FY 2024 English Language Fellow, Specialist, and Virtual Educator Program
Closed Posted
- Opportunity number
- SFOP0010149
- Agency
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Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs
Department of State
- Applications due
- Award size
- $15,000,000 to $20,000,000
Opportunity facts
- Assistance listings
- Funding instrument
- Cooperative Agreement
- Category
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- Other
- Eligible applicants
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- Higher Education Inst. (Public)
- Higher Education Inst. (Private)
- 501(c)(3) Nonprofits
- Full announcement
Opportunity details come from Grants.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs seeks proposals to administer the English Language Fellow, Specialist, and Virtual Educator Program through a cooperative agreement award. Applicants must be U.S. nonprofit organizations with at least four years of experience managing international exchange programs. The program will support approximately 620 participants over five years through U.S. embassy-designated projects exchanging English language educators globally. Proposals will be evaluated based on how completely applicants address indicators in the provided Performance Monitoring Plan template to assess outcomes. The deadline for applications is February 5, 2024.
The award amount is $20 million pending FY2024 appropriations to fund approximately 220 Fellows, 250 Specialists, and 150 Virtual Educators. Program participants will be placed in teaching and training roles abroad with the goal of advancing cross-cultural competence through English language and cultural exchange. Recipients must collect and report performance data according to the Mode Framework and submit financial and progress reports annually.
Synopsis
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Update #2 · Latest ·
The Office of English Language Programs of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) announces an open competition for proposals to advance ECA's objectives by improving English teaching capacity around the world and enhancing mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries through exchanges of U.S. English language educators to all regions of the world.The English Language (EL) Fellow, Specialist, and Virtual Educator Program builds bridges of mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries through exchanges of U.S. English language educators. Through U.S. embassy-designated projects, EL Fellows, Specialists, and Virtual Educators share their expertise, build English teaching capacity abroad, hone their skills, and gain international experience. Only one proposal will be considered by ECA from each applicant organization. In cases where more than one submission from an applicant appears in grants.gov, ECA will only consider the submission made closest in time to the NOFO deadline; that submission would constitute the one and only proposal ECA would review from that applicant. Please see the announcement for additional information.
Update #1 ·
The Office of English Language Programs of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) announces an open competition for proposals to advance ECA's objectives by improving English teaching capacity around the world and enhancing mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries through exchanges of U.S. English language educators to all regions of the world. The English Language (EL) Fellow, Specialist, and Virtual Educator Program builds bridges of mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries through exchanges of U.S. English language educators. Through U.S. embassy-designated projects, EL Fellows, Specialists, and Virtual Educators share their expertise, build English teaching capacity abroad, hone their skills, and gain international experience. Only one proposal will be considered by ECA from each applicant organization. In cases where more than one submission from an applicant appears in grants.gov, ECA will only consider the submission made closest in time to the NOFO deadline; that submission would constitute the one and only proposal ECA would review from that applicant. Please see the announcement for additional information.
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| Performance Monitoring Plan_2-1-2023.pdf | ||
| Performance Monitoring Plan_2-1-2023.docx | DOCX document | |
| FY24 ELFSVEP NOFO.pdf |
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