Academic Exchange Programs - Educational Advising and Student Services

 

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 EducationUSA network promotes U.S. higher education and facilitates student mobility by providing guidance and support to both prospective student audiences abroad and U.S. higher education institutions that seek to recruit and enroll these students. EducationUSA also supports both international and domestic student success by research by engaging U.S. higher education institutions to ensure that students' experiences on U.S. campuses are academically engaging, culturally enriching, include diverse, global perspectives in the classroom, and create lasting ties between individuals today that will support stronger relations between nations tomorrow. The U.S. Department of States Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) oversees the EducationUSA network, which consists of over 430 international student advising centers in more than 175 countries worldwide. The EducationUSA network supports ECAs mission by increasing international student mobility, providing students from across the globe with access to educational opportunities, and building a broader understanding of the U.S. higher education sector among overseas student, government and academic personnel. EducationUSA advising centers are housed within U.S. embassies and consulates and/or in partner institutions that include Fulbright Commissions, bi-national cultural centers, U.S. non-governmental organizations (NGOs), international NGOs, and/or universities and libraries abroad. EducationUSA advisers provide guidance and support to international students and their families as they explore opportunities to study at U.S. college and universities. EducationUSA advisers provide guidance on the U.S. higher education admissions process and offer accurate, comprehensive, and current information about the full range of accredited U.S. institutions of higher education. Advising activities are conducted via center activities, in-person and virtual outreach in local communities, including webinars, virtual recruitment fairs, and website content. Through programs like the EducationUSA Academy and Leadership Institutes, EducationUSA seeks to develop a pipeline of college-ready international students at the secondary level and expand the capacity of colleges and universities in the United States to partner with overseas institutions around student and scholar exchange, collaborative research, and workforce development initiatives. ECAs EducationUSA branch also funds the annual Open Doors Report on International Educational Exchange which tracks the flow of students to and from of the United States and provides essential data used in calculating the economic impact of inbound international student mobility.

Active 19.432 Bureau of Educational and Cultural, Department of State B - Project Grants Fiscal Year 2016 No Current Data Available. Through these cooperative agreements/grants, EducationUSA’s more than 400 advising centers in 177 countries reached more than 15 million prospective students through three categories of advising services: in-center, outreach, and virtual. 14 Regional Educational Advising Coordinators (REACs) offer training and guidance to the more than 550 advisers at these centers. The 2016 Open Doors Report on international student mobility, which is financed by one of these grants, showed a total of 1,043,839 international students studying in the United State for credit (a 7.1% increase from the previous year) and 313,413 U.S. student studying overseas (2.9% increase).
Fiscal Year 2017 No Current Data Available.
Fiscal Year 2018 In FY 2018, EducationUSA reached over 19.5 million prospective international students through center-based advising, outreach activities, and virtual and social media platforms.
Fiscal Year 2019 In 2019, EducationUSA centers engaged with over 18 million students, parents, and education representatives through in-person and virtual engagements.
Fiscal Year 2020 In FY 2020 EducationUSA successfully pivoted to virtual programming, resulting in a forty percent increase in virtual engagements across various websites and social media platforms.
Fiscal Year 2021 No Current Data Available.
Fiscal Year 2022 No Current Data Available.
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 for nonprofit organizations to support research on international exchange programs, coordination of overseas EducationUSA advising programs, and training for educational advisers to ensure that international students receive accurate, current, and comprehensive information on U.S. higher education. 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 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. Jamie Sharp
Office of Global Educational Programs, U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, SA-5, Fourth Floor, Room 4CC16, Washington, DC 20037
Washington, DC 20037 USA
SharpJ2@state.gov
Phone: (202) 632-6353
Fax: (202) 632-9446 http://educationusa.state.gov 19-0209-0-1-154 (Cooperative Agreements) FY 22$9,345,500.00; FY 23 est $9,345,500.00; FY 24 est $9,345,500.00; FY 21$9,251,800.00; FY 20$12,377,417.00; FY 19$11,476,000.00; FY 18$7,821,350.00; FY 17$7,734,949.00; FY 16$7,600,356.00; - $500,000 to $6,500,000. 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.