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<title>Train AI, get paid like an expert — Mercor expert pools open to credentialed diaspora professionals</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<description>[Open — rolling; applications run through the pool links on the Train AI page] Mercor hires credentialed experts — clinicians, engineers, writers, finance professionals, lawyers, and language experts including Swahili — to train AI on contract. Apply once, take a ~20-minute AI interview, and get matched to paid projects. Rates listed by Mercor: domain experts typically $80–$175/hr, the Machine Learning pool listing at $70–$100/hr, top experts to $450/hr. Ni Biashara's Train AI page carries the pools, the steps and the full referral disclosure.</description>
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<title>DV-2027 Diversity Visa — registration not open yet; announcement due by Oct 29</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<description>[Not yet open — announcement due Oct 29, 2026; entry expected to open Nov 1, 2026 (court-ordered)] The official entry site states entries are not being accepted at this time (verified Oct 22, 2026). A federal court has ordered the State Department to announce the registration period by Oct 29, 2026 and open entry by Nov 1, 2026 for at least 30 days. When it opens, entry is only through dvprogram.state.gov, with a $1 entry fee and a passport requirement under the Department's announced changes. Deadline: 2026-11-01.</description>
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<title>Frisco ISD RFP 889-2026-05-32 — Extended Open Non-Professional Service Providers, Phase 3</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<description>[Open — closes Dec 4, 2026, 12:00 PM CT] Multi-award open pool for non-professional service providers; professional development and training are in scope. Submissions close Friday, December 4, 2026 at 12:00 PM CT. Questions cutoff: October 30, 2026 at 12:00 PM CT. Responses run through the district's IonWave (Euna Procurement) portal; vendor registration is required. Deadline: 2026-12-04.</description>
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<title>Frisco ISD RFP 890-2026-05-32 — Technology Equipment, Products, Services &amp; Related Items, Phase 3</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<description>[Open — closes Dec 4, 2026, 12:00 PM CT] The technology sibling of RFP 889: an open, multi-award pool for technology equipment, products and services. Same portal (IonWave), same dates — submissions close Friday, December 4, 2026 at 12:00 PM CT; questions cutoff October 30, 2026 at 12:00 PM CT. Deadline: 2026-12-04.</description>
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<title>Humble ISD RFP 2026-104 — Educational and Consulting Services Pool</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<description>[Rolling — final consideration Apr 11, 2028] A rolling vendor pool for educational and consulting services, open for responses on a continuing basis with final consideration April 11, 2028. The packet requires general liability and workers compensation certificates, a conflict-of-interest questionnaire (CIQ), a W-9, a felony conviction notification and background checks. Responses run through the district's IonWave portal. Deadline: 2028-04-11.</description>
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<title>Humble ISD RFP 2026-101 — Software, Subscriptions &amp; Web-Based Applications List</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<description>[Rolling — until Jul 17, 2028] A rolling approved-list solicitation for software, subscriptions and web-based applications, running until July 17, 2028. Requires a Schedule of Data, Form 1295, a W-9 and insurance. Note the district's own rule, printed on its portal: registering alone does not make you an approved vendor — you become approved by responding to a solicitation and being awarded. Deadline: 2028-07-17.</description>
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<title>Erasmus Mundus Joint Masters — 2027 intake applications via the programme catalogue</title>
<link>https://erasmus-plus.ec.europa.eu/opportunities/individuals/students/erasmus-mundus-joint-masters</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<description>[Open — windows are per-programme; start from the catalogue] Fully funded joint master's degrees, each studied in at least two European countries. Students apply directly to the institution running their chosen programme through the Erasmus Mundus catalogue; a new batch of selected programmes is added each year, and each programme sets its own application window and deadline.</description>
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<title>DAAD EPOS — scholarships for development-related postgraduate courses in Germany</title>
<link>https://www.daad.de/en/information-services-for-higher-education-institutions/further-information-on-daad-programmes/epos/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<description>[Open — current call in the DAAD scholarship database; deadlines vary by course] DAAD's EPOS programme funds development-related postgraduate courses in Germany for professionals from developing and emerging countries. The current call for applications lives in the DAAD scholarship database; deadlines are set per course, and the courses themselves re-qualify through a regular selection process.</description>
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<title>Texas HUB certification + Centralized Master Bidders List (CMBL) registration</title>
<link>https://comptroller.texas.gov/purchasing/vendor/hub/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<description>[Rolling — free] Free, rolling state registration that makes a small business visible to Texas public buyers: Historically Underutilized Business (HUB) certification through the Comptroller, plus listing on the Centralized Master Bidders List that state agencies and districts pull vendor names from.</description>
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<title>TIPS cooperative — vendor registration (The Interlocal Purchasing System)</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<description>[Rolling] Registration for vendors who want to sell through The Interlocal Purchasing System, a national purchasing cooperative: one competitively awarded contract lets member agencies, school districts and municipalities buy without running their own bid each time. Vendor registration and solicitations run through the TIPS eBid system.</description>
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<title>Mandela Washington Fellowship — 2027 Reciprocal Exchange component applications open</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<description>[Open — announced Oct 21, 2026; deadline on the application page] The fellowship announced on October 21, 2026 that applications for the 2027 Reciprocal Exchange component are now open. The component is the fellowship's two-way lane: U.S. professionals collaborating with Mandela Washington Fellowship alumni. Details and the deadline are on the application page.</description>
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