Youth Exchange Program _ NASA Space Camp

Post Date

March 9th 2015

Application Due Date

April 10th 2015

Funding Opportunity Number

SCA-ISB-15-AW-008-03092015

CFDA Number(s)

19.501

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement

Funding Activity Categories

Other

Public Diplomacy

Number of Awards

1

Eligibility Categories

Other

This funding opportunity is limited to Pakistani based and registered not-for-profit, civil society/non-governmental organizations with U.S. government exchange or English language programming experience. This experience should be documented in the organizationмs proposal. Individuals and for-profit entities are not eligible to apply for this opportunity, please refer to Section D for funding restrictions.

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $250000

• Award Range:

  $150000 - $250000

Grant Description

The Public Affairs Section (PAS) of the Embassy of the United States in Islamabad, Pakistan is pleased to announce an open competition for assistance awards through this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO). PAS Islamabad invites all eligible organizations (see Section C for Eligibility Requirements) to submit a proposal for a Cooperative Agreement to coordinate all logistics and programming associated with administering a two-week exchange program for non-elite Pakistani youth enrolled in the English Access Microscholarship Program. The exchange program will be conducted in summer of 2015. The English Access Microscholarship Program provides a foundation of English language skills to talented 13-18 year olds from non-elite sectors through after-school classes and intensive learning activities. In the summer of 2015, the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad will send Access Program participants to the NASAмs Space Camp in Huntsville, Alabama. The students will also travel to Washington, DC.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of State

• Office:

  U.S. Mission to Pakistan

• Agency Contact:

  Ellen Delage, Program Specialist, Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs, Office of Press and Public Diplomacy

• Agency Mailing Address:

  Inquiries

• Agency Email Address:

  DelageEM@state.gov