FY 2024 Benjamin Franklin Transatlantic Fellowship
The Office of Citizen Exchanges, Youth Programs Division, of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA), announces an open competition for the FY 2024 Benjamin Franklin Transatlantic Fellowship.
U. S. public and private non-profit organizations meeting the provisions described in Internal Revenue Code section 26 USC 501(c)(3), including accredited, post-secondary U. S. educational institutions, may submit proposals to provide a four-week U.S.-based program in the summer of 202 5. The program will engage approximately 45 teenagers (ages 16-18) from Europe and 10 teenagers from the United States.
U. S. embassies throughout Europe will recruit and select the foreign participants, and the U. S. award recipient will recruit and select the American participants.
The program will focus on transatlantic relations, leadership development, critical thinking, diplomacy, community activism, and the media as ways that young adults can unite around common goals.
Support for individual or small group follow-on projects in the participants’ home communities will complete the program.
Please see the full announcement for additional details.
U. S. public and private non-profit organizations meeting the provisions described in Internal Revenue Code section 26 USC 501(c)(3), including accredited, post-secondary U. S. educational institutions, may submit proposals to provide a four-week U.S.-based program in the summer of 202 5. The program will engage approximately 45 teenagers (ages 16-18) from Europe and 10 teenagers from the United States.
U. S. embassies throughout Europe will recruit and select the foreign participants, and the U. S. award recipient will recruit and select the American participants.
The program will focus on transatlantic relations, leadership development, critical thinking, diplomacy, community activism, and the media as ways that young adults can unite around common goals.
Support for individual or small group follow-on projects in the participants’ home communities will complete the program.
Please see the full announcement for additional details.
Agency: Department of State
Office: Bureau Of Educational and Cultural Affairs
Estimated Funding: $250,000
Office: Bureau Of Educational and Cultural Affairs
Estimated Funding: $250,000
Relevant Nonprofit Program Categories
Obtain Full Opportunity Text:
Link to Opportunity on ECA website
Additional Information of Eligibility:
Please see full announcement.
Full Opportunity Web Address:
https://eca.state.gov/organizational-funding
Contact:
Agency Email Description:
Department of State
Agency Email:
Date Posted:
2024-02-15
Application Due Date:
Archive Date:
2024-04-14
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