Trans-Saharan Professionals Program

Post Date

April 9th 2010

Application Due Date

May 20th 2010

Funding Opportunity Number

ECA-PE-C-AF-NEA-WHA-10-53

CFDA Number(s)

19.415

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Grant

Funding Activity Categories

Other

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Number of Awards

3

Eligibility Categories

Public and State Controlled Institutions of Higher Education
Non-Profits With 501 (c) (3) Status With The IRS (Except Higher Education Institutions)
Private Institutions of Higher Education
Other

Please see full announcement.

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $1650000

• Award Range:

  $None - $650000

Grant Description

The Office of Citizen Exchanges of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA/PE/C) announces an open competition for grants to conduct one of three professional exchange programs in the Trans-Sahara Africa Region. The Office anticipates awarding separate grants to three different organizations, one for each of the three themes presented in this announcement. U.S. public and non-profit organizations meeting the provisions described in Internal Revenue code section 26 U.S.C. 501(c) (3) may submit proposals that support the goals of the Trans-Saharan Professionals Program. These goals, which encompass both bureau and programmatic goals, are: (1) to provide foreign participants from eligible countries an opportunity for professional development through three- to four-week study tours and internships in the U.S; (2) to provide U.S. participants the opportunity to share their professional expertise with counterparts in eligible countries while also learning from them; (3) to promote mutual understanding and partnerships between key professional groups in the United States and counterpart groups in eligible countries with a plan for working relationships to continue well beyond the period of ECA funding; and (4) encourage mass media to report on the program to a wider audience. Proposed projects should be two-way exchanges involving participants from both the U.S. and foreign countries traveling to each others’ countries. Each project should contribute to the strengthening of civil society where it is carried out. Participants in these projects will be provided professional learning programs that will enhance their careers with the expectation that they will contribute their expertise to the program.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of State

• Office:

  Bureau Of Educational and Cultural Affairs

• Agency Contact:

  Hans Posey
  Program Specialist
  

• Agency Mailing Address:

  poseyhe@state.gov

• Agency Email Address:

  poseyhe@state.gov

• More Information:

  Trans-Saharan Professionals Program