Deadline: 27-Jul-23
The U.S. Consulate General in Almaty, Kazakhstan announces an open competition to organize and implement the English Access Microscholarship Program (Access).
This program supports the socio-economic development of Kazakhstan through increasing the English language and critical thinking skills of economically disadvantaged Kazakh youth from rural and suburban secondary schools.
Project goal: Promote the socio-economic development of Kazakhstan through increasing the English language and critical thinking skills of economically disadvantaged Kazakh youth from rural and suburban secondary schools.
Project Objectives (applicants may choose to address one or more of the objectives in their proposals):
- Increase English language proficiency of 90-110 beginner-level to intermediate, over a two-year period through interactive learning and real-life contextual practice strategies.
- Increase awareness and understanding of key issues facing the target audiences’ respective communities and ways they can positively contribute to addressing those challenges.
- Increasing understanding of US culture/values and critical thinking skills.
- Improve media literacy and basic computer skills, including use of search engines and social media of the target audience.
Funding Information
- Award amounts: awards may range from a minimum of $31 000 to a maximum of $33 000
- Length of performance period: 20-24 months (2 academic years)
Project Audiences
- Female and male 13-15 year old students (50/50 ratio per group), from Talgar, Taraz, Sayram (outside Shymkent) standard secondary schools. The target audience should be from socially and economically underprivileged groups with a motivation to learn U.S. culture and values within a two-year intensive in-person program.
- Selected participants must be bright, economically disadvantaged students with beginning level of English. Participants should commit to enroll in classes during the full two-year program. Students will graduate with certificates of completion from the U.S. Consulate General in Almaty at the end of their two-year program.
Eligibility Criteria
- The following organizations are eligible to apply:
- Not-for-profit organizations
- Civil society/non-governmental organizations.
- Think tanks.
- Public International Organizations.
- Governmental institutions.
- Publiceducational institutions and/or teaching English, preferably with similarprojects.
- For this announcement, only Kazakhstan-based organizations are eligible to apply.
- The grantee should be an established institution or a non-governmental organization (NGO) with at least 3 years of experience in administering educational programs and/or teaching English, preferably to the target age group.
- The grantee must have access to an established core of English instructors willing to commit their time to this project.
Ineligible
- This opportunity will not support:
- Activities that take place in the United States and its territories
- Individual scholarships
- Projects relating to partisan political activity.
- Charitable or development activities.
- Construction projects.
- Projects that support specific religious activities.
- Fund-raising campaigns.
- Lobbying for specific legislation or programs
- Scientific research or surveys.
- Commercial projects.
- Projects intended primarily for the growth or institutional development of the organization.
- Projects that duplicate existing projects; or
- Illegal activities
For more information, visit English Access Microscholarship Program (Access).