• To equip the next generation of research managers at public universities across Africa and Eurasia with the capabilities to build their institutions as leading research universities
• To assist UASP fellows in developing new knowledge, skills, and perspectives to strengthen and improve institutional research capacity and be catalysts of change
• To help ministry officials enhance their research management policies and communications with public universities in their home countries

• Human and institutional development: Following intensive training in Washington, DC, and a placement at a US Public University, UASP alumni create their own Implementation Plan with a view to implementing research management best practices at their home institutions. UASP provides coaching, technical assistance, and opportunities for seed funding for reform projects at participants’ home universities.
• Sustainable partnerships: UASP fellows, their US counterparts, and their institutions create collaborative partnerships that result in new ventures such as administrator and faculty exchanges, joint research papers, and the organization of international conferences.

• Between 2001 and 2015, UASP has supported 155 fellows from 14 countries across Eurasia and Africa.
• More than 60 leading universities across the US have hosted UASP fellows.
• Over 75% of alumni respondents maintain contact with their US host advisors, some for over a decade.
• The more than 80 reform projects launched in universities thanks to UASP have included the establishment of a college career service, the creation of a technology transfer center, the launch of a human resources management manual, and the development of an internationalization policy.

Carnegie Corporation of New York

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