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Contract Signing                              
 

Phase I:
Selection/Preparation of Mali Scholarship Recipients

                               

Recruit and Select Scholarship Recipients

                             

Mentor Teams Meet with Scholarship Recipients

                         

Two New Mentors Visit Mali

                             

Scholarship Recipients' Weekly Reports to Mentor Teams - Footnote 1

                         

Visit by Other Mentors on Collaborative USDA Grant

                           

Arrange Homestay Accommodations for Mali Scholarship Recipients 

                           
 

Phase II:
US Scholarships

                               

Actual Homestay for All Scholarship Recipients

                       

Predeparture / Intensive English Training of Scholarship Recipients in Mali

                             

Scholarship Recipients Travel to Bozeman

                             

Orientation

                             

Holistic Workshop Part I

                             

Laboratory Training / Research

                         

Communications Training

                         

Montana State Univ.  - Bozeman

                               

Semester Number 1 - Footnote 2

                           

Semester Number 2 - Footnote 3

                           

Univ. of St Thomas  - St Paul, MN

                               

Semester Number 1 - Footnote 2

                           

Semester Number 2 - Footnote 3

                           

CDC - Atlanta Externship - Footnote 3

                             

UC - Davis Fall Quarter - Footnote 2

                             

Scholarship Recipients Return to Bozeman

                             
 

Phase III:
Laboratory / Incubator Center / Curriculum / Dissemination Design / Implementation

                               

Holistic Workshop Part 2

                             

Grant Writing Workshop

                             

Field Portion of Tissue Culture Training

                             

Scholarship Recipients Depart for Mali

                           

Mali Mentors - Weekly Team Meetings

                       

Technical Meetings and Journal Club for Scholarship Recipients

                       

Set Up New Laboratories and Incubator Center

                         

Curriculum Design

                     

Curriculum Implementation

                       

US Mentors to Mali (and Mentors on Collaborative USDA Grant)

                           

Phase IV:
Evaluation, Reporting, Dissemination
                               

Peer-refereed Journal Articles Drafting and Revisions

               

Annual Evaluations (In Mali in 2005 and 2007. In the US in 2006)

                         

Annual and Final Reports by Each Mentor Team

                         

Annual and Final Reports by Directors

                         

Presentations at National Professional Meetings

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Grant terminates                              

 
Foot Note 1:  CD and Web-based courses are available
Foot Note 2:  First semester at all three Institutions
Foot Note 3:  Second semester at MSU and UST
 
1310th May 2005

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