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ND-NOFO-23-103: FY2024 Education USA Advising Services

Closed Closed July 31, 2023 Opportunity ND-NOFO-23-103 ☆ Save

This grant is closed. A newer notice from the same program is open now: Austrian-American Partnership Fund (AAPF) (OFOP0002825). Status: Closes January 1, 2099 (26353 days left). It is in our archive of U.S. Mission to India notices from 2023.

• Award ceiling$1.0 million
• Award floor$800,000
• Total funding$1.0 million
• Expected awards1
• 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)

• Not-for-profit organizations, including think tanks and civil society/non-governmental organizations • Public and private educational institutions• Public International Organizations and Governmental institutions

Is this a realistic fit?

• Past Public Diplomacy Programs awards averaged $26,570; this notice allows up to $1.0 million per award.
• No cost sharing or match is required.

What the grant funds

The U.S. Mission in India’s Public Diplomacy (PD) Section, within the U.S. Department of State, is pleased to announce this NOFO for a cooperative agreement to administer FY2024 -2026 EducationUSA advising services throughout India. With approximately 200,000 Indian students pursuing higher education in the United States contributing close to $6 billion annually to the U.S. economy, India is the second-largest sender of students, after China. The number of U.S. students studying in India over the past ten years has fluctuated roughly between 3,000 and 5,000 students. The goal of this cooperative agreement is to measurably increase student mobility between the United States and India, provide advice and information to U.S. and Indian universities seeking to establish relationships or partnerships, and assist the U.S. embassy in providing information about the U.S. higher-education system to the Indian government. The awardee would be the primary point of information for students, parents, and higher education institutions (HEIs) to learn about U.S. higher education opportunities. They would host India’s EducationUSA network, conduct outreach, and offer virtual seminars for U.S. representatives. EducationUSA is the U.S. Department of State’s global network of educational advising centers that work with prospective international students in more than 175 countries to promote U.S. higher education abroad. Advisers at more than 430 EducationUSA centers worldwide provide accurate, comprehensive, and current information about the diversity of U.S. higher-education opportunities, guiding prospective students to find the institution that best fits their needs. In addition, the EducationUSA network assists accredited U.S. HEI institutional leaders to meet their campus internationalization goals, including strategic guidance to U.S. institutions regarding relevant international higher education systems and partners to enhance their international networks and potential partnerships. The awardee is expected as part of the proposal to consider how it would integrate existing EducationUSA operations and explain changes in the center distribution. The EducationUSA network, in collaboration with the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA), also provides information on the U.S. higher education system to foreign governments and institutions. The grantee would join the EducationUSA network.

Category: Education.

Applying now

This notice no longer takes applications. Apply under the newer notice, OFOP0002825, which is open now.

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