Project Grant SID32022GR0077

This $299,637 cooperative agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of State Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs will develop the capacity of Madrassah and Pesantren English language educators in Indonesia through a scalable multi-stage cascade training program model. The World Learning Inc. will deliver teacher training services to improve student learning outcomes in Indonesia under the Department's $299,637 East Asia and Pacific Grants Program (CFDA 19.124). This program supports the...

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 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...

This $125,804 federal Project Grant award was made by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education under the Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad (CFDA 84.021) program. The grant supports an "Advanced Overseas Intensive Indonesian Language Training Project" at Northern Illinois University (NIU) from August 2024 to January 2026. The key products and services to be delivered under this award include overseas language and cultural immersion activities for...

The U.S. Department of State, through the Public Diplomacy Programs grant under CFDA 19.040, has awarded a $250,000 Cooperative Agreement to The Asia Foundation to conduct the 2024 YSEALI Regional Workshop in Indonesia. This one-year award, effective October 1, 2023, will support the achievement of U.S. foreign policy goals by engaging with young Southeast Asian leaders and strengthening people-to-people ties. The Asia Foundation, a non-profit international development organization, will deliver...

The Department of State Bureau of Democracy Human Rights and Labor awarded a $740,740 Project Grant to East-West Management Institute Inc. under the International Programs to Support Democracy, Human Rights and Labor federal grant program (CFDA 19.345). The grant will fund efforts to improve public understanding in Malaysia that protecting freedom of expression and an open information environment enables diverse opinions and a stronger democracy. East-West Management Institute Inc. will...

This $476,822 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of English Language Acquisition (CFDA 84.365 - English Language Acquisition State Grants) will fund the "LEOTEACH Bilingual Educator Advancement and Certification Opportunity Network for Paraprofessionals in Texas (LEOTEACH BEACON)" program at East Texas A&M University. The program aims to develop professional development initiatives that will increase the number of bilingual and multilingual...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) provides $300,000 to Rutgers, The State University to lay the groundwork for new paradigms of responsible design, development, and deployment of artificial intelligence (AI)-powered writing tools. The key products and services to be delivered include: Clear and accessible articulations of the research methods and challenges for design-oriented AI as it applies to writing...

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 Department of State Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs awarded Battery Dance Corporation $117,805.62 under the Public Diplomacy Programs federal grant to support an arts education program in Indonesia from September 2021 through December 2023. The program will deliver a mix of staged performances and high-impact social engagement activities targeting youth and professionals in five Indonesian cities—Jakarta, Serang, Palu, Lombok, and Makassar. The Public Diplomacy Programs grant...