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EMB-YAOUNDE-PDS-ACCESS-FY24-05: 2024-2026 English Access Microscholarship Program

Closed Closed January 30, 2024 Opportunity EMB-YAOUNDE-PDS-ACCESS-FY24-05 ☆ Save

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• Award ceiling$40,000
• Award floor$30,000
• Total funding$110,000
• Expected awards3
• Cost sharingNot required
• 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)

•Cameroon-based registered non-profit organizations, including think tanks, non-profit language centers, community associations, and civil society/non-governmental organizations with programming experience •Cameroon-based non-profit or governmental educational institutions

Is this a realistic fit?

• Past Academic Exchange Programs - English Language Programs awards averaged $1.8 million; this notice allows up to $40,000 per award.
• Most of the program's money (68% over five years) went to nonprofits.
• No cost sharing or match is required.

What the grant funds

The U.S. Embassy in Cameroon announces an open competition for organizations to submit applications to implement the 2024-2026 English Access Microscholarship Program in Cameroon, at one of the three priority cities: Ngaoundéré in the Adamawa Region, Douala in the Littoral Region, Bafoussam in the West Region, or Bertoua in the Est region. The Access program will provide English-language instruction to disadvantaged students, to include students from urban, rural, and/or ethnic minority regions of Cameroon. The English Access Microscholarship Program (Access) provides a foundation of English-language skills to talented 13- to 20-year-old from disadvantaged sectors around the world through after-school classes and intensive summer sessions in their communities. As part of their course work, Access students gain an appreciation for American culture and democratic values, increase their ability to participate in their countries’ socioeconomic development and better prepare themselves to compete for future U.S. exchange and study programs. Access programs give participants English skills that may lead to better jobs and educational prospects. The program also provides U.S.-based professional development and English-language workshops for selected teachers and students. Since the U.S. Department of State launched the program in 2004, approximately 200,000 students in more than 90 countries, including approximately 500 Cameroonians have participated in the Access Program. The Access Program is designed to take place over a 2-year period beginning in the Fall of 2024 and ending in 2026. The program's start and end dates encompass all Access-related activities that occur before the start of instruction, such as recruiting teachers and students, purchasing books and supplies, and after the completion of instruction, such as the closing ceremony and final reports. Please carefully follow all instructions below. Priority Regions: Ngaoundéré in the Adamawa Region, Douala in the Littoral Region, Bafoussam in the West Region, or Bertoua in the Est region. Program Objectives: The Access program in Cameroon will promote citizenship in Cameroon through increasing the English language, critical thinking, and leadership skills of economically disadvantaged Cameroonian youth from rural and suburban secondary schools.

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Applying now

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