ECA Individual Grants (19.450)
ECA Individual Grants (Assistance Listing 19.450) is run by the Department of State. It awarded $3.8 million in 202 grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, about $18,996 per award on average. No funding opportunity is open on Grants.gov right now.
The typical award was $2,569. Half of the 202 awards fell between $816 and $9,350, and they ranged from $46 to $2.1 million.
- Awarded, FY 2021 to 2025$3.8 million
- Grant awards202
- Typical award$2,569
- Awarded in FY 2025-$3,402
- Size rank1,674 of 1,823
- Type of assistanceProject grants (including individual awards)
Key findings
- It is the 1674th largest of 1,823 federal grant programs by five-year awards.
- The 16 largest recipients received 79% of the money.
- Awards went to recipients in 11 states and territories.
What the program funds
To provide individual assistance awards by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) to experts and other influential or distinguished persons in the United States, including U.S. academics and professionals, athletes and coaches and creative and performing artists, with funds appropriated to and authorized by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. These individual grants support interchanges between the United States and other countries that address issues of mutual interest consistent with the Fulbright-Hays Act. As authorized by the Fulbright-Hays Act, ECA seeks to “increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries by means of educational and cultural exchange; to strengthen the ties which unite us with other nations by demonstrating the educational and cultural interests, developments, and achievements of the people of the United States and other nations, and the contributions being made toward a peaceful and more fruitful life for people throughout the world; to promote international cooperation for educational and cultural advancement; and thus to assist in the development of friendly, sympathetic, and peaceful relations between the United States and other countries of the world.”
Open opportunities
No opportunity under this program is open or forecast on Grants.gov right now. Programs often post once a year, so the funding history below shows what to expect.
Rules from the program listing
Who can apply
Individuals in fields of specialized knowledge or skill, and other influential or distinguished persons.
What the money can and cannot pay for
Individual awards made by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs may support any activities authorized by the Fulbright-Hays Act for which funding has been appropriated by Congress through the annual Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs appropriation administered by the Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. The activities are designed to promote U.S. interests in designated countries around the world by developing mutual understanding of key issues and promoting long-lasting ties between the United States and other countries. Awards are made to individuals and supported by funds appropriated to and approved by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.
Matching requirements
This program has no statutory formula. Matching requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing. MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.
Award range and average, in the agency's words
$8,899 to $40,150.
Funding history and past recipients
From fiscal 2021 to 2025, ECA Individual Grants (19.450) awarded $3.8 million across 202 grant awards, an average of $18,996 per award.
| Recipient | State | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Project Harmony Inc | Vermont | 1 | $2.1 million |
| Universidad del Valle de Guatemala | 1 | $233,000 | |
| Sun Yat-Sen Management Education Foundation | 1 | $178,822 | |
| Miscellaneous Foreign Awardees | 13 | $161,792 | |
| Council on International Educational Exchange, Inc | Maine | 1 | $124,390 |
| Asociacion Empresarial Para El Desarrollo | 1 | $43,833 | |
| Women in Business, Invest for the Future Ngo | 1 | $40,150 | |
| Instituto Guatemalteco Americano Iga | 1 | $37,631 | |
| American Advising Center | 1 | $26,000 | |
| Patchwork Foundation | 1 | $23,234 | |
| Greenlight Development Centre | 1 | $20,000 | |
| Arts Council of Mongolia | 1 | $19,999 | |
| Univerzita Palackeho V Olomouci | 1 | $17,806 | |
| Instituto Cultural Dominico-Americano | 1 | $11,500 | |
| American Councils for International Education: Actr/Accels, Inc. | District of Columbia | 1 | $8,899 |
| Centro Cultural Colombo Americano | 1 | $626 |
Who usually wins
Nonprofits received 58% of the money, individuals 21% and colleges and universities 8.2%.
| Recipient type | Awards | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nonprofits | 3 | $2.2 million | 58% |
| Individuals | 174 | $790,560 | 21% |
| Other | 19 | $499,744 | 13% |
| Colleges and universities | 6 | $313,560 | 8.2% |
By state
1 state has a page for this program: those that received at least $1 million or 10 awards. It is Vermont.
| State | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Vermont | 1 | $2.1 million |
| Maine | 1 | $124,390 |
| California | 7 | $66,436 |
| New York | 3 | $23,368 |
| Massachusetts | 1 | $16,000 |
| Maryland | 2 | $10,000 |
| District of Columbia | 1 | $8,899 |
| North Carolina | 1 | $7,497 |
| Texas | 1 | $2,800 |
| Oregon | 1 | $1,699 |
| Hawaii | 1 | $1,111 |