Cooperative Agreement SECAGD24CA0513

The US Agency for International Development Vietnam awarded an $11,028,000 cooperative agreement under the USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas (CFDA 98.001) federal grant program to Education Development Center, Inc. to establish a Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (YSEALI) Mekong Program. The award period is from September 15, 2022 through September 14, 2025. Under this cooperative agreement, Education Development Center, Inc. will enhance the capacity of Vietnam National...

The University of Montana received a $2,665,127 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (CFDA 84.422 American History and Civics Education) to implement the "FROM FOUNDING TO FUTURE: CIVIC EDUCATION FOR AMERICA 250" program. The project, running from October 1, 2025 to September 30, 2026, will develop innovative educational initiatives to enhance the teaching and learning of American history, civics, and government in...

The Department of State Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs awarded a $250,000 cooperative agreement to the Wedu (Thailand) Foundation to implement the 2023 U.S.-ASEAN Women's Leadership Academy for YSEALI for Southeast Asian young leaders working on environmental issues. This award will support the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) objective of informing and influencing foreign publics and expanding relationships between people to advance U.S. foreign policy goals from October 1,...

The University of Massachusetts-Boston will provide professional fellowship programs totaling $696,428 under a Cooperative Agreement awarded by the Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. As part of the Academic Exchange Programs - Graduate Students program (CFDA 19.400), UMass-Boston will support graduate students and scholars through the Professional Fellows Program from July 2022 through December 2023. The Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs seeks to increase...

The Department of State Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs awarded World Learning Inc. a $255,000 cooperative agreement under the Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs Appropriation Overseas Grants (CFDA 19.022) program. The funding supports World Learning to carry out the 2022 YSEALI Regional Workshop: Marine Warriors in Nha Trang City, Khanh Hoa Province, Vietnam from October 1, 2021 through June 30, 2023. As part of the Bureau's mandate to support educational and cultural...

This $250,000 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs is intended to support Kenan Foundation Asia, a non-profit organization based in Thailand, in organizing and implementing a regional workshop for members of the Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (YSEALI). The workshop will focus on equipping YSEALI members with AI technology skills to drive social change across Southeast Asia. The grant, funded through the Public...

The Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs awarded a $319,855 cooperative agreement to the Biji-Biji Initiative of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to design, implement, and oversee the 2022 Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative Summit in Brunei Darussalam. The summit, taking place under the federal Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs Appropriation Overseas Grants (CFDA 19.022), will gather alumni of the Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative to discuss a green recovery...

The Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs awarded a $14,377 project grant to support the 2023 Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) Mandela Washington Fellowship program in Zimbabwe. The grant was awarded on May 1, 2023 with a completion date of December 31, 2023. Under the Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs Appropriation Overseas Grants program (CFDA 19.022), the funding will support the YALI Mandela Washington Fellowship, which provides leadership training,...

The Department of State Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs awarded a $250,000 cooperative agreement to Cultural Vistas, Inc. to develop and implement a five-day Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative regional workshop in Malaysia. The workshop aims to foster the implementation of diversity and inclusion practices within ASEAN communities and organizations. The award was made under the agency's Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) to support the achievement of U.S. foreign policy goals...

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...