Cooperative Agreement SECAGD17CA1013

The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs has awarded a $9,782,228 Cooperative Agreement to American Councils for International Education: ACTR / ACCELS, Inc. to administer the FY25 Critical Language Scholarship (CFDA 19.009 - Academic Exchange Programs - Undergraduate Programs) from November 2024 through October 2027. The Critical Language Scholarship program provides intensive overseas language and cultural immersion programs to U.S. students to expand the...

The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs awarded a $500,000 Cooperative Agreement to American Councils for International Education: ACTR/ACCELS, Inc. under the AEECA/ESF Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.900). The grant, titled "English Speaking Nation Teacher Leadership Training (ESN:TLT)," aims to improve the quality of English language education by encouraging teacher leadership and skill-building among ESN teachers and U.S. government-funded program...

The Department of State Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs awarded Teachers College Columbia University a $300,000 Project Grant under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) to continue strengthening English language programming with the Algerian Ministry of Higher Education from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2024. The grant will support Teachers College Columbia University providing English language instruction and related programming to further the Public Diplomacy Programs' goal of...

The Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs awarded a $9.4 million cooperative agreement to American Councils For International Education: Actr/Accels, Inc. to support the Academic Exchange Programs - Undergraduate Programs (CFDA 19.009) from November 2021 through September 2023. As authorized by the Fulbright-Hays Act, the Academic Exchange Programs - Undergraduate Programs seeks to increase mutual understanding between the United States and other countries through...

The U.S. Department of State, through its AEECA/ESF Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.900), awarded a $1,499,999 Cooperative Agreement to World Learning Inc. to prepare at least 200 early-career English-language teachers from Central Asian countries to teach quality English language programming for adult and youth audiences. The award date is July 31, 2024, with a completion date of July 31, 2026. Under this Cooperative Agreement, World Learning Inc. will manage the C5 + ONE (Opening Networks...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award of $8,394,580.00 from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs supports the National Security Language Initiative for Youth (NSLI-Y) program (CFDA 19.415). The NSLI-Y program aims to teach strategic languages to American youth, foster international dialogue, and build long-term global relationships. The primary awardee, American Councils for International Education, will administer the program, which includes student...

The Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs awarded IREX a $9.7 million cooperative agreement under the Academic Exchange Programs - Teachers (CFDA 19.408) program. The award will support the Fulbright Teacher Program from December 2021 through September 2026. IREX will design and host professional development programs for approximately 165 international educators at 10 U.S. universities and one organization in Uruguay under subawards totaling $391,000. Subawardees will...

The Department of State Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs awarded a $195,790.94 cooperative agreement to Teachers Of English To Speakers Of Other Languages (TESOL) on September 30, 2021 to engage English trainers from state governments in India to use student-centered practices in their classrooms. The trainers will work to improve the quality of English instruction in government schools through September 30, 2022. This award supports the Department of State's Public Diplomacy Programs...

The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education has awarded a $529,351 Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad (CFDA 84.021) Block Grant to American Councils for International Education: ACTR/ACCELS, Inc. The grant will fund 30 fellowships for participants in the organization's Taiwan Intensive Summer and Semester Language Programs (TISLP). This project aims to enhance modern foreign language and area studies education in the United States by supporting overseas training,...

Under this $6,100,000 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (CFDA 19.408 - Academic Exchange Programs - Teachers), the recipient International Research and Exchanges Board Inc. (IREX) will be responsible for implementing the Fulbright Teacher Exchanges, a suite of exchange programs for U.S. and international K-12 educators. The award, with a performance period from December 16, 2024 to September 30, 2029, will fund activities...