| Funding Opportunity ID: | 331427 |
| Opportunity Number: | SFOP0007611 |
| Opportunity Title: | FY 2021 Future Leaders Exchange (FLEX) Program Organizational Components |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Cooperative Agreement |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Other (see text field entitled “Explanation of Other Category of Funding Activity” for clarification) |
| Category Explanation: | Please see full announcement. |
| CFDA Number(s): | 19.415 |
| Eligible Applicants: | Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
Private institutions of higher education
Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | Please see full announcement. |
| Agency Code: | DOS-ECA |
| Agency Name: | Department of State
Bureau Of Educational and Cultural Affairs |
| Posted Date: | Feb 10, 2021 |
| Close Date: | Apr 15, 2021 |
| Last Updated Date: | Feb 10, 2021 |
| Award Ceiling: | $13,584,000 |
| Award Floor: | $0 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 1 |
| Description: | The Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) announces an open competition for a cooperative agreement to manage the FY 2021 Organizational Components of the Future Leaders Exchange (FLEX) program. The Organizational Components award includes managing a broad range of administrative program details, including recruitment and selection of both foreign and U.S. participants, communication with natural parents and U.S. embassies, and arranging for alumni activities for the participants for the 2022-23 academic year. Information on the program is available at https://exchanges.state.gov/non-us/program/future-leaders-exchange. Pending the availability of funds, the FY 2021 FLEX Organizational Components agreement will include funding for a FLEX Abroad pilot program. The FLEX Abroad program will recruit and select 15-20 U.S. high school students to spend an academic year abroad in one of the FLEX partner countries. The FLEX Abroad students will be placed in approximately three of the existing FLEX countries, which will be chosen at a later date based on U.S. foreign policy priorities, the in-country capacity of the recipient, and input from U.S. embassies and the Department’s regional bureaus. |
| Version: | 2 |
| Modification Comments: | Finalizing Grants.gov posting. |
