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SFOP0010088: FY 2024 Future Leaders Exchange (FLEX) Program Organizational Components

Closed Closed November 27, 2023 Opportunity SFOP0010088

This grant is closed. A newer notice from the same program is open now: Annual Program Statement for U.S. Presentation at International Architecture Biennales (DFOP0017180). Status: Closes January 1, 2099 (26353 days left). It is in our archive of Bureau Of Educational and Cultural Affairs notices from 2023.

Bureau Of Educational and Cultural Affairs offered grants of up to $13.0 million (at least $13.0 million) to nonprofits and colleges and universities. It expected to make one award. Applications closed on November 27, 2023.

From the official notice on Grants.gov, last changed September 29, 2023. Checked November 7, 2026.

Other notices with this title

Bureau Of Educational and Cultural Affairs has posted this title under other numbers: earlier or later rounds, or the same competition for another area. Each has its own dates and may change its rules.

NoticePostedDeadlineStatus
SFOP0007611February 10, 2021Closed April 15, 2021Closed

Key dates

PostedSeptember 29, 2023
DeadlineNovember 27, 2023
Archived by Grants.govDecember 27, 2023

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to nonprofits and colleges and universities.

Please see full announcement.

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What the grant funds

The Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) announces an open competition for a cooperative agreement to manage the FY 2024 Organizational Components of the Future Leaders Exchange (FLEX) program. The FLEX program advances the U.S. foreign policy goals of engaging youth populations and building civil society by providing in-person, academic-year exchanges, and building lasting ties between foreign and U.S. high school students and the communities that host them. The program consists of two exchange programs: (1) the “FLEX inbound” program that brings international high school students to the United States, and (2) the “FLEX Abroad” program that sends American high school students to select FLEX countries. The FY 2024 Organizational Components cooperative agreement will fund the recruitment, selection, orientation, travel, liaison activities with natural parents, and alumni support. This award will also fund the placement and support of American participants abroad. NOTE: Placement and support of the international students coming to the United States will be conducted under separate awards through the FLEX Placement Components. The relationship and interactions among award recipients is explained further under section A. Program Description in the Notice of Funding Opportunity.

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Who has won Professional and Cultural Exchange Programs - Citizen Exchanges grants before

From fiscal 2021 to 2025, Professional and Cultural Exchange Programs - Citizen Exchanges (19.415) awarded $569 million across 289 grant awards, an average of $2.0 million per award.

Largest recipients, fiscal 2021 to 2025
RecipientStateAwardsAmount
American Councils for International Education: Actr/Accels, Inc.District of Columbia34$220 million
International Research and Exchanges Board Inc.District of Columbia11$59.2 million
World Learning Inc.Vermont20$32.2 million
Aspen Institute, Inc. (the)District of Columbia2$22.3 million
Afs-USA, IncNew York8$17.0 million

Top states: District of Columbia ($336 million), New York ($50.2 million), California ($43.7 million), Vermont ($40.0 million), Virginia ($14.1 million).

Applying now

This notice no longer takes applications. Apply under the newer notice, DFOP0017180, which is open now.

The notice on Grants.gov keeps its full text and attachments, which is useful for planning a resubmission.

Questions people ask

Is SFOP0010088 still open?

No. It closed on November 27, 2023. A newer notice is open: DFOP0017180, closes January 1, 2099 (26353 days left).

Who can apply for FY 2024 Future Leaders Exchange (FLEX) Program Organizational Components?

Bureau Of Educational and Cultural Affairs accepted applications from nonprofits and colleges and universities. The notice adds further conditions, so read its eligibility section.

What is the deadline for FY 2024 Future Leaders Exchange (FLEX) Program Organizational Components?

Closed November 27, 2023. Applications are no longer accepted; the program's newer notices are on this page when there are any.

How much funding is available?

Awards of up to $13.0 million each.

Who has won Professional and Cultural Exchange Programs - Citizen Exchanges grants before?

The largest recipients over five fiscal years were American Councils for International Education: Actr/Accels, Inc., International Research and Exchanges Board Inc., World Learning Inc. The program made 289 awards worth $569 million in that time.

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