Opportunity Information: Apply for SFOP0010046
The FY 2024 (Academic Year 2025-2026) Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange (CBYX) and the outbound Congress-Bundestag/Bundesrat Staff Exchange (CBBSX) funding opportunity is a U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) open competition to select organizations that will run major exchange components connecting the United States and Germany. Administered through ECA's Office of Citizen Exchanges, Youth Programs Division (ECA/PE/C/PY), the program is designed to sustain and deepen U.S.-German ties by bringing young Americans and Germans together around shared democratic values, while also creating long-term personal networks and institutional partnerships that continue beyond the exchange year.
This opportunity is offered as a discretionary award using a cooperative agreement, meaning the selected recipients should expect active involvement and partnership with the Department of State in shaping and overseeing program implementation. The funding opportunity number is SFOP0010046, and the program is listed under CFDA (now often referenced as Assistance Listing) 19.415. The agency anticipates making up to 8 awards, with an award ceiling of $1,400,000, which signals both the scale of the work and the expectation that multiple implementers may be selected across different program components rather than a single entity running everything.
Applicants may submit proposals to implement one or more CBYX components, specifically: the Administrative component, the Secondary School component, the Vocational component, and the Young Professionals component. In practice, these components typically correspond to distinct participant groups and program models (for example, high school academic-year exchanges, vocational placements or training-focused exchanges, and postsecondary young professional experiences), each requiring tailored recruitment, placement, orientation, participant support, and alumni engagement structures. Organizations are encouraged to propose programming that can reliably recruit and prepare participants, place them appropriately, provide ongoing monitoring and welfare support, and ensure that the exchange experience advances the broader goals of mutual understanding and durable bilateral relationships.
The outbound Congress-Bundestag/Bundesrat Staff Exchange (CBBSX) is tied to the Young Professionals pathway. The announcement indicates that CBBSX participants will be supported by the organization that facilitates the Young Professional exchanges, which effectively means that applicants seeking to run the Young Professionals component should be prepared to incorporate the staff exchange responsibilities into their operational plan. While the summary description is brief, the staff exchange generally implies a more specialized professional immersion connected to legislative or governmental environments, so implementers should be ready to manage higher-touch logistics and participant preparation consistent with professional placements.
Eligibility is broad but focused on capable public-serving entities. Eligible applicants include U.S. public and state-controlled institutions of higher education, private institutions of higher education, and nonprofit organizations with 501(c)(3) status (including nonprofits other than institutions of higher education). The listing also includes an "Others" category with clarification deferred to the full announcement, which typically means there may be additional eligible entity types or eligibility conditions described in the complete notice. For nonprofits, the announcement highlights compliance with the Internal Revenue Code section 26 USC 501(c)(3), underscoring the expectation that applicants have established nonprofit standing and the capacity to manage federal assistance awards.
Key timing details included in the source data are the posting and closing dates for the competition cycle: the opportunity was created on August 28, 2023, and had an original closing date of October 26, 2023. While those dates reflect that particular competition window, the program title clearly targets implementation for Academic Year 2025-2026, which is common for exchange programs that require long lead times for recruitment, matching, host arrangements, pre-departure orientation, and coordination with overseas partners. Organizations looking at the program for planning purposes should treat the academic-year reference as the operational period and consult the full announcement for the exact scope of work, performance expectations, and budget guidelines associated with each component.
Overall, the purpose of the grant is not simply travel or study abroad, but structured, supported exchange programming that strengthens democratic values, expands mutual understanding, and builds lasting transatlantic networks. The program's emphasis on sustaining and strengthening American-German friendship suggests that proposals are expected to prioritize cultural engagement, community-based connections, and long-term alumni impact, alongside the practical requirements of running safe, well-managed, and high-quality exchanges. For full compliance details, required application elements, and component-specific expectations, applicants are directed to review the complete funding announcement.Apply for SFOP0010046
- The Department of State, Bureau Of Educational and Cultural Affairs in the other (see text field entitled explanation of other category of funding activity for clarification) sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "FY 2024 (Academic Year 2025-2026) Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange and Congress-Bundestag/Bundesrat Staff Exchange" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 19.415.
- This funding opportunity was created on Aug 28, 2023.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Oct 26, 2023. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $1,400,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 8 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: 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).
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