 

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

June 23, 2026.

How to submit proposals

  1. Submit proposals to grants.heig@irex.org with the subject line “IREX/HEIG/RFA/007/2026 – [Your Organization Name] Application Submission

Questions?

Questions regarding the RFA should be submitted to grants.heig@irex.org by June 12, 2026.