Project Grant SECAGD26GR0023
- The Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation will receive $1,862,373 under a Project Grant award from the Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs to support the 2022 Mansfield Fellowship Program. This funding is provided through the Professional and Cultural Exchange Programs - Citizen Exchanges federal grant program (CFDA 19.415), which aims to promote grassroots diplomacy and foster understanding through exchanges. Specifically, the Foundation will use the award to...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) awarded $1,143,250 to The Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation on September 30, 2025, under the Professional and Cultural Exchange Programs - Citizen Exchanges program (CFDA 19.415). This project grant, with a completion date of June 30, 2028, supports the FY 2025 Mansfield Fellowship Program, which facilitates professional and cultural exchange initiatives between the United States and...
- The Maureen And Mike Mansfield Foundation will receive $135,585 to implement a women's empowerment program through the U.S. Department of State Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs' Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) federal grant award. Fifteen university students from Japan, the Republic of Korea, and the United States will participate in virtual and in-person meetings from September 16, 2022 through November 30, 2023. The Public Diplomacy Programs aim to support U.S. foreign policy...
- Michigan State University was awarded a $662,325 cooperative agreement from the Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs under the Professional and Cultural Exchange Programs - Citizen Exchanges program (CFDA 19.415). The award will support the FY 2021 Professional Fellows Program through December 31, 2023. The Professional Fellows Program will utilize the funding to deliver citizen exchange activities including the American Film Showcase, American Music Abroad, Arts Envoy,...
- The Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs awarded a $165,000 cooperative agreement to Miscellaneous Foreign Awardees under the Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs Appropriation Overseas Grants (CFDA 19.022) program. The award will provide annual support funds to official American spaces in Mongolia from June 13, 2023 through September 30, 2024. The Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs Appropriation Overseas Grants program supports assistance awards made...
- 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 Educational and Cultural Affairs awarded $22 million to the Center for Cultural and Technical Interchange Between East and West, Inc. (East-West Center) on December 19, 2025, under the Cultural, Technical and Educational Centers program (CFDA 19.015). This award adds the third and final allotment of $7,352,625 in FY 2026 funding to support the organization's ongoing international exchanges and programs from June 1, 2026 through September 30, 2026, with...
- This $107,600 Project Grant from the Department of State Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, under the CFDA program "Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs Appropriation Overseas Grants," provides funding to the Foundation For Scholarly Exchange for academic advising, promotion of U.S. study, EducationUSA outreach, and Connect Your Future advising services in Taiwan from July 11, 2022 through June 30, 2023. The grant supports the awardee's delivery of advising and outreach...
- The Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs awarded a $100,000 cooperative agreement to Miscellaneous Foreign Awardees on June 25, 2026, under the Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs Appropriation Overseas Grants program (CFDA 19.022) to convene Pacific alumni and strengthen their leadership and collaboration with the United States on countering transnational crime that erodes U.S. and Pacific interests. The initiative, titled Young Pacific Leaders at Pacific...
- The Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs awarded a $29,037,800 project grant to the East-West Center to support its separate appropriation for fiscal year 2022. The grant was awarded on November 23, 2021 under the Cultural, Technical and Educational Centers program (CFDA 19.015) to achieve the objectives specified by Congress of increasing mutual understanding between the peoples of Asia, the Pacific, and the United States. As authorized by the Fulbright-Hays Act, the...
The Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs awarded The Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation $1,062,600 on August 12, 2026, to support the FY 2026 Mike Mansfield Fellowship Program under the Professional and Cultural Exchange Programs—Citizen Exchanges initiative (CFDA 19.415). The fellowship program facilitates professional and cultural exchanges between U.S. and foreign professionals to advance mutual understanding and U.S. foreign policy objectives. The program places U.S. federal officials in Japan for professional exchange and relationship-building, with a focus on strengthening U.S.-Asia relations and diplomatic engagement in the Indo-Pacific region. The Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation, a nonprofit organization based in Missoula, Montana, has consistently received federal grant awards from the State Department for citizen exchange initiatives. The foundation's prior grant-funded projects have encompassed women's empowerment initiatives, nuclear policy training for young scholars, cybersecurity capacity building, and leadership development exchanges. The award obligates $1,159,176 across a period of performance extending from August 12, 2026, through January 31, 2029. Work is performed in the United States. This Project Grant advances the State Department's Fulbright-Hays Act mandate to foster engagement and dialogue with citizens worldwide through educational and cultural exchange programs.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $1.1m | 8/12/26 |