Founded in 1993 the Inter-American Organization for Higher Education is a leading association for the internationalization of higher education in the Americas.

The Inter-American Organization for Higher Education (IOHE), the Fundación Universitaria del Área Andina (FUAA) and the IOHE Foundation in Colombia, announce the fifth edition of the Inter-American Prize for Models of Educational Innovation in Higher Education (MEIN Award 2024) through the presentation of research results and case studies that bring together innovative practices within IOHE member higher education institutions (HEIs).

The 5th edition of the MEIN Award will be held virtually, from September 23 to 25, under the theme of “Use of artificial intelligence in higher education: Strategies, successes and challenges.”

Opportunity Summary
  • There is no registration fee required.
  • The first place project will receive a round-trip ticket to attend the next edition of the Conference of the Americas on International Education (CAEI-2025), to be held in San Jose, Costa Rica from October 15, 16 and 17, 2025.
  • Abstracts and full papers can be submitted in one of the four official IOHE languages: French, Spanish, Portuguese or English.
  • Two electronic publications will be produced with all of the works presented to the International Jury: A book with the results of the selected research projects, which will undergo external peer review, and a dissemination book containing the case studies gathering innovative practices.
Deadline
  • The competition will take place in two stages: The presentation of abstracts (Stage 1), during which a short list of research projects and case studies will be selected, with the authors invited to submit a complete detailed proposal and to present before an international jury (Stage 2).
  • Call for Abstracts is open currently, submissions due by May 24, 2024.
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MEIN Award 2024