Deadline: 21-Oct-20
The Office of Citizen Exchanges, Youth Programs Division (ECA/PE/C/PY), of the Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) is seeking applications for its Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange and Congress-Bundestag/Bundesrat Staff Exchange program.
The primary objective of the program is to encourage American and German youth to learn about each other’s society and culture through educational exchange while promoting American-German friendship based on the common value of democracy.
The CBYX program provides a scholarship for an academic year experience of living and studying in the host country. The outbound CBBSX program provides round-trip airfare and related expenses for the participation of 10 American congressional staffers in a two-week parliamentary exchange in Germany.
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Program Funding: $12,840,000
- Award Ceiling: $12,840,000
Eligibility Criteria
- U.S. public and private non-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.
- All applicants must also have a Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) number and be registered in SAM.gov.
For more information, visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=328749