FY 2025 Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program
Closed Posted
- Opportunity number
- SFOP0010328
- Agency
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Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs
Department of State
- Applications due
- Award size
- $8,990,000
Opportunity facts
- Assistance listings
- Funding instrument
- Cooperative Agreement
- Category
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- Other
- Eligible applicants
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- Higher Education Inst. (Private)
- Higher Education Inst. (Public)
- 501(c)(3) Nonprofits
- Full announcement
Opportunity details come from Grants.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) is seeking proposals to administer the FY 2025 Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program. The CLS Program provides funding for approximately 522 U.S. undergraduate and graduate students to study critical foreign languages through intensive overseas language institutes and virtual programming. The program aims to increase the number of Americans learning critical languages to support U.S. foreign policy goals related to national security, economic competitiveness, and mutual understanding. Eligible applicants include U.S. public and private academic and cultural institutions, exchange-of-persons, and other not-for-profit organizations. Only one proposal will be considered from each applicant organization, and the deadline for submissions is June 3, 2024.
The total funding available for the FY 2025 CLS Program award is up to $8,990,000, which will support programming for all CLS alumni since the program's inception in 2006. The program will be implemented both through overseas language institutes and virtual programming, with the location of language study being where the target languages are widely spoken.
Synopsis
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Update #2 · Latest ·
The U.S. Study Abroad Branch (ECA/A/S/Q) in the Office of Global Educational Programs in the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA), U.S. Department of State, is pleased to announce an open competition for proposals to administer the FY 2025 Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program. The CLS Program is a component of the U.S. Department of State's effort to increase the number of Americans who learn critical foreign languages in support of the U.S. foreign policy goals of bolstering national security; promoting U.S. competitiveness and economic prosperity; and building mutual understanding with critical regions of the world.
The CLS Program started in 2006 as part of the interagency National Security Language Initiative. The award will fund approximately 522 U.S. undergraduate and graduate students to study critical languages through intensive overseas language institutes organized on behalf of ECA, in countries and locations where the target languages are widely spoken and through virtual programming. The award supports programming for all CLS alumni since the program's inception in 2006.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 NOFO for additional information.
Update #1 ·
The U.S. Study Abroad Branch (ECA/A/S/Q) in the Office of Global Educational Programs in the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA), U.S. Department of State, is pleased to announce an open competition for proposals to administer the FY 2025 Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program. The CLS Program is a component of the U.S. Department of State's effort to increase the number of Americans who learn critical foreign languages in support of the U.S. foreign policy goals of bolstering national security; promoting U.S. competitiveness and economic prosperity; and building mutual understanding with critical regions of the world. The CLS Program started in 2006 as part of the interagency National Security Language Initiative. The award will fund approximately 522 U.S. undergraduate and graduate students to study critical languages through intensive overseas language institutes organized on behalf of ECA, in countries and locations where the target languages are widely spoken and through virtual programming. The award supports programming for all CLS alumni since the program's inception in 2006. 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 NOFO for additional information.
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
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| Performance Monitoring Plan_2-24.pdf | ||
| Performance Monitoring Plan_2-24.docx | DOCX document | |
| CLS FY 25 NOFO.pdf |
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