The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs awarded a $18,268,982 Cooperative Agreement under the Professional and Cultural Exchange Programs - Citizen Exchanges (CFDA 19.415) program to support the recruitment, selection, placement, and monitoring of approximately 733 foreign participants and 65 American participants in the YES Abroad program for an academic year. The prime awardee is American Councils for International Education: ACTR/ACCELS, Inc., a non-profit...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs under the Professional and Cultural Exchange Programs - Citizen Exchanges (CFDA 19.415) program will engage approximately 45 European and 10 American teenagers between the ages of 16 and 18 in a four-week, U.S.-based exchange program. The $268,082 award will reinforce the transatlantic relationship through this cultural exchange, which will take place between September 30, 2024 and...
The Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded a $200,000 cooperative agreement to World Learning Inc. under the AEECA/ESF PD Programs (Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia/European Security Fund Public Diplomacy Programs, CFDA 19.900) to provide a semester-long, non-degree exchange experience at diverse U.S. higher education institutions to four undergraduate students from Montenegro under the Global Undergraduate Exchange Program for the 2023-2024 academic...
This federal Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs under the Professional and Cultural Exchange Programs - Citizen Exchanges (CFDA 19.415) provides $716,900 in funding to support the activities of Youth For Understanding USA, Inc. (YFU USA), a non-profit organization specializing in international youth exchange programs. The award authorizes funding for YFU USA to facilitate educational and cultural exchanges that promote...
This $177,000 cooperative agreement from the Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs will provide Ukrainian undergraduate students with an academic exchange program in the United States from November 2021 through August 2023. The goal is to develop a cohort of emerging entrepreneurs and STEM innovators in Ukraine. The funding supports World Learning Inc.'s Academic Exchange Programs - Undergraduate Programs, as authorized by the Fulbright-Hays Act. This CFDA 19.009 program...
The Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education awarded a $544,077 Block Grant to the non-profit organization American Councils For International Education: Actr / Accels, Inc. (doing business as Actr / Accels) under the Overseas Programs - Group Projects Abroad (CFDA 84.021) program. The grant will provide Fulbright-Hays Fellowships to selected participants of American Councils' summer, semester, and academic year Regional Language and Area Studies Program (RLASP) in Almaty,...
The Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded a $4,004,820.34 cooperative agreement to Eurasia Foundation to foster and strengthen people-to-people ties through an academic, year-long exchange program for university-aged students. This award will support services under the AEECA/ESF PD Programs (Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia/European Security Fund Public Diplomacy Programs) CFDA #19.900, which provides civil society and democracy building public...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (CFDA 19.415 - Professional and Cultural Exchange Programs - Citizen Exchanges) provides $715,400 in funding to AFS-USA, Inc. to support the FY 2024 Congress Bundestag Youth Exchange (CBYX) program. The award period runs from July 23, 2024 through June 14, 2029. AFS-USA, Inc. is a non-profit organization that specializes in international educational and cultural exchange programs,...
The Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded a $15,000 Project Grant to American Councils For International Education: Actr / Accels, Inc. under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) federal grant program. The grant will support engagement of Slovak youth aged 15-18 from rural and urban areas in active learning about the role of civically engaged youth. American Councils For International Education: Actr / Accels, Inc. will deliver programming in Slovakia from...
The Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded a $575,000 Project Grant to American Councils For International Education: Actr/Accels, Inc. to support and supplement Education USA activities and operations from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2023. The grant funding supports public diplomacy programs within Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia delivered through the AEECA/ESF PD Programs (Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia/Europe and Eurasia Support Fund...