Deadline: 30-Jun-25
The U.S. Study Abroad Branch within the Office of Global Educational Programs of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) has announced an open competition to administer the 2025 Benjamin.
The Gilman Program, is to support U.S. undergraduate students of limited financial means to study outside the United States in order to “broaden the outlook and better prepare such students of demonstrated financial need to assume significant roles in the increasingly global economy.”
Purpose
- The Gilman Program helps to support the United States’ national security and economic prosperity by building international competencies and career-ready skills among talented and ambitious American undergraduate students with high financial need through overseas study. Gilman Scholars leverage their experiences abroad to promote American interests in critical sectors such as business, technology, security, law, and energy.
Funding Information
- Award Ceiling: $16,826,696
- Award Floor: $16,826,696
- Total Available Funding: Approximately $16,826,696, pending availability of funds
- Length of Performance Period: 36 months
Eligibility Criteria
- The following organizations are eligible to apply:
- U.S. Not-for-profit organizations, including think tanks and civil society/non-governmental organizations
- U.S. Public and private non-profit educational institutions
- Other Eligibility Requirements.
- All organizations must have a Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) issued via SAM.gov as well as a valid registration in SAM.gov.
- ECA’s Grant Guidelines require that organizations demonstrate that at least four years of experience in conducting international exchanges to be eligible for awards exceeding $130,000 in ECA funding. As noted in Section A. Basic Information, ECA anticipates issuing one award, for approximately $16,826,696. Therefore, organizations must demonstrate four years of experience in conducting international exchanges in your proposal to be eligible to apply under this competition.
- All proposals must comply with the requirements stated in the NOFO, and the PSI; not doing so may result in your proposal being declared technically ineligible and given no further consideration in the review process.
- All proposals must contain a SF-424, executive summary, proposal narrative, budget (SF 424A), detailed line-item budget, and budget narrative.
- 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.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
