About GPRS
Global Partnerships and Research Services ensures WSU international research proposals are competitive and provides critical management and administrative support.
Capabilities
From Afghanistan to Uganda to Indonesia, the Global Partnerships and Research Services team has successfully established offices overseas across a range of contexts and operating environments. The team includes fiscal specialists who excel at managing funds in international contexts and travel specialists who have decades of experience booking and coordinating international travel arrangements. Whether it is supporting a visiting international researcher or establishing an international NGO, the GPRS team has established competencies in navigating the complexities of international collaborations.
Training
Global Partnerships and Research Services has in-house capacity to design and operationalize Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) systems for projects and programs. The team also has a depth of experience in building capacity both on and off WSU’s campuses through face-to-face workshops and virtual advising.
Pre-award support
GPRS provides pre-award management of international projects (finding partners, proposal development, translation of solicitations).
Post-award support
GPRS provides expert post-award management of international projects, including general grant management, MEL, fiscal support, setting up overseas offices, partner/funder communications, report writing, and logistical support on and off campus.
GPRS projects
| Project | Award | Year | Funder | Partner(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University Partnership Program | $126K | January 2024-March 2025 | U.S. Department of State/U.S. Embassy Serbia | University of Novi Sad, Department of Journalism, Serbia |
| Train-the Trainer Workshop in Hyderabad, India | $15K | 2023 | U.S. Department of State/Office of Public Affairs | |
| Tanzania: Economic Growth Participating Agency Service Agreement | $6.3M | 2015-23 | USDA-FAS | USAID/Tanzania Economic Growth Office |
| Pakistan: Center for Advanced Studies in Food Security and Agriculture at the University of Agriculture-Faisalabad | $1.1M | 2016-17 | USAID | University of California, Davis |
| Colombia: Building Capacity for Research and Extension at Universidad de la Salle | $60K | 2016-17 | Department of State | New Mexico State University, University of California, Davis |
| Afghanistan: Agricultural Extension Project II | $4.5M | 2014-17 | USAID | University of Maryland, Texas A&M University, Purdue University, University of California, Davis, Afghan Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation, and Livestock |
| Algeria: Bee Breeding | $32K | 2014-17 | USDA-FAS | Institute Technique des Elevages (ITELV), Algeria |
| Morocco: Fire Blight Disease Affecting Production of Apples and Pears | $32K | 2014-16 | USDA-FAS | |
| Afghanistan: Agricultural University Faculty Strengthening | $895K | 2011-16 | USAID | Purdue University |
| Afghanistan: eQuality Alliances with Afghanistan public universities | $8.0M | 2011-16 | USAID | Kabul University |
| Rwanda: Women’s Leadership Program in Agriculture at the University of Rwanda | $75K | 2012-15 | USAID | Michigan State University, Ministry of Education, University of Rwanda, Higher Education for Development |
| Ukraine: Ukraine Agricultural Cooperatives | $54K | 2012-14 | USDA-FAS | |
| Afghanistan: Agricultural Extension Project | $3.1M | 2011-14 | USDA-FAS | University of Maryland, Purdue University, University of California, Davis |
| Mauritania: Food Security and Climate Change | $70K | 2011-12 | USDA-FAS | |
| Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda: School Gardens Program in Congo and Rwanda | $53K | 2010-11 | USDA-FAS | |
| Iraq: Agricultural Extension Revitalization | $855K | 2007-11 | USDA-FAS | Texas A&M University, Utah State University |
| Georgia: Modernization of the Georgian Agrarian University | $208K | 2005-10 | USDA-FAS | |
| Ecuador: Youth Leadership Program | $218K | 2007-08 | Department of State | ALLPA Ecological Regeneration Institute |
| Malawi: Community-based Management of Chia Lagoon Watershed | $2.1M | 2004-07 | USAID | |
| Tanzania and Malawi: Dry Bean-Cowpea Collaborative Research Support | $3.9M | 1980-2007 | USAID | Michigan State University |
| Uzbekistan:Education Capacity Building in Water and Environmental Policy Analysis for Uzbekistan and Central Asia | $300K | 2002-05 | Department of State | |
| China: International American Studies Degree Program Development | $119K | 2002-05 | Department of State | |
| Jordan: Skills Enhancement and Support to Decision-makers in Jordan’s Water Sector | $1.9M | 2000-05 | USAID | |
| Zambia: Small-scale Irrigation Food Security Program | $235K | 2003-04 | USAID | NCBA CLUSA |
| Armenia: Marketing Assistance Project | $490K | 2002-04 | USDA | |
| Malawi: Agroforestry Extension Project | $6.9M | 1992-2004 | USAID | |
| Uzbekistan and Central Asia Region: Partnership for Environmental Protection and Integrated Water Management | $100K | 2000-03 | USAID | |
| Mali: Animal Productivity and Export Project | $10.8M | 1992-98 | USAID | |
| Russia: Krasnoyarsk Small and Medium Enterprise Development | $2.4M | 1994-97 | USAID | |
| Kenya: Small Ruminant Restricted Pox Vectored Vaccine | $132K | 1991-95 | USAID | |
| Morocco and Burkina Faso: Analysis of Land and Water Resources Technology in Rain-fed Crop and Livestock Systems | $450K | 1991-95 | USDA | |
| Romania: Management Training and Economics Education in Central and Eastern Europe | $1.6M | 1990-94 | USAID | University of Washington |
| Morocco: Dryland Agricultural Applied Research Program | $1.0M | 1990-94 | USAID | University of Nebraska |
| Cameroon: Agricultural Planning and Policy Project | $11.0M | 1988-93 | USAID | |
| Mali: Livestock Sector Project (Phase III) | $454K | 1991-92 | USAID | |
| Malawi: Agricultural Research and Extension Project | $8.0M | 1986-92 | USAID | Oregon State University |
| Jordan: National Agricultural Development Project | $9.1M | 1986-91 | USAID | |
| Zimbabwe: Development of Synthetic Peptide Vaccine Against Bovine Anaplasmosis | $150K | 1987-90 | USAID | |
| Pakistan: Irrigation Systems Management Research Project | $902K | 1984-90 | USAID | University of Idaho |
| Kenya: Small Ruminant Collaborative Research Support Program | $2.2M | 1978-90 | USAID | |
| Lesotho: Farming Systems Research Project | $9.6M | 1979-86 | USAID | |
| Jordan: Valley Agricultural Services Project | $5.5M | 1979-86 | USAID | |
| Indonesia: Eastern Islands Agricultural Education Project | $5.4M | 1979-84 | USAID | |
| Jordan: University of Jordan, College of Agricultural Development | $2.2M | 1975-79 | USAID |