Current Funding Opportunities
The following Notices of Funding Opportunities (NOFOs) have been announced on Grants.gov and will remain on this site until the closing dates. This site is updated whenever a NOFO opens or closes. Please read each NOFO for the closing date and other information for proposal preparation. If you have questions, staff contact information may be found in the text of each NOFO. Please review the proposal submission announcements below.
FY 2021 English Language Fellow and Specialist Program
Deadline: January 8, 2021
The English Language (EL) Fellow and Specialist Programs build bridges of mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries by placing U.S. English language educators in educational institutions abroad. The EL Fellow and Specialist Programs send talented, highly qualified U.S. citizens in the area of Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) or a closely related field for approximately ten-month Fellow exchanges or short-term (two weeks or more) Specialist assignments at educational institutions in all regions of the world.
Notice of Funding Opportunities (NOFO) (PDF)
Instructions and Mandatory Application Forms
FY 2021 TechWomen Program
Deadline: January 21, 2021
Since 2011, TechWomen has supported women engaged in the STEM fields from Sub-Saharan Africa, South and Central Asia, and the Middle East and North Africa by providing a highly-tailored mentorship experience in the United States with American women representing leading science and technology companies and institutions.
Notice of Funding Opportunities (NOFO) (PDF)
Instructions and Mandatory Application Forms
FY 2021 Increase and Diversify Education Abroad for U.S. Students (IDEAS) Program
Deadline: March 5, 2021
The FY 2021 Increase and Diversify Education Abroad for U.S. Students (IDEAS) Program, formerly known as the Capacity Building Program for U.S. Study Abroad, advances the Bureau’s objective of supporting mutual understanding between the people of the United States and other countries by building the institutional capacity of accredited U.S. higher education institutions to increase and/or diversify U.S. student mobility abroad in support of U.S. foreign policy goals. The IDEAS Program aims to increase and diversify study abroad through two main components, the administration of small grants and the implementation of capacity building initiatives.
Notice of Funding Opportunities (NOFO) (PDF)
Instructions and Mandatory Application Forms
FY 2021 Global Media Makers
Deadline: March 16, 2021
The Global Media Makers (GMM) program seeks to elevate creative voices, crucial to building strong civil societies, by utilizing film and television to amplify issues such as, but not limited to, freedom of expression, pluralism, tolerance, women’s and youth empowerment.
Notice of Funding Opportunities (NOFO) (PDF)
Instructions and Mandatory Application Forms
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