The Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs awarded a $112,914 Project Grant to Alianza Cultural Uruguay Estados Unidos De America through the ECA – American Spaces program (CFDA 19.441). The grant funding will support 260 new and existing English and STEM course scholarships at the Binational Center in Uruguay from May 2021 through August 2022. As authorized by the Fulbright-Hays Act, the American Spaces program provides free and open access to U.S. resources and...
The Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs awarded $103,040 to Coligacao DAS Entidades De Educacao E Cultura Brasil - Estados Unidos through the ECA – American Spaces federal grant program (CFDA 19.441) on September 30, 2022 to enhance English language learning, promote American culture and values, and improve strategic programming, technology, media, and facilities at seven binational centers in Brazil through December 31, 2023. As authorized by the Fulbright-Hays Act,...
The Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs awarded a $108,200 Project Grant to Tatweer Baladna under the ECA – American Spaces program (CFDA 19.441). The grant aims to create U.S. cultural pop-up spaces for 195 youth aged 11 to 29 and 30 teachers in North Lebanon, with a focus on Akkar, Tripoli, and Koura regions. As authorized by the Fulbright-Hays Act, the American Spaces program provides free and open access to U.S. resources and programming to promote understanding...
The Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs awarded a $178,854 cooperative agreement to Women & Democracy NGO to provide administrative support services for programs and operations at the American Center in Maldives from September 2021 through February 2023. The award was made under the ECA – American Spaces federal grant program (CFDA 19.441), which supports cultural and information centers that provide free public access to resources about the United States. As...
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 South and Central Asian Affairs awarded a $116,900 cooperative agreement to Information And Resource Centers Pa to support programmatic activities at eight American Spaces in Kyrgyzstan from September 2022 through August 2023. Funded under the ECA – American Spaces federal grant program (CFDA 19.441), the award will support a national debate match, Space Week programs and workshops, STEM programming based on the program's five core pillars, as well as costs...
The Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded a $110,000 project grant to support American participation in the Visagino Country Music Festival in Lithuania. The grant was awarded under the Public Diplomacy Programs federal grant program (CFDA 19.040) to promote inclusion and share democratic values through cultural exchange in a majority Russian-speaking region. Specifically, the funding will support the Tarptautinio Muzikos Festivalio Visagino Country Centras in...
The Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs awarded a $132,358 Project Grant to the Coligacao DAS Entidades De Educacao E Cultura Brasil - Estados Unidos to implement improvements in technology, multimedia, design and strategic programming in science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics (STEAM), American culture and English language online learning at seven binational centers in Brazil. As authorized under the ECA – American Spaces program (CFDA 19.441), the...
The American Councils For International Education: Actr / Accels, Inc. will receive $212,619.09 through a Cooperative Agreement awarded by the Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs on October 1, 2022 to support the UNIVERSITY VIRTUAL PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM (UNIVIP). The program will deepen existing partnerships and expand connections between higher education institutions, faculty, and students in Russia through December 31, 2023. This award is funded through the Public...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) under the ECA - American Spaces program (CFDA 19.441) provides $109,537 to the University of West Bohemia in Pilsen, Czechia to modernize and furnish the American Center in Pilsen. The funding will align the American Center with the ECA's American look and feel for American Spaces, which are cultural and information centers that provide free public access to learn about the...