Opportunity Information: Apply for SFOP0006230
The FY2020 National Security Language Initiative for Youth (NSLI-Y) grant opportunity is a U.S. Department of State program run through the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA), Office of Citizen Exchanges. It is offered as a single discretionary cooperative agreement, meaning the selected organization would not just receive funding but would also work closely with ECA in carrying out the program. The central purpose of NSLI-Y is to increase the number of American high school-aged students who gain meaningful proficiency in certain high-priority foreign languages, with the broader goals of strengthening U.S. national security, improving U.S. global competitiveness, expanding mutual understanding with other societies, and helping prepare young Americans for a globalized economy and workforce.
The program is aimed at American youth ages 15 to 18 and is designed around immersive overseas language study. Under this funding, approximately 650 individual participants would be placed into overseas summer programs and academic year programs. The activities supported by this award are scheduled for summer 2021 and the academic year 2021-2022, and they are meant to occur in environments where the target languages are used in daily life, so students are learning not only in classrooms but through real-world interaction and cultural exposure. The critical languages listed in the opportunity are Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin), Hindi, Indonesian, Korean, Persian (either Tajiki or Farsi), Russian, and Turkish.
The notice makes clear that ECA expects to make one award, with an anticipated award ceiling of up to $20,000,000. The organization selected would carry the comprehensive organizational and administrative load for the initiative. In practice, that means serving as the prime implementer responsible for overall program management and compliance while also coordinating the design and delivery of the overseas study components. Because NSLI-Y spans multiple countries, languages, and program models (summer and academic year), the awardee is expected to identify and manage qualified sub-award recipients to operate many of the on-the-ground overseas language programs, while maintaining consistent standards, participant safety practices, reporting, and performance oversight across the full portfolio.
Eligibility is broadly open to U.S. public and private nonprofit organizations that meet 501(c)(3) requirements, as well as public and private institutions of higher education and certain other eligible entities as described in the full notice. The funding opportunity is issued under CFDA 19.415 by the Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. The opportunity was posted on October 16, 2019, under Funding Opportunity Number SFOP0006230, with an original application deadline of December 18, 2019.
In addition to supporting new cohorts of student participants, the award also includes support for programming for NSLI-Y alumni from all program years. This alumni component typically implies continued engagement and opportunities that sustain language learning, leadership development, and connection to public diplomacy goals after students return home, extending the impact beyond the initial overseas experience. Overall, the opportunity is structured to fund a large, centrally managed national program that combines intensive language instruction, cultural immersion, and long-term participant engagement, with ECA maintaining an active role through the cooperative agreement relationship.Apply for SFOP0006230
- 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 "FY2020 National Security Language Initiative for Youth (NSLI-Y)" 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 Oct 16, 2019.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Dec 18, 2019. (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 $20,000,000.00 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 (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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