# FY 2024 Benjamin Franklin Transatlantic Fellowship

Source: https://welltoldgrants.com/grants/sfop0010259-fy-2024-benjamin-franklin-transatlantic-fellowship/  
Official notice: https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/352491

> Bureau Of Educational and Cultural Affairs offered grants of up to $250,000 to the applicants described in the notice. It expected to make one award worth $250,000 in total. Applications closed on April 16, 2024.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Opportunity number | SFOP0010259 |
| Agency | Bureau Of Educational and Cultural Affairs |
| Status | Forecast |
| Deadline | April 16, 2024 |
| Award ceiling | $250,000 |
| Award floor | not stated |
| Expected awards | 1 |
| Total funding | $250,000 |
| Cost sharing | not required |
| Assistance Listings | 19.415 |

## Who can apply

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

Please see full announcement.

## What the grant funds

The Office of Citizen Exchanges, Youth Programs Division, of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA), announces an open competition for the FY 2024 Benjamin Franklin Transatlantic Fellowship. U.S. public and private non-profit organizations meeting the provisions described in Internal Revenue Code section 26 USC 501(c)(3), including accredited, post-secondary U.S. educational institutions, may submit proposals to provide a four-week U.S.-based program in the summer of 2025. The program will engage approximately 45 teenagers (ages 16-18) from Europe and 10 teenagers from the United States. U.S. embassies throughout Europe will recruit and select the foreign participants, and the U.S. award recipient will recruit and select the American participants. The program will focus on transatlantic relations, leadership development, critical thinking, diplomacy, community activism, and the media as ways that young adults can unite around common goals. Support for individual or small group follow-on projects in the participants’ home communities will complete the program. Please see the full announcement for additional details.

## Questions people ask

### Is SFOP0010259 still open?

No. It closed on April 16, 2024. A newer notice is open: DFOP0017180, closes January 1, 2099 (26353 days left).

### Who can apply for FY 2024 Benjamin Franklin Transatlantic Fellowship?

Bureau Of Educational and Cultural Affairs accepted applications from the applicants described in the notice. The notice adds further conditions, so read its eligibility section.

### What is the deadline for FY 2024 Benjamin Franklin Transatlantic Fellowship?

Closed April 16, 2024. 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 $250,000 each. About $250,000 in total for one award.

### 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.