The Vietnam Education Foundation 2011 Annual Report

Annual Report 2011 Page 215
APPENDIX 26:
MOU TEMPLATE WITH VEF ALLIANCE SCHOOLS AS OF MARCH 2011
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MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
VIETNAM EDUCATION FOUNDATION (WWW.VEF.GOV)
EXCHANGE PROGRAMS
(FELLOWS, VISITING SCHOLARS, U.S. FACULTY SCHOLARS)
AT
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(Name of University)
Whereas the Vietnam Education Foundation (“VEF”) is a U.S. Federal Government independent agency and is a
special Congressional initiative to bring Vietnam and the United States (“U.S.”) closer through educational
exchanges in the sciences (natural, physical, and environmental), mathematics, medicine, and technology
(including information technology);
Whereas VEF has the full support of the U.S. National Academies to identify and select the best Vietnamese
scholars for graduate studies in the U.S. (“VEF Fellows”) and for professional development programs in the U.S.
(“VEF Visiting Scholars”), and to identify and select the best American scholars for teaching programs at
Vietnamese universities ("VEF U.S. Faculty Scholars");
Whereas VEF has successfully placed nearly 350 Fellows and almost 30 Visiting Scholars at more than 80
leading universities across the U.S. and nearly 15 U.S. Faculty Scholars at over 10 universities in Vietnam;
Whereas VEF has a legislative mandate to seek cost sharing with U.S. universities for its programs;
Whereas VEF aims to establish a consortium of U.S. universities (“Alliance Schools”) that support the mission of
VEF;
Whereas the U.S. University named above (“School”) desires to have the most qualified graduate students and
post-doctoral scholars from diverse backgrounds and nationalities and desires to encourage international
opportunities for its professors;
Whereas the School supports international exchanges in education and research, and better relations between the
U.S. and other nations;
Therefore, VEF and the School (“Parties”) agree on the following: