Institute Of International Education Inc.

Institute of International Education Inc., doing business as I I E, administers federal scholarship, fellowship, and educational exchange programs as a prime recipient of cooperative agreements and contracts from the Department of State and the Defense Human Resources Activity, operating as a non-profit organization headquartered in New York with no set-aside designations. IIE is overwhelmingly a prime awardee (98% of 465 recent awards) across federal grant and contract work, with minimal subcontractor presence.

IIE's federal footprint centers on Fulbright program administration and international educational exchange delivery. The Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs funds the bulk of IIE's activity—166 awards across the portfolio—spanning the Fulbright Student Program, Fulbright Scholar Program, Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program, Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program, EducationUSA Global Advising Program, and related academic exchange initiatives. IIE's two largest single awards are definitive contracts with the Defense Human Resources Activity: a $171.6 million contract awarded June 1, 2025, through May 31, 2030, for Boren Flagship Grants, Fellowships, and Scholarship Awards administration, and a preceding $155.6 million contract awarded March 30, 2023, covering Project Global Officer and Language Training Center grant management services. Recent State Department cooperative agreements include $20.1 million for FY2026 Fulbright Student Program administration (December 24, 2025), $8.5 million for the Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program (December 24, 2025), $6.1 million for the Fulbright Scholar Program (December 24, 2025), and $2.99 million for the EducationUSA Global Advising Program (January 22, 2026). The top five funding agencies by award count—State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (166 awards), USAID (56 awards, $59.5 million combined potential value), State Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs (35 awards), State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs (28 awards), and State Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs (24 awards)—account for 66% of awards. By dollar value, the Defense Human Resources Activity dominates with 9 awards totaling $477 million combined potential value, while USAID's Office of the Assistant Administrator brings $242.2 million across 4 awards.

IIE's service delivery sits primarily within educational program administration, professional development training, and educational support services. The vendor operates educational advising centers and coordinates scholar placement and monitoring across multiple geographic regions. On Defense contracts, IIE manages complex multi-institutional partnerships with universities including the University of Minnesota, University of Arizona, Bryn Mawr College, University of Georgia, University of Hawaii, Portland State University, University of Maryland College Park, Indiana University, and others to deliver scholarship administration, educational advising, and logistics. Across State Department grants, IIE coordinates Fulbright cohorts, processes applications, manages participant placement, facilitates visa compliance, and delivers enrichment programming worldwide. IIE operates as a sub-awardee in a small number of grants, including sub-award work under Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors (refugee student matching and placement, August 2024) and the Aspen Institute (virtual exchange programming in the Middle East and North Africa, April 2023).

Activity volume has remained relatively stable across the past five years, averaging 18 awards annually (2022–2024) with 20 awards (combined potential value $155.6 million) reaching ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months, representing moderate recompete exposure. SCI-reported invoicing across federal service contracts shows growth from $22.7 million in FY2022 (16.7 FTEs) to $67.6 million in FY2024 (23.3 FTEs), though SCI captures only a subset of IIE's federal services activity and excludes grants work. On SCI-reportable prime contracts, IIE has predominantly self-performed labor, with subcontractors accounting for approximately 10% of total contractor hours across the contracts in the dataset, using a mix of three named subcontractors for specialized support. Government-paid hourly rates on SCI-reported contracts range from a 10th percentile of $594.62/hr to a median of $783.04/hr and a 90th percentile of $2,318.21/hr, reflecting a mix of administrative and senior expert labor.