Project Grant SIS70023GR0045

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has awarded a 5-year, $6,000,000 Cooperative Agreement to Middle East Education Through Technology (MEET) under the USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas (CFDA 98.001) program. The Education2Action (E2A) program seeks to create a network of entrepreneurial peacemakers equipped with skills, opportunities, and motivation to address high-impact challenges in and between Palestinian and Israeli communities. The program will directly...

The Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs awarded a $124,403 Project Grant under the ECA – American Spaces federal grant program (CFDA 19.441) to bring together 400 pairs of Jewish and Arab students in Israel's higher education institutions. The grant funding will support shared experiential learning in Hebrew and Arabic between the 800 students through December 2022. As authorized by the Fulbright-Hays Act, the ECA – American Spaces program aims to provide free and open...

The Department of State Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs awarded $207,978.02 to America-Mideast Educational And Training Services, Inc. (Amideast) through the Investing in People in The Middle East and North Africa federal grant program to conduct the RUN THE PCELT English Language Teacher Professional Certification Training Program. Under this Project Grant awarded on September 1, 2021 with a completion date of June 30, 2023, Amideast will provide professional certification training for four...

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 Near Eastern Affairs awarded a $150,000 Project Grant to Histadrut The Working And Studying Youth, also known as Hanoar Haoved Vehalomed, under the Investing in People in The Middle East and North Africa federal grant program (CFDA 19.021). The grant will support a project to empower 100 Jewish and 100 Arab Israeli youth leaders to work together towards fair and safe working conditions for teenagers. The project aims to promote the program's objectives of...

The Department of State Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs awarded $481,262.07 under the Public Diplomacy Programs federal grant to develop and implement an English language curriculum and teacher training program in Lebanon. The Uspeak organization will deliver an English language course to 1,540 women in 62 clusters throughout Lebanon from July 2021 to July 2023. In addition to the core 6-month language instruction, the program includes leadership training and a 6-day teacher training. The...

The Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded a $125,000 cooperative agreement to World Vision Inc. from October 1, 2022 through July 31, 2023 under the AEECA/ESF PD Programs (CFDA 19.900). The purpose of the award is to build the professional capacity of English language teachers in Abkhazia, Georgia through training and development activities. The AEECA/ESF PD Programs aim to provide civil society and democracy building public diplomacy programs within Europe, Eurasia...

The Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded a $470,664 Project Grant under the American History and Civics Education program (CFDA 84.422) to the non-profit organization See Stories, located in Anchorage, Alaska. The grant funding will support a project titled "Anchored Histories Teacher Professional Development: Digital Storytelling Tools for Alaska Native & English Language Learner Students to Engage History, Civics, & the Power of Place." The project aims to...

The American Institute For Resource And Human Development, Inc. received a $109,060 Project Grant award from the Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education under the Overseas Programs - Group Projects Abroad federal grant program (CFDA 84.021). The grant will fund the development of a short-term curriculum for American educators focused on building cultural and linguistic understanding of daily life in Tanzania. Specifically, the institute will design and deliver a seminar program...

The American Institute For Resource And Human Development, Inc., a minority-owned nonprofit organization, received a $141,130 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education under the Overseas Programs - Group Projects Abroad program (CFDA 84.021). The grant funds the development and delivery of a short-term curriculum development seminar for American educators focused on "Understanding the Interplay of Environment and Culture Through Everyday...