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Document Type:
Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number:
ECA-PE-C-SU-10-26
Opportunity Category:
Discretionary
Posted Date:
Jan 04, 2010
Creation Date:
Jan 04, 2010
Original Closing Date for Applications:
Mar 12, 2010
Current Closing Date for Applications:
Mar 12, 2010
Archive Date:
Mar 13, 2010
Funding Instrument Type:
Grant
Category of Funding Activity:
Other (see text field entitled "Explanation of Other Category of Funding Activity" for clarification)
Category Explanation:
Please see full announcement.
Expected Number of Awards:
8
Estimated Total Program Funding:
$1,500,000
Award Ceiling:
$225,000
Award Floor:
$60,000
CFDA Number(s):
19.415
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Professional and Cultural Exchange Programs - Citizen Exchanges
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:
Yes
Eligible Applicants
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)
Additional Information on Eligibility:
Please see full announcement.
Agency Name
Bureau Of Educational and Cultural Affairs
Description
The Office of Citizen Exchanges of the
Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs announces an
open competition for the International Sports Programming
Initiative. Public and private non-profit organizations
meeting the provisions described in Internal Revenue Code
section 26 U.S.C. 501(c)(3) may submit proposals for
projects designed to reach out to youth and promote mutual
understanding by increasing the professional capacity of
those who design and manage youth sports programs in select
countries in Africa, East Asia and the Pacific, the Near
East and North Africa, South and Central Asia, Europe, and
the Western Hemisphere. The focus of all programs must be
on reaching out to both male and female youth ages 7-17
and/or their coaches/ administrators. Programs designed to
train elite athletes or coaches will not be considered.
Eligible countries and territories in each region are:
Africa: Malawi, Mozambique, Uganda, and Zambia; East Asia
and the Pacific: Timor Leste, Papua New Guinea, Fiji, Laos,
Cambodia, Burma, Brunei, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia,
Indonesia, Philippines, China, Taiwan, Korea, Japan,
Mongolia, Australia, and New Zealand; Near East and North
Africa: Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, West Bank/Gaza, and Israel;
South and Central Asia: Afghanistan, Pakistan, Kazakhstan,
Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, India, Nepal, Sri
Lanka, Maldives, and Bangladesh; Europe: Armenia,
Azerbaijan, Cyprus, Turkey, and France (Marseille) NOTE:
Programs submitted for France MUST focus on the culturally
diverse southern part of the country, specifically the
region around Marseille. During the two-way exchange,
participants selected for the U.S. portion must come from
the Marseille area and be representative of the multicultural
population. The in-country portion must take
place in the Marseille region.; and the Western Hemisphere:
Costa Rica, El Salvador, Brazil, Ecuador, Bolivia,
Venezuela, Colombia, Panama, Barbados, Peru, Dominican
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Republic, Guatemala, Argentina, Chile, Nicaragua, Trinidad
and Tobago, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Haiti, Paraguay, and
Uruguay.
Proposals may address multiple countries, but all the
countries must then be in the same region. Proposals for
countries that are not designated in the RFGP, that address
more than one region, or address themes outside of those
listed in the RFGP, will be deemed technically ineligible
and will receive no further consideration in the review
process. Applicants may not submit more than one (1)
proposal for this competition. Organizations that submit
proposals that exceed these limits will result in having
all of their proposals declared technically ineligible, and
none of the submissions will be reviewed by a U.S.
Department of State panel.
