Opportunity Information: Apply for SFOP0010288
The FY 2024 J. Christopher Stevens Virtual Exchange Initiative (JCSVEI) Program is a U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) funding opportunity to support a large-scale virtual exchange effort connecting young people in the Middle East and North Africa (Near East Affairs/NEA region) with peers in the United States. Structured as a single cooperative agreement, the program is intended to serve as a lasting tribute to Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens by deepening people-to-people ties and sustained youth engagement across the region and the U.S. The central concept is to use technology-enabled exchange models and online learning tools to deliver programming at significant scale while still promoting meaningful interaction, collaboration, and relationship-building among participants.
Programmatically, JCSVEI is designed around multiple thematic pillars that reflect shared challenges and opportunities in both regions. The virtual exchanges funded under this initiative are expected to address one or more of the following themes: civic engagement; empowering women and girls; climate change and sustainability; language learning and practice; and digital literacy skill development. Rather than prescribing a single format, ECA expects the implementing organization to use a range of virtual exchange approaches, platforms, and online engagement methods, allowing for different participation levels and program designs while still aligning to the overarching initiative goals. A key performance expectation is scale: through this diverse mix of virtual exchange formats, the initiative should reach approximately 10,000 participants per year.
Beyond the initial exchange activities, the opportunity emphasizes continuity and long-term impact through alumni components. The initiative must include an Alumni Leadership Academy and additional follow-on alumni engagement activities, which are intended to keep participants connected, reinforce skills and networks developed during the exchange, and cultivate leadership and community impact after the core virtual exchange experience ends. This alumni structure signals that ECA is not only funding one-off virtual encounters, but also building an ongoing pipeline of engaged program alumni who can continue collaborating and applying what they learned.
From an implementation and grants management standpoint, a defining feature of this opportunity is the required use of subawards. Applicants must identify up to 12 subawardees to implement virtual exchange programs under the JCSVEI umbrella. The prime award recipient must demonstrate the capacity to manage and oversee up to 12 subawards, and will be responsible for subaward monitoring, compliance, and overall program coordination. In practice, this makes the prime recipient a hub organization that sets standards, ensures consistent reporting and oversight, supports partners, and integrates multiple subprograms into one coherent initiative.
The opportunity is offered as a discretionary award using a cooperative agreement, meaning ECA expects substantial involvement in shaping, monitoring, or collaborating on the project during the period of performance (as distinct from a standard grant). The program is listed under CFDA/Assistance Listing 19.415, and the agency is the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. Eligible applicants include public and state-controlled institutions of higher education, private institutions of higher education, and nonprofit organizations with 501(c)(3) status (other than institutions of higher education), as well as other eligible entities as permitted by the announcement.
In terms of funding and competition structure, ECA anticipates making one award under this notice of funding opportunity (NOFO), with an award ceiling of $6,000,000. The opportunity number is SFOP0010288, and the original application closing date was May 7, 2024 (creation date March 6, 2024). Submission rules are strict on duplicative applications: ECA will consider only one proposal per applicant organization. If multiple submissions from the same applicant appear in Grants.gov, ECA will review only the version submitted closest to the NOFO deadline, and that submission will be treated as the single eligible application from that organization.
Overall, this NOFO funds one lead implementer to design and run a broad, multi-partner virtual exchange ecosystem that connects NEA-region and U.S. youth at high volume, delivers programming across several priority themes (civic engagement, women and girls, climate and sustainability, language practice, and digital literacy), and sustains participant involvement through structured alumni programming. The selected recipient must not only deliver strong program content, but also demonstrate mature operational capacity to coordinate partners, manage subawards, and maintain quality, compliance, and measurable impact across a large and distributed initiative.Apply for SFOP0010288
- The Bureau Of Educational and Cultural Affairs in the other sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "FY 2024 J. Christopher Stevens Virtual Exchange Initiative (JCSVEI) Program" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 19.415.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2024-03-06.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2024-05-07. (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 $6,000,000.00 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.
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