Academic Exchange Programs - English Language Programs

 

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 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 English Language Programs is to achieve U.S. foreign policy goals and strengthen relationships with foreign publics by supporting English language education.

Active 19.421 Bureau of Educational and Cultural, Department of State B - Project Grants Fiscal Year 2016 No Current Data Available. English Access Microscholarship Program (Access): Under FY 2016 funding, approximately 15,000 bright, economically disadvantaged students, primarily aged 13 to 20 years old, will receive scholarships to study English through the worldwide Access Program. English Language Fellow Program: Approximately 140 English Language Fellows were placed in 10-month programs in over 60 countries for Academic Year 2016-17. English Language Specialist Program: In 2016, 82 English Language Specialists conducted projects in over 51 countries. American English E-Teacher Program: In January 2017, the redesigned American English E-Teacher Program launched to include multiple U.S. educational institution partners which allows the program the flexibility to better respond to the needs of U.S. embassies. In addition to offering global online courses to over 700 participants in 92 countries, the AE E-Teacher Program is working with Regional English Language Offices to develop customized courses to meet the needs of teachers in India, Nepal, Venezuela, Kyrgyzstan, and Syria. There has been a total of 158,739 participants participating in the American English Massive Open Online Courses from 208 countries.
Fiscal Year 2017 Approximately 137 U.S. professionals in the field of Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) were awarded English Language Fellowships and spent ten months teaching and training teachers at host institutions overseas. Approximately 100 experts in the field of TESOL were sent overseas as English Language Specialists to work on Embassy-developed projects to improve the teaching of English in that country for a period of at least two weeks. Approximately 15,000 academically talented but socioeconomically disadvantaged young people received two-year scholarships to study English in their home countries. Approximately 2,000 foreign teachers of English received scholarships for graduate level U.S. distance learning courses and 25,000 teachers benefited from Massive Open Online Courses developed from these courses.
Fiscal Year 2018 In 2018, approximately 168 English Language Fellowships and 110 English Language Specialist grants were awarded. In 2018, approximately 15,000 English Access Microscholarships were awarded. In 2018, approximately 2,413 American English E-Teacher Scholarships were awarded.
Fiscal Year 2019 In 2019, approximately 15,000 English Access Microscholarships were awarded to academically talented but economically disadvantaged students in over 80 countries; approximately 200 English Language Fellowships were awarded to American TESOL professionals; over 100 English Language Specialist awards were granted to American TESOL professionals; and approximately 3,700 OPEN scholarships were awarded to foreign English language educators.
Fiscal Year 2020 No Current Data Available.
Fiscal Year 2021 In 2021, approximately 15,000 English Access Microscholarships, approximately 3,000 Online Professional English Network scholarships, approximately 200 English Language Fellowships, approximately 450 Virtual English Language Fellowships. and approximately 200 English Language Specialist programs were awarded.
Fiscal Year 2022 In FY 22 the English Access Microscholarship program offered 15,000 scholarships for underserved students and teachers. The English Language Fellow, Specialist and Virtual Educator Program sent 192 Fellows on 10-month programs overseas, sponsored 204 Specialists for both virtual and in person programs and funded 214 Virtual Educators who taught English and trained teachers virtually. The OPEN program funded scholarships for 3,533 foreign English teachers to take online professional development courses, plus an additional 51,685 who took Massive Open Online Courses. In addition, the OPEN program supported the American English Facebook page which reached 3.9 million followers, the American English for Educators Facebook page which reached 434,000 followers, the American English website which reached 736,362 users and the American English Youtube channel which had 1,823,362 views.
Fiscal Year 2023 No Current Data Available.
Fiscal Year 2024 No Current Data Available. The Fulbright-Hays Act of 1961, as amended., 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 Guidance2 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 Grants.gov or the U.S. Department of State's SAMS Domestic announcements. Funding is provided to non-profit organizations to support their work in designing and administering programs as well as coordinating program logistics for U.S. English language educators, underserved foreign students and teachers of English as a foreign language as participants in study and professional development and international exchanges. Funding to those organizations supports activities such as publicity and recruitment, screening of applications, communication with recipients, payment of stipends, and other program costs and the provision of enrichment activities. The English Language Fellow Program fosters mutual understanding between the people of the United States and those of other countries by sending talented, highly qualified U.S. educators in the field of Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) on ten-month fellowships and shorter term virtual fellowships to overseas academic institutions in all regions of the world. The Program promotes English language learning and enhances English teaching capacity abroad. The English Language Specialist Program recruits U.S. academics and professionals in the field of Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) to conduct programs overseas, both in person and virtually, for a minimum of two weeks. The English Access Microscholarship Program (Access) provides a foundation of English language skills to bright, economically disadvantaged students, primarily aged 13 to 20, through after-school classes and intensive learning activities. Access students also gain an appreciation for U.S. culture and democratic values through cultural enhancement, community service and professional development activities. The Online Professional English Network (OPEN) Program (formerly the American English E-Teacher Program) is designed to improve the quality of overseas English language teaching through the use innovative distance learning technology. Participants are English teaching professionals who receive instruction from U.S. experts in the most recent English language teaching methods and techniques. Performance Reports: As stated in the Grants.gov 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 Domestic Financial Assistance 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 or the U.S. Department of State's SAMS Domestic announcements. Assistance is awarded/released through the Department's central financial management database. None/Not specified. Caryn Danz
U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, Office of English Language Programs, 2200 C Street, NW
SA-05, Rm.4B15
Washington, DC 20037 US
DanzCB@state.gov
Phone: (202) 632-9412 http://americanenglish.state.gov 19-0209-0-1-154 (Cooperative Agreements) FY 22$45,250,000.00; FY 23 est $45,250,000.00; FY 24 est $45,250,000.00; FY 21$50,500,000.00; FY 20$42,780,000.00; FY 19$41,600,000.00; FY 18$47,608,000.00; FY 17$37,950,000.00; FY 16$38,871,273.00; - $6,750,000 to $20,000,000. 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 the U.S. Government Publishing Office or download from www.ecfr.gov website. Not applicable.