Deadline: 25-Mar-22
The Global Leaders Division in the Office of Citizen Exchanges at the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) is seeking proposal submissions for one cooperative agreement to design, implement, and oversee the FY 2022 Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative (YLAI) Fellowship Program.
Goals
- The YLAI Fellowship Program supports the following broad goals:
- Promote mutual understanding and lasting partnerships between business and social entrepreneurs from Latin America, the Caribbean, Canada, and the United States.
- Strengthen the entrepreneurial and leadership skills of YLAI Fellows so they can achieve success; grow their businesses or organizations in size, diversity, and impact; and lead positive change in their workplaces, communities, and countries.
- Provide opportunities before, during, and after the U.S.-based fellowship for the YLAI Fellows and U.S. participants to collaborate and share ideas, approaches, and strategies.
- Foster business partnerships between emerging entrepreneurial entities in the Western Hemisphere and their counterparts in the United States.
- Assist the YLAI Fellows in identifying new resources, networks, and support for their businesses or organizations.
- Create a network of business leaders committed to sound business practices, ethical management, corporate social responsibility, and community involvement.
Funding Information
- Type of Award: Cooperative Agreement. ECA’s level of involvement in this program is listed under A1. Substantial Involvement under A. Program Description.
- Fiscal Year Funds: FY 2022 base year, up to $6,600,000, pending the availability of funds; FY 2023 Non-Competitive Continuation year one, up to $6,600,000, pending successful performance and the availability of funds; FY 2024 Non-Competitive Continuation year two, up to $6,600,000; pending successful performance and the availability of funds.
- Approximate Total Funding: $19,800,000. This figure represents base year plus two Non Competitive Continuation years, pending successful performance and the availability of funds.
- Approximate Number of Awards: One.
- Approximate Average Award: $6,600,000, pending the availability of funds.
- Floor of Award Range: $6,600,000, pending the availability of funds.
- Ceiling of Award Range: $6,600,000, pending the availability of funds.
- Anticipated Award Date: June 1, 2022.
- Anticipated Project Completion Date: November 30, 2026. This date reflects the anticipated duration of the award – one base year plus two non-competitive continuation years.
Eligibility Criteria
- Fellows will be business or social entrepreneurs, age 25-35, recruited and selected from eligible countries in the Western Hemisphere: Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Curacao, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saint Maarten, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, and Venezuela. ECA reserves the right to modify the final list of participating countries and the allocation of participant numbers by country in the FY 2022 cooperative agreement and up to two subsequent Non-Competitive Continuations.
- U.S. public and private academic and cultural institutions, exchange-of-persons, and other not-for-profit organizations meeting the provisions described in Internal Revenue Code section 26 USC 501(c)(3) may submit applications for this competition.
- Applicants must have nonprofit status with the IRS at the time of application.
For more information, visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=337484
