Opportunity ID: 353291

General Information

Document Type: Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number: SFOP0010328
Funding Opportunity Title: FY 2025 Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Opportunity Category Explanation:
Funding Instrument Type: Cooperative Agreement
Category of Funding Activity: Other (see text field entitled “Explanation of Other Category of Funding Activity” for clarification)
Category Explanation: Please see announcement.
Expected Number of Awards: 1
Assistance Listings: 19.009 — Academic Exchange Programs – Undergraduate Programs
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: No
Version: Synopsis 2
Posted Date: Mar 29, 2024
Last Updated Date: Mar 29, 2024
Original Closing Date for Applications: Jun 03, 2024
Current Closing Date for Applications: Jun 03, 2024
Archive Date: Jul 03, 2024
Estimated Total Program Funding:
Award Ceiling: $8,990,000
Award Floor: $8,990,000

Eligibility

Eligible Applicants: Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
Private institutions of higher education
Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification)
Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
Additional Information on Eligibility: Please see announcement.

Additional Information

Agency Name: Bureau Of Educational and Cultural Affairs
Description:

The U.S. Study Abroad Branch (ECA/A/S/Q) in the Office of Global Educational Programs in the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA), U.S. Department of State, is pleased to announce an open competition for proposals to administer the FY 2025 Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program. The CLS Program is a component of the U.S. Department of State’s effort to increase the number of Americans who learn critical foreign languages in support of the U.S. foreign policy goals of bolstering national security; promoting U.S. competitiveness and economic prosperity; and building mutual understanding with critical regions of the world.

The CLS Program started in 2006 as part of the interagency National Security Language Initiative. The award will fund approximately 522 U.S. undergraduate and graduate students to study critical languages through intensive overseas language institutes organized on behalf of ECA, in countries and locations where the target languages are widely spoken and through virtual programming. The award supports programming for all CLS alumni since the program’s inception in 2006.Only one proposal will be considered by ECA from each applicant organization. In cases where more than one submission from an applicant appears in grants.gov, ECA will only consider the submission made closest in time to the NOFO deadline; that submission would constitute the one and only proposal ECA would review from that applicant.

Please see the NOFO for additional information.

Link to Additional Information: Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs Organizational Funding Opportunities
Grantor Contact Information: If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:

Hans Posey
Email:poseyhe@state.gov

Version History

Version Modification Description Updated Date
Finalizing Grants.gov posting. Mar 29, 2024
Mar 29, 2024

DISPLAYING: Synopsis 2

General Information

Document Type: Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number: SFOP0010328
Funding Opportunity Title: FY 2025 Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Opportunity Category Explanation:
Funding Instrument Type: Cooperative Agreement
Category of Funding Activity: Other (see text field entitled “Explanation of Other Category of Funding Activity” for clarification)
Category Explanation: Please see announcement.
Expected Number of Awards: 1
Assistance Listings: 19.009 — Academic Exchange Programs – Undergraduate Programs
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: No
Version: Synopsis 2
Posted Date: Mar 29, 2024
Last Updated Date: Mar 29, 2024
Original Closing Date for Applications: Jun 03, 2024
Current Closing Date for Applications: Jun 03, 2024
Archive Date: Jul 03, 2024
Estimated Total Program Funding:
Award Ceiling: $8,990,000
Award Floor: $8,990,000

Eligibility

Eligible Applicants: Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
Private institutions of higher education
Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification)
Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
Additional Information on Eligibility: Please see announcement.

Additional Information

Agency Name: Bureau Of Educational and Cultural Affairs
Description:

The U.S. Study Abroad Branch (ECA/A/S/Q) in the Office of Global Educational Programs in the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA), U.S. Department of State, is pleased to announce an open competition for proposals to administer the FY 2025 Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program. The CLS Program is a component of the U.S. Department of State’s effort to increase the number of Americans who learn critical foreign languages in support of the U.S. foreign policy goals of bolstering national security; promoting U.S. competitiveness and economic prosperity; and building mutual understanding with critical regions of the world.

The CLS Program started in 2006 as part of the interagency National Security Language Initiative. The award will fund approximately 522 U.S. undergraduate and graduate students to study critical languages through intensive overseas language institutes organized on behalf of ECA, in countries and locations where the target languages are widely spoken and through virtual programming. The award supports programming for all CLS alumni since the program’s inception in 2006.Only one proposal will be considered by ECA from each applicant organization. In cases where more than one submission from an applicant appears in grants.gov, ECA will only consider the submission made closest in time to the NOFO deadline; that submission would constitute the one and only proposal ECA would review from that applicant.

Please see the NOFO for additional information.

Link to Additional Information: Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs Organizational Funding Opportunities
Grantor Contact Information: If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:

Hans Posey
Email:poseyhe@state.gov

DISPLAYING: Synopsis 1

General Information

Document Type: Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number: SFOP0010328
Funding Opportunity Title: FY 2025 Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Opportunity Category Explanation:
Funding Instrument Type: Cooperative Agreement
Category of Funding Activity: Other (see text field entitled “Explanation of Other Category of Funding Activity” for clarification)
Category Explanation: Please see announcement.
Expected Number of Awards: 1
Assistance Listings: 19.009 — Academic Exchange Programs – Undergraduate Programs
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: No
Version: Synopsis 1
Posted Date: Mar 29, 2024
Last Updated Date: Mar 29, 2024
Original Closing Date for Applications:
Current Closing Date for Applications: Jun 03, 2024
Archive Date:
Estimated Total Program Funding:
Award Ceiling: $8,990,000
Award Floor: $8,990,000

Eligibility

Eligible Applicants: Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility: Please see announcement.

Additional Information

Agency Name: Bureau Of Educational and Cultural Affairs
Description: The U.S. Study Abroad Branch (ECA/A/S/Q) in the Office of Global Educational Programs in the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA), U.S. Department of State, is pleased to announce an open competition for proposals to administer the FY 2025 Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program. The CLS Program is a component of the U.S. Department of State’s effort to increase the number of Americans who learn critical foreign languages in support of the U.S. foreign policy goals of bolstering national security; promoting U.S. competitiveness and economic prosperity; and building mutual understanding with critical regions of the world. The CLS Program started in 2006 as part of the interagency National Security Language Initiative. The award will fund approximately 522 U.S. undergraduate and graduate students to study critical languages through intensive overseas language institutes organized on behalf of ECA, in countries and locations where the target languages are widely spoken and through virtual programming. The award supports programming for all CLS alumni since the program’s inception in 2006.

Only one proposal will be considered by ECA from each applicant organization. In cases where more than one submission from an applicant appears in grants.gov, ECA will only consider the submission made closest in time to the NOFO deadline; that submission would constitute the one and only proposal ECA would review from that applicant.
Please see the NOFO for additional information.

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

Hans Posey
Email:-

Folder 353291 Full Announcement-FY25 CLS NOFO -> Performance Monitoring Plan_2-24.pdf

Folder 353291 Full Announcement-FY25 CLS NOFO -> CLS FY 25 NOFO.pdf

Packages

Agency Contact Information: Hans Posey
Email: poseyhe@state.gov
Who Can Apply: Organization Applicants

Assistance Listing Number Competition ID Competition Title Opportunity Package ID Opening Date Closing Date Actions
19.009 SFOP0010328 FY 2025 Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program PKG00285652 Mar 29, 2024 Jun 03, 2024 View

Package 1

Mandatory forms

353291 SF424_4_0-4.0.pdf

353291 SF424A-1.0.pdf

353291 BudgetNarrativeAttachments_1_2-1.2.pdf

353291 ProjectNarrativeAttachments_1_2-1.2.pdf

Optional forms

353291 SFLLL_2_0-2.0.pdf

353291 SF424B-1.1.pdf

353291 AttachmentForm_1_2-1.2.pdf

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