Opportunity Information: Apply for SFOP0010160
The FY 2024 Study of the U.S. Institutes for Secondary Educators opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number SFOP0010160) is a Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) grant competition that funds the design and delivery of three Study of the U.S. Institutes (SUSIs) for foreign secondary educators. The program is managed by the Study of the U.S. Branch (ECA/A/E/USS) within ECA's Office of Academic Exchange Programs. The overall aim is to bring experienced, mid-career secondary-level education professionals to the United States for an intensive academic and cultural program that deepens their understanding of U.S. society, education, culture, values, and institutions, and then translates that learning into stronger curricula and higher-quality teaching about the United States in schools and education systems overseas.
The funded project will run in summer 2025 and is structured as three separate Institutes, each lasting about five weeks. Two Institutes are designed for secondary school teachers, while one Institute is intended for secondary-level education administrators and other education-sector professionals. That third group can include roles such as curriculum developers, ministry of education officials, teacher trainers, and textbook writers. Across all three Institutes, the program is expected to serve about 60 participants total, with roughly 20 participants per Institute, drawn from multiple countries to create multinational cohorts and encourage cross-cultural professional exchange alongside the U.S.-focused content.
Each Institute has two core components that the applicant organization must plan and implement. First is a four-week academic residency hosted at a U.S. academic institution, which typically includes lectures, seminars, workshops, site visits, and structured engagement with scholars and practitioners. Second is a one-week integrated study tour that takes participants to a different U.S. community or region than the residency location, specifically to expose them to a culture and/or regional identity distinct from what they experienced at the host campus. The combination is meant to give participants both a structured academic framework and first-hand, comparative exposure to diverse American communities, institutions, and educational contexts.
Funding is offered through a cooperative agreement, which generally means ECA expects to have substantial involvement in the project during implementation (for example, coordination on program design elements, participant experience, and compliance requirements), rather than simply issuing a grant with minimal federal engagement. The opportunity is categorized as discretionary, with a total award ceiling listed at $1,200,000, and the notice anticipates making one award to a single recipient organization responsible for delivering all three Institutes.
Eligible applicants include U.S. public and state-controlled institutions of higher education, private institutions of higher education, and U.S. nonprofit organizations with 501(c)(3) status (including nonprofits other than institutions of higher education). The announcement also notes eligibility for other appropriate organizations consistent with the notice's eligibility section. Proposals are invited from U.S. academic and cultural institutions, exchange-of-persons organizations, and other qualifying nonprofits that can demonstrate the capacity to design and run a complex, multi-cohort international exchange and professional development program with academic content, logistics, and participant support.
Key administrative details include a CFDA number of 19.401, an original application closing date of March 22, 2024, and a posting/creation date of December 12, 2023. The full Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) contains additional program administration requirements and specifics (referenced in section A.4 of the NOFO), including expectations for how the academic residency and study tour should be integrated, how cohorts should be supported, and how the program should advance the goal of improving teaching and curricula about the United States abroad.Apply for SFOP0010160
- The Bureau Of Educational and Cultural Affairs in the other sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "FY 2024 Study of the U.S. Institutes for Secondary Educators" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 19.401.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2023-12-12.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2024-03-22. (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 $1,200,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 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.
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
1) What is the FY 2024 Study of the U.S. Institutes for Secondary Educators opportunity?
It is a Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) grant competition (Funding Opportunity Number SFOP0010160) to fund the design and delivery of three Study of the U.S. Institutes (SUSIs) for foreign secondary educators.
2) Who is the federal sponsor for this funding opportunity?
The sponsor is the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA). The program is managed by ECA's Study of the U.S. Branch (ECA/A/E/USS) within the Office of Academic Exchange Programs.
3) What is the main goal of the program?
The overall aim is to bring experienced, mid-career secondary-level education professionals to the United States for an intensive academic and cultural program that deepens their understanding of U.S. society, education, culture, values, and institutions, and supports translating that learning into stronger curricula and higher-quality teaching about the United States overseas.
4) What activities or outcomes is the program intended to support?
The program is intended to strengthen how the United States is taught abroad by improving participants' knowledge and by supporting their ability to enhance curricula and teaching quality about the United States in schools and education systems outside the U.S.
5) When will the funded project take place?
The funded project will run in summer 2025.
6) How is the program structured?
The project is structured as three separate Institutes, each lasting about five weeks, delivered by a single recipient organization.
7) How many Institutes are expected to be funded?
Three Institutes are expected to be funded under this opportunity.
8) Who are the intended participants?
Participants are foreign secondary educators and other secondary-level education professionals who are experienced and mid-career.
9) Are all three Institutes for teachers?
No. Two Institutes are designed for secondary school teachers, and one Institute is intended for secondary-level education administrators and other education-sector professionals.
10) What types of professionals may participate in the administrator/professional Institute?
The third Institute may include education-sector roles such as curriculum developers, ministry of education officials, teacher trainers, textbook writers, and other secondary-level education administrators and professionals.
11) How many total participants are expected across the three Institutes?
The program is expected to serve about 60 participants total.
12) How many participants are expected per Institute?
Each Institute is expected to include roughly 20 participants.
13) Will participants come from one country or multiple countries?
Participants are expected to be drawn from multiple countries to form multinational cohorts that encourage cross-cultural professional exchange alongside U.S.-focused content.
14) What are the two core components each Institute must include?
Each Institute includes (1) a four-week academic residency at a U.S. academic institution and (2) a one-week integrated study tour in a different U.S. community or region than the residency location.
15) What happens during the academic residency portion?
The four-week academic residency is hosted at a U.S. academic institution and typically includes lectures, seminars, workshops, site visits, and structured engagement with scholars and practitioners.
16) What is the purpose of the integrated study tour?
The one-week integrated study tour is meant to expose participants to a culture and/or regional identity distinct from the host campus location, providing comparative, first-hand exposure to diverse American communities, institutions, and educational contexts.
17) Does the study tour have to be in a different place than the residency?
Yes. The study tour is expected to take participants to a different U.S. community or region than the residency location.
18) How long is each Institute?
Each Institute lasts about five weeks total (four weeks of academic residency plus one week of integrated study tour).
19) What type of award mechanism is being used?
Funding is offered through a cooperative agreement.
20) What does it mean that the award is a cooperative agreement?
A cooperative agreement generally means ECA expects substantial involvement during implementation, such as coordination on program design elements, participant experience, and compliance requirements, rather than issuing a grant with minimal federal engagement.
21) Is this opportunity discretionary or non-discretionary?
The opportunity is categorized as discretionary.
22) What is the award ceiling for this opportunity?
The total award ceiling listed is $1,200,000.
23) How many awards does the notice anticipate making?
The notice anticipates making one award to a single recipient organization responsible for delivering all three Institutes.
24) What organizations are eligible to apply?
Eligible applicants include U.S. public and state-controlled institutions of higher education, private institutions of higher education, and U.S. nonprofit organizations with 501(c)(3) status (including nonprofits other than institutions of higher education). The announcement also notes eligibility for other appropriate organizations consistent with the notice's eligibility section.
25) What kinds of applicant organizations does ECA encourage to apply?
Proposals are invited from U.S. academic and cultural institutions, exchange-of-persons organizations, and other qualifying nonprofits that can demonstrate the capacity to design and run a complex, multi-cohort international exchange and professional development program with academic content, logistics, and participant support.
26) What is the CFDA number associated with this opportunity?
The CFDA number is 19.401.
27) What is the Funding Opportunity Number?
The Funding Opportunity Number is SFOP0010160.
28) When was this opportunity posted/created?
The posting/creation date is December 12, 2023.
29) What was the original application closing date?
The original application closing date was March 22, 2024.
30) Where can applicants find additional requirements and program specifics?
The full Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) contains additional program administration requirements and specifics (referenced in section A.4 of the NOFO), including expectations for integrating the academic residency and study tour, supporting cohorts, and advancing the goal of improving teaching and curricula about the United States abroad.
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