Deadline: 19-May-23
The Office of Global Educational Programs of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA), U.S. Department of State, announces an open competition for one cooperative agreement to administer the Office’s Fulbright Teacher Exchange Programs in Fiscal Year (FY) 2024.
Purpose
- Under this award, Fulbright Teacher Exchanges will support the Biden Administration’s National Security Strategy (NSS), the Department of State’s Joint Strategic Plan (JSP) and ECA’s Functional Bureau Strategy (FBS). Primary and secondary (K-12) educators have the potential for a tremendous force multiplier effect given their reach to students both in the U.S. and abroad. Following Fulbright exchanges, U.S. teachers can bring knowledge of foreign countries and cultures, global skills, best practices, and new pedagogies to back to their classrooms, schools, and communities.
- This prepares U.S. students for future success in an interconnected world and able to address global challenges. International Fulbright teachers come to the United States to augment their teaching and leadership skills through practicums with U.S. schools and seminars in all subject areas as well as media literacy, critical thinking, instructional technology, gender in education, and civic education. They return to their home communities to share American values and their personal experiences in the United States. Successful applicants will submit a proposal that clearly links program activities to these goals in a thoughtful, practical, and effective approach.
Funding Information
- Approximate Total Funding: $10,440,000, pending the availability of FY 2024 funds.
- Approximate Number of Awards: One.
- Approximate Average Award: $10,440,000, pending the availability of FY 2024 funds.
- Minimum “Floor” of Award: $10,440,000, pending the availability of FY 2024 funds.
- Anticipated Award Date: Pending availability of FY 2024 funds, October 1, 2023.
- Anticipated Project Completion Date: September 30, 2028.
Eligibility Criteria
- U.S. public and private non-profit organizations or consortia or other combinations of eligible organizations meeting the provisions described in Internal Revenue Code section 501(c)(3) may submit a proposal to cooperate with the Bureau in the administration of the FY 2024 Fulbright Teacher Exchange Programs. Applicants must have nonprofit status with the IRS at the time of application.
- All applicants must also have a Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) number and be registered in SAM.gov.
- Consortia of eligible organizations applying for cooperative agreements should designate one organization to be the primary recipient of the Cooperative Agreement award: this primary recipient would be responsible for oversight of the other members of the consortium as part of the award. Proposals from consortia should provide a detailed description of the responsibilities of each partner organization.
- Other Eligibility Requirements
- Bureau grant guidelines require that organizations with less than four years’ experience in conducting international exchanges be limited to $130,000 in Bureau funding. ECA anticipates making one award, in a total amount of up to $10,440,000, pending the availability of FY 2024 funds, and with a floor of no less than $10,440,000, to support costs required to implement these exchanges. Therefore, organizations with less than four years’ experience in conducting international exchanges are ineligible to apply under this competition.
- All proposals must comply with the requirements stated in the NOFO, POGI, and the Proposal Submission Instructions (PSI); non-compliance will result in your proposal being declared technically ineligible and given no further consideration in the review process.
- Applicant organizations are required to submit a single, comprehensive proposal for the full suite of Fulbright Teacher Exchange Programs for U.S. and international educators and alumni.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.