Talent Mobility
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U.S. STEM 
Immigration Track
Thank you for your interest in submitting a grant proposal to the Talent Mobility Fund's U.S. STEM Immigration track. Before completing the grant proposal application, we strongly encourage you to first prepare a brief concept note and share it with Diane Rish, our Deputy Director & U.S. STEM Immigration Manager, for initial review and feedback. 

As you complete your grant proposal application, please keep the following considerations in mind:
  • TMF uses this rubric to evaluate grant proposals to the Fast Grants Challenge in the U.S. STEM Immigration Track. A successful proposal should address all of the listed bullets that apply to you as a grantee.
  • If you would like to see the complete list of questions contained in this grant application, please reference this PDF document.
  • Please note that information provided in your grant proposal application cannot be saved on this portal, thus your responses will not be saved as you progress through the grant proposal questionnaire. A copy of your completed submission will be saved to our records only after you submit your proposal.
  • We restrict word count for answers because we believe that is all the information we require in order to assess the viability of your proposal. 
  • Please feel free to upload other documents you'd like us to consider. However, please note that we expect the answers to stand on their own.
  • As you complete this application, please be aware that it is not necessary to repeat information in multiple sections. If you find that a question has already been addressed in another part of your proposal, you are welcome to simply reference that section. 
  • Upon submission of your grant proposal, TMF will send a copy of the completed application by email to the project lead you identified in the application.   
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Description

Alignment with Goals

A strong proposal will:

  1. Clearly demonstrate how the project will help facilitate talent mobility using pre-existing visa pathways, and/or
  2. Specifically increase the number of foreign-born experts in the U.S. in STEM fields or relevant sectors.

Criteria

Scalability and Impact Potential
Measurement of Success
Likelihood of Success

A strong proposal will:

  1. Illustrate the potential for scaling the project beyond the parameters of the grant being provided by TMF and/or
  2. Provide a clear vision of how the project could be expanded or replicated in different contexts.

A strong proposal will:

  1. Define a clear set of outcome indicators, both intermediate and final, that are relevant to the project's objectives and/or
  2. Describe a robust plan for how these indicators will be measured and the frequency of measurement, including, at a minimum, reporting on the number of either potential O-1, EB1-A, H-1B cap-exempt, or EB-2 NIW petition beneficiaries or J-1 Researcher status holders, or foreign-born STEM experts in other immigration categories, with which the grantee has interacted, shared information or helped or supported.

A strong proposal will:

  1. Provide a persuasive statement of the project's potential for success, considering both the current environment and foreseeable challenges.
  2. Demonstrate the team's expertise and resources to effectively implement and manage the project.
  3. Include risk assessment and contingency plans to address potential obstacles and uncertainties.