Open Grant Solicitations

The Office of Citizen Exchanges, Youth Programs Division, of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) announces an open competition for the FY 2025 Youth Ambassadors Africa (YA – AF) program. U.S. non-profit organizations may submit proposals to provide youth and adult mentors from countries in sub-Saharan Africa with a three-week exchange program in the United States focused on the primary themes of civic engagement and leadership development. U.S. embassies and consulates in sub-Saharan Africa will recruit, screen, and select the participants.  ECA funding will support the planning and implementation of U.S.-based programming, participant travel arrangements, including pre-departure domestic travel and international travel, as well as participant follow-on projects designed to share the benefits of the exchange in home communities.

• Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO)(PDF)
• Project, Objectives, Goals, and Implementation (POGI) (PDF)
• ECA Performance Monitoring Plan (PMP) (DOCX)
• ECA Performance Monitoring Plan (PMP) (PDF)
• Instructions and Mandatory Application Forms

The U.S. Study Abroad Branch within the Office of Global Educational Programs of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) announces an open competition to administer the FY2025 Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program (hereinafter referred to as the “Gilman Program”). The stated intent of the International Academic Opportunity Act of 2000, the authorizing legislation for 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.” As outlined in legislation, the Gilman Program is open to citizens and nationals of the United States and provides scholarships to enable undergraduate students of limited financial means to pursue credit-bearing academic studies or internships overseas. 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.

• Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO)(PDF)
• ECA Performance Monitoring Plan (PMP) (DOCX)
• ECA Performance Monitoring Plan (PMP) (PDF)
• Instructions and Mandatory Application Forms

U.S. public and private non-profit organizations that meet the provisions described in Internal Revenue Code section 26 USC 501(c)(3) may submit proposals to conduct programs in support of expanding professional development opportunities for U.S. citizen alumni of U.S. government-sponsored people-to-people exchange programs, to include organizing and implementing career development seminars, a small grants program, and an alumni regional ambassadors fellowship program.  The U.S. Exchange Alumni Network and Capacity Building Program champions the Administration’s America First foreign policy. 

• Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO)(PDF)
• ECA Performance Monitoring Plan (PMP) (DOCX)
• ECA Performance Monitoring Plan (PMP) (PDF)
• Instructions and Mandatory Application Forms