Opportunity Information: Apply for SFOP0006830
The FY 2021 Fulbright Teacher Exchange Programs grant opportunity is an open, competitive funding announcement from the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA), specifically through its Office of Global Educational Programs. ECA is seeking one organization to partner with the Department of State under a cooperative agreement to run and manage the full suite of Fulbright Teacher Exchange Programs during Fiscal Year 2021. Because it is a cooperative agreement rather than a standard grant, the Department of State expects to have an active role in the project, with ongoing collaboration between ECA and the selected recipient in areas such as program direction, oversight, and implementation decisions.
Eligible applicants include U.S. public and state-controlled institutions of higher education, private institutions of higher education, and U.S.-based nonprofit organizations with IRS 501(c)(3) status (including eligible consortia or other combinations of qualifying organizations). In practical terms, this means the applicant must have the organizational capacity, compliance readiness, and programmatic expertise to administer a complex international exchange portfolio that involves educators, school systems, and multiple stakeholders across the United States and overseas.
A key requirement is that applicants must submit a single, consolidated proposal covering all Fulbright Teacher Exchange program components described in the Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO). Rather than proposing for only one segment, the applicant has to demonstrate the ability to manage the entire suite as an integrated set of activities. Along with the program narrative, applicants must provide one combined administrative and program budget, with clear breakouts showing costs by program component. ECA is explicitly encouraging applicants to design the work in a way that creates synergies across components, reduces duplicative administrative costs, and improves efficiency through unified systems for recruitment, selection support, participant preparation, monitoring, reporting, and alumni engagement.
The opportunity also places strong emphasis on partnerships and cost-support strategies that increase the overall support available to U.S. Fulbright teacher nominees. Applicants are encouraged to pursue public-private partnerships and collaborative arrangements with U.S. for-profit and nonprofit entities, school districts, and other education stakeholders. One concrete example ECA highlights is working with districts and employers to secure paid leave and continued benefits for participating teachers, which can be one of the biggest barriers to educator participation in international exchange programs. The underlying message is that the selected administrator should not only run the program effectively but also strengthen the ecosystem around teacher exchanges so participation is more feasible and sustainable.
Funding is anticipated at up to $9,075,000 for administrative and program costs, contingent on the availability of FY 2021 appropriations. ECA expects to make one award total, meaning only one applicant will be selected to administer the programs. At the same time, ECA reserves broad discretion in how funds are ultimately applied: it may fully fund, partially fund, or choose not to fund specific program components. This makes it important for applicants to present a plan that is coherent as a whole but also adaptable if certain pieces are scaled up, scaled down, or delayed.
Another major theme is flexibility in geography and implementation. While the NOFO may reference certain regions or countries, applicants must show they can operate in locations that may not be known at the time of application and can shift program activity as U.S. government priorities, partner-country conditions, or practical constraints change. ECA also reserves the right to add or remove regions and countries over the life of the cooperative agreement, so the administrator needs strong contingency planning, risk management practices, and the ability to adjust recruitment pipelines, placements, and program support services accordingly.
From an administrative standpoint, the opportunity is listed as discretionary funding, with CFDA number 19.408, and is issued by the Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. The funding opportunity number is SFOP0006830. The NOFO was created on April 17, 2020, with an original closing date of June 23, 2020. Organizations considering similar future Fulbright-related competitions would typically be expected to demonstrate experience managing international exchanges, capacity to handle federal compliance and reporting, robust financial controls, and strong education-sector relationships domestically and internationally.
In short, this opportunity is designed to select a single capable U.S. organization to serve as ECA's primary operational partner for administering Fulbright teacher exchanges in FY 2021, delivering program activities efficiently across multiple components, leveraging partnerships to increase educator support, and maintaining enough flexibility to respond to shifting geographic and policy priorities while managing a substantial federal award.Apply for SFOP0006830
- The Department of State, Bureau Of Educational and Cultural Affairs in the other (see text field entitled explanation of other category of funding activity for clarification) sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "FY 2021 Fulbright Teacher Exchange Programs" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 19.408.
- This funding opportunity was created on Apr 17, 2020.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jun 23, 2020. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $9,075,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education, Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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