FY14 Professional Fellows Program

Funding Opportunity Number: ECA-ECAPEC-14-039 Opportunity Category: DiscretionaryFunding Instrument Type: Cooperative AgreementCategory of Funding Activity: Other (see text field entitled "Explanation of Other Category of Funding Activity" for clarification)CFDA Number: 19.415Eligible Applicants Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)Agency Name: DOS-ECAClosing Date: Apr 08, 2014Award Ceiling: $5,000,000Expected Number of Awards: Creation Date: Feb 12, 2014Funding Opportunity Description: The Professional Fellows Division in the Office of Citizen Exchanges at the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational Affairs (ECA) invites proposal submissions for the Professional Fellows Program (PFP) in the regions of Africa (AF), East Asia and the Pacific (EAP), Europe and Eurasia (EUR), the Middle East and North Africa (NEA), South and Central Asia (SCA), and the Western Hemisphere (WHA). The Professional Fellows Program is a two-way, global exchange program designed to promote mutual understanding, enhance leadership and professional skills, and build lasting and sustainable partnerships between mid-level emerging leaders from foreign countries and the United States. The defining element of the program for foreign participants is a substantive five- to six-week fellowship placement in a U.S. workplace complemented by a collaborative project in their home country.

Source: Grants.gov - February 12, 2014 Category: Research Tags: Other (see text field entitled Explanation of Other Category of Funding Activity for clarification) Source Type: funding