Launched in 2015, the U.S.-Egypt Higher Education Initiative (HEI) provides scholarships to hundreds of talented women and men from underserved communities throughout Egypt to study at premier Egyptian and American universities in fields critical to Egypt’s sustained economic growth and development. This has resulted in a cadre of young professionals committed to Egypt’s long-term development goals, including self-reliance. Since the inception of this program, 686 men and women have received scholarships for undergraduate and graduate degrees. This program is conducted at a national level in partnership with the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research.