Opportunity ID: 316598

General Information

Document Type: Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number: TASHKENT-PAS-FY19-01
Funding Opportunity Title: Uzbekistan: English Speaking Nation Program
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Opportunity Category Explanation:
Funding Instrument Type: Grant
Category of Funding Activity: Education
Category Explanation:
Expected Number of Awards: 1
Assistance Listings: 19.040 — Public Diplomacy Programs
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: No
Version: Synopsis 2
Posted Date: May 31, 2019
Last Updated Date: May 31, 2019
Original Closing Date for Applications: Jul 31, 2019
Current Closing Date for Applications: Jul 31, 2019
Archive Date: Aug 30, 2019
Estimated Total Program Funding: $4,000,000
Award Ceiling: $4,000,000
Award Floor: $4,000,000

Eligibility

Eligible Applicants: For profit organizations other than small businesses
Private institutions of higher education
Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
Additional Information on Eligibility:

Additional Information

Agency Name: U.S. Mission to Uzbekistan
Description:

PAS Tashkent announces an open competition for a grant for the FY2019 English Speaking Nation program for Uzbekistan. The English Speaking Nation program is part of a larger collaboration between the United States Government and the Government of Uzbekistan (GOU), specifically U.S. assistance and support to Uzbekistan’s Ministry of Public Education (MPE).  The GOU is eager to strengthen English language education and to incorporate English more broadly into public education curricula.

There are 9,691 schools in the Republic of Uzbekistan, which educate about 6,000,000 children. Each year, more than 600,000 children graduate from public schools in Uzbekistan. The goal of this program is to improve graduates’ proficiency in the English language by addressing deficiencies in the linguistic and pedagogical skills of the 32,000 English language teachers working in public schools. MPE is particularly interested in improving graduates’ employability, opportunities to matriculate at universities abroad, and access to information, data, and resources available only in English.

To achieve this goal, the public school system of Uzbekistan needs qualified English language teachers. MPE and PAS assess the current level of English proficiency of the majority of English language teachers as quite low. In order to address this deficiency,this project would meet the following goals and objectives:

Goal: Support Uzbekistan’s Ministry of Public Education efforts to strengthen English language education and to incorporate English more broadly into public education curricula.

Objective 1: Provide a baseline assessment of public schoolteachers’ English language capabilities.

Objective 2: Provide a baseline assessment of public schoolteachers’ teaching skills and effectiveness of their teaching methods.

Objective 3: Develop plans for teachers based on these findings.

Objective 4: Provide training and continuing education for teachers to improve their English language and pedagogical skills.

Objective 5:  Provide a final assessment of the extent to which teachers increased their language skills and implemented concepts learned in their trainings.

Link to Additional Information:
Grantor Contact Information: If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:

Public Affairs Section

U.S. Embassy Tashkent

Phone +998-78-120-5450
Email:TashkentGrant@state.gov

Version History

Version Modification Description Updated Date
May 31, 2019

DISPLAYING: Synopsis 2

General Information

Document Type: Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number: TASHKENT-PAS-FY19-01
Funding Opportunity Title: Uzbekistan: English Speaking Nation Program
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Opportunity Category Explanation:
Funding Instrument Type: Grant
Category of Funding Activity: Education
Category Explanation:
Expected Number of Awards: 1
Assistance Listings: 19.040 — Public Diplomacy Programs
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: No
Version: Synopsis 2
Posted Date: May 31, 2019
Last Updated Date: May 31, 2019
Original Closing Date for Applications: Jul 31, 2019
Current Closing Date for Applications: Jul 31, 2019
Archive Date: Aug 30, 2019
Estimated Total Program Funding: $4,000,000
Award Ceiling: $4,000,000
Award Floor: $4,000,000

Eligibility

Eligible Applicants: For profit organizations other than small businesses
Private institutions of higher education
Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
Additional Information on Eligibility:

Additional Information

Agency Name: U.S. Mission to Uzbekistan
Description:

PAS Tashkent announces an open competition for a grant for the FY2019 English Speaking Nation program for Uzbekistan. The English Speaking Nation program is part of a larger collaboration between the United States Government and the Government of Uzbekistan (GOU), specifically U.S. assistance and support to Uzbekistan’s Ministry of Public Education (MPE).  The GOU is eager to strengthen English language education and to incorporate English more broadly into public education curricula.

There are 9,691 schools in the Republic of Uzbekistan, which educate about 6,000,000 children. Each year, more than 600,000 children graduate from public schools in Uzbekistan. The goal of this program is to improve graduates’ proficiency in the English language by addressing deficiencies in the linguistic and pedagogical skills of the 32,000 English language teachers working in public schools. MPE is particularly interested in improving graduates’ employability, opportunities to matriculate at universities abroad, and access to information, data, and resources available only in English.

To achieve this goal, the public school system of Uzbekistan needs qualified English language teachers. MPE and PAS assess the current level of English proficiency of the majority of English language teachers as quite low. In order to address this deficiency,this project would meet the following goals and objectives:

Goal: Support Uzbekistan’s Ministry of Public Education efforts to strengthen English language education and to incorporate English more broadly into public education curricula.

Objective 1: Provide a baseline assessment of public schoolteachers’ English language capabilities.

Objective 2: Provide a baseline assessment of public schoolteachers’ teaching skills and effectiveness of their teaching methods.

Objective 3: Develop plans for teachers based on these findings.

Objective 4: Provide training and continuing education for teachers to improve their English language and pedagogical skills.

Objective 5:  Provide a final assessment of the extent to which teachers increased their language skills and implemented concepts learned in their trainings.

Link to Additional Information:
Grantor Contact Information: If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:

Public Affairs Section

U.S. Embassy Tashkent

Phone +998-78-120-5450
Email:TashkentGrant@state.gov

Folder 316598 Full Announcement-English Speaking Nation -> ATTACHMENT 1 – Budget Narrative Template.pdf

Folder 316598 Full Announcement-English Speaking Nation -> APPENDIX B – Monitoring and Evaluation Plan with Implementation Timeline.pdf

Folder 316598 Full Announcement-English Speaking Nation -> Notice of Funding Opportunity – FY19 English Speaking Nation Program for Uzbekistan.pdf

Folder 316598 Full Announcement-English Speaking Nation -> APPENDIX A -Theory of Change Model.pdf

Folder 316598 Full Announcement-English Speaking Nation -> ATTACHMENT 2 – Applicant Organization Survey.pdf

Folder 316598 Full Announcement-English Speaking Nation -> NOFO English Speaking Nation Program FAQs.pdf

Packages

Agency Contact Information: Public Affairs Section
U.S. Embassy Tashkent
Phone +998-78-120-5450
Email: TashkentGrant@state.gov
Who Can Apply: Organization Applicants

Assistance Listing Number Competition ID Competition Title Opportunity Package ID Opening Date Closing Date Actions
19.040 PKG00251598 May 31, 2019 Jul 31, 2019 View

Package 1

Mandatory forms

316598 SF424_2_1-2.1.pdf

316598 SF424A-1.0.pdf

316598 SF424B-1.1.pdf

316598 BudgetNarrativeAttachments_1_2-1.2.pdf

316598 ProjectNarrativeAttachments_1_2-1.2.pdf

Optional forms

316598 SFLLL_1_2-1.2.pdf

316598 AttachmentForm_1_2-1.2.pdf

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