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DFOP0016640: Tunisia Thomas Jefferson Scholarship Program

Closed Closed July 8, 2024 Opportunity DFOP0016640 ☆ Save

This grant is closed. A newer notice from the same program is open now: U.S. Jordan Private Sector Innovation Fund APS (DFOP0020010). Status: Closes September 30, 2027 (327 days left). It is in our archive of Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs notices from 2024.

• Award ceiling$200,000
• Award floor$180,000
• Total funding$200,000
• Expected awards1
• Cost sharingRequired
• Funding typeCooperative Agreement

Key dates

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to the applicants described in the notice.

• Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)

U.S. public and private non-profit organizations meeting the provisions described in Internal Revenue Code section 26 USC 501(c)(3)

Is this a realistic fit?

• Past Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs awards averaged $2.5 million; this notice allows up to $200,000 per award.
• The notice requires cost sharing or matching funds, so you must contribute part of the project cost.

What the grant funds

The Thomas Jefferson Scholarship Program (TJSP) will offer talented Tunisian students full scholarships for an academic year of non-degree study at accredited four-year colleges and universities in the United States. The program will provide students from across Tunisia a deeper understanding of the United States and American culture and values, as well as leadership and other soft skills and knowledge to help them contribute to Tunisia’s economic growth and development.

Category: Employment, Labor and Training.

Applying now

This notice no longer takes applications. Apply under the newer notice, DFOP0020010, which is open now.

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