Academic Exchange Programs - Graduate Students

 

As authorized by the Fulbright-Hays Act, the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) seeks to increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries by means of educational and cultural exchange programs, including the exchange of scholars, researchers, professionals, students, and educators. ECA programs foster engagement and encourage dialogue with citizens around the world. Educational and cultural engagement is premised on the knowledge that mutual understanding, the development of future leaders, and the benefits of education programs influence societies and affect official decision-making almost everywhere in the world today. ECA programs inform, engage, and influence participants across strategic sectors of society including young people, women, teachers, scholars, journalists, and other professionals increasing the number of foreign individuals who have first-hand experience with Americans and with the values of freedom, representative government, rule of law, economic choice, and individual dignity, while building international knowledge and capacity among Americans. The purpose of the Fulbright Student Program is to promote mutual understanding by providing opportunities for American and foreign students to study, do research, and/or serve as teaching assistants of their native languages abroad. The Fulbright Student Program includes program components for U.S. students, foreign students, Foreign Language Teaching Assistant Program, Fulbright English Teaching Assistant Program, Junior Faculty Development and Regional Specialty Programs in the Western Hemisphere, Fulbright-Fogarty Fellows, and the Fulbright-National Geographic Storytelling Fellowship program.

Active 19.400 Bureau of Educational and Cultural, Department of State B - Project Grants Fiscal Year 2016 No Current Data Available. In FY 2016, there were approximately 1,126 English Teaching Assistants (ETAs) in 68 countries. In FY 2016, 19 Fulbright Public Policy Fellows served as special assistants to support joint public policy initiatives within the government ministries or institutions in ten countries in AF, EAP, EUR, and WHA In FY 2016, five Fulbright-National Geographic Digital Storytelling Fellows carried out projects with components in countries from AF, EAP, EUR, SCA, and WHA. In FY 2016, ECA supported approximately 236 Western Hemisphere Faculty Development grantees. In FY 2016, 396 grantees participated in the Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant Program.
Fiscal Year 2017 Number of Participants: Fulbright English Teaching Assistants: 1,201 to 73 countries. Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistancts (FLTA): 401 from 51 countries. Fulbright Public Policy Fellows: 20 Fulbright-National Geographic Digital Storytelling Fellows: 5 Western Hemisphere Fulbright Faculty Development Program: 139
Fiscal Year 2018 In the 2018-2019 academic year, there were over 1,200 participants in the Fulbright English Teaching Assistants program and almost 400 Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistants.
Fiscal Year 2019 In Academic Year 2019-20, there were 2,234 U.S. Fulbright Students, 3,895 Fulbright Foreign Students, and 402 Foreign Language Teacher Assistants (FLTAs).
Fiscal Year 2020 In Academic Year 2020-21, there were 2,110 U.S. Fulbright Students (including 1,259 English Teaching Assistants) and , 3,996 Fulbright Foreign Students, (including 257 Foreign Language Teaching Assistants) selected to participate in the student program.
Fiscal Year 2021 No Current Data Available.
Fiscal Year 2022 In FY 2022 the Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant Program brought approximately 400 teachers of foreign languages from 56 countries and territories to teach 37 different languages at 180 colleges and universities in 40 states.
Fiscal Year 2023 No Current Data Available.
Fiscal Year 2024 No Current Data Available. The Fulbright-Hays Act of 1961, Public Law 87-256, 22 U.S.C. 2451 Pursuant to the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961, as amended (Fulbright-Hays Act) the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the U.S. Department of State awards grants and cooperative agreements to educational and cultural public or private nonprofit foundations or institutions. Applications may be submitted by public and private non-profit organizations meeting the provisions described in Internal Revenue Code section 26 USC 501(c)(3). Organizations must have nonprofit status with the IRS at the time of application. Please refer to the Grants.gov or the U.S. Department of State's SAMS Domestic announcement for further eligibility criteria. Beneficiaries include recipient organizations, educational institutions, other non-government organizations (NGOs) that meet the provisions described in Internal Revenue Code section 26 USC 501(c)(3), as well as sponsored participants, and the American people and the people of participating countries who interact with the international participants. Pursuant to the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961, as amended (Fulbright-Hays Act) the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the U.S. Department of State awards grants and cooperative agreements to educational and cultural public or private nonprofit foundations or institutions. Applications may be submitted by public and private non-profit organizations meeting the provisions described in Internal Revenue Code section 26 USC 501(c)(3). Organizations must have nonprofit status with the IRS at the time of application. Please refer to the Grants.gov or the U.S. Department of State's SAMS Domestic announcement for further eligibility criteria. OMB Guidance 2 CFR Part 200, Subpart E Cost Principles under Special Considerations for States, Local Governments, and Indian Tribes applies to this program. Preapplication coordination is not applicable. 2 CFR 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards applies to this program. OMB Guidance 2 CFR Parts 200 and 600 entitled the Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards applies to this program. Announcements are posted on the Grants.gov and the U.S. Department of State's website: http://eca.state.gov/organizational-funding or the U.S. Department of State's SAMS Domestic website for organizations meeting eligibility requirements. Announcements are made as necessary during the fiscal year. The application procedures are described in the Grants.gov or the U.S. Department of State's SAMS Domestic announcement. Final awards cannot be made until funds have been appropriated by Congress, allocated and committed through internal Bureau procedures. Successful applicants will receive a Federal Assistance Award (FAA) from the Bureau's Grants Office. The FAA and the original proposal with subsequent modifications (if applicable) shall be the only binding authorizing document between the recipient and the U.S. Government. The FAA will be signed/validated by an authorized Grants Officer, and sent via the U.S. Department of State's SAMS Domestic to the recipient's responsible officer identified in the application. Contact the headquarters or regional location, as appropriate for application deadlines From 60 to 90 days. Not applicable. As stated in the Grants.gov or the U.S. Department of State's SAMS Domestic announcements. As stated in the Grants.gov or the U.S. Department of State's SAMS Domestic announcements. The flagship international exchange program sponsored by the United States Government, the Fulbright Program is designed to increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries. Funding is provided to non-profit organizations to support their work in designing and administering programs as well as coordinating program logistics. Funding to those organizations supports activities such as publicity and recruitment, screening of applications, communication with participants, payment of participant costs, and the provision of enrichment activities. The Fulbright English Teaching Assistant (ETA) Program, an element of the Fulbright U.S. Student Program, places recent college graduates and young professionals as English teaching assistants in primary and secondary schools, universities, and language-learning institutions overseas. The Fulbright Foreign Student Program provides scholarships to foreign graduate students, young professionals, and artists from abroad, enabling them to study or conduct research in all academic fields in the United States for one academic year or more. Students and professionals in the Fulbright Foreign Student Program study at U.S. universities, where they experience education and culture in the United States while promoting mutual understanding through sharing their own cultures with the Americans they meet throughout the program. The Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant (FLTA) Program brings early career educators from all over the world to the U.S. to refine their teaching skills, increase their English language proficiency and extend their knowledge of the cultures and customs of the United States while engaging in non-degree studies at accredited post-secondary U.S. educational institutions. FLTAs teach or assist in the instruction of language courses, supervise language labs, and lead language table discussions and may also act as resource persons and cultural representatives, as they represent their language and culture in the United States. The Junior Faculty Development and Regional Specialty Programs in the Western Hemisphere provide opportunities for faculty from regional provinces across the region to pursue graduate degrees at U.S. universities. The Fulbright-National Geographic Storytelling Fellowship, an enhancement of the Fulbright U.S. Student Program, provides Fulbright U.S. Student researchers with mentorship and training from the National Geographic Society to pursue a storytelling project using a variety of media tools. Please refer to the Grants.gov or the U.S. Department of State's SAMS Domestic announcement for further information. Performance Reports: As stated in the Grants.gov or the U.S. Department of State's SAMS Domestic announcements. In accordance with the provisions of OMB Guidance 2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F Audit Requirements, a nonfederal entity that expends $750,000 or more during the non-Federal entity's fiscal year in Federal awards must have a single or program-specific-audit conducted for that year in accordance with the provisions of this part. The Recipient must comply with the OMB audit requirements. For all DOS awards, regardless of business type, the Recipients are subject to the audit requirements found in OMB audit requirements. Please refer to the U.S. Department of State's Standard Terms and Conditions for Domestic Financial Assistance Awards (https://www.state.gov/m/a/ope/index.htm) for additional guidance. The Recipients must maintain financial records, supporting documents, statistical records, and all other records pertinent to an award for a period of three years from the date of submission of the final expenditure report. Please refer to the U.S. Department of State's Standard Terms and Conditions for awards (https://www.state.gov/m/a/ope/index.htm) for additional guidance. Statutory formula is not applicable to this assistance listing.

Matching requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.

MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing. As stated in the Grants.gov announcements. As stated in the Grants.gov or the U.S. Department of State's SAMS Domestic announcements. None/Not specified. Leigh Sours, Senior Policy and Planning Officer
U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, Office of Academic Exchange Programs, 2200 C Street, NW, SA-5, Fourth Floor, Room 4N06, Washington, DC 20037
Washington, DC 20037 USA
SoursLA@state.gov
Phone: (202) 632-3235

Stephen Money
Deputy Director, U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, Office of Academic Exchange Programs, 2200 C Street, NW, SA-5, Fourth Floor, Room 4B07, Washington, DC 20037
Washington, DC 20037 USA
MoneySD@state.gov
Phone: (202) 632-3258 http://exchanges.state.gov 19-0209-0-1-154 (Project Grants (Cooperative Agreements)) FY 22$94,825,250.00; FY 23 est $94,825,250.00; FY 24 est $94,825,250.00; FY 21$94,718,730.00; FY 19$98,794,786.00; FY 20 est $98,794,786.00; FY 18$90,680,421.00; FY 17$89,207,945.00; FY 16$96,004,350.00; - $6,242,576 to $79,057,817. As stated in the Grants.gov or the U.S. Department of State's SAMS Domestic announcements. In addition, organizations should be familiar with OMB Guidance 2 CFR Parts 200 and 600 entitled the Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards. For a copy of the OMB Guidance cited, please contact U.S. Government Publishing Office or download from www.ecfr.gov website. Not applicable.