RELO Budapest is offering a grant for English language and media educators from Central and Eastern Europe to collaborate on the development of a blended Media English course. The project includes a materials development conference in Budapest, funding for conference attendance in the U.S., a fellowship at the Voice of America in Washington, DC, and participation in an E-Teacher course. The grantee will work closely with RELO Budapest and VOA’s Learning English Director to enhance course content, as well as assist with video production and website development. Application deadline is October 31, 2014.
Opportunity ID: 262089
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | RELO-MEDIA-01 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Media English Blended Course Project |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Cooperative Agreement |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Education |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 1 |
| Assistance Listings: | 19.022 — Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs Appropriation Overseas Grants |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 2 |
| Posted Date: | Aug 15, 2014 |
| Last Updated Date: | Oct 17, 2014 |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Sep 05, 2014 Due to some of the project’s upcoming programs’ timing and because the projects’ phases are tied to the Media English course developers’ academic schedules, and because program events and components independent of RELO Budapest are already set, RELO Budapest needs to identify a winning candidate for subject Media English blended course by September 5, 2014 to achieve the program goals by the desired deadline. |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Oct 31, 2014 Due to some of the project’s upcoming programs’ timing and because the projects’ phases are tied to the Media English course developers’ academic schedules, and because program events and components independent of RELO Budapest are already set, RELO Budapest needs to identify a winning candidate for subject Media English blended course by November 5, 2014 to achieve the program goals by the desired deadline. |
| Archive Date: | Nov 21, 2014 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $132,510 |
| Award Ceiling: | $132,510 |
| Award Floor: | $132,510 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | – |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | U.S. Mission to Hungary |
| Description: | RELO Budapest has already conducted Phase 1 of its ongoing blended Media English (i.e. English for Journalists) course development project. Regarding the coming phases for which the current call for applications is open: Over the course of the 2014/2015 academic year (October 2014 through June 2015), the ten RELO Budapest selected English language and media educators from across Central and Eastern Europe will continue to collaborate with RELO Budapest on the development of this blended Media English (i.e. English for Journalists) course, which will be piloted with journalists and students of journalism in the spring of 2015. Ten U.S. Embassies are participating in this pilot project. These are Hungary, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Romania, Macedonia, Kosovo, Latvia, Slovakia, Belarus, Ukraine.In close consultation with RELO Budapest, the grantee will administer the entire remaining part of this Media English project. First the grantee will arrange a follow-up materials development conference for the blended course developers for January 11-24, 2015 in Budapest, Hungary. In addition, apart from funding the ten content developers to the TESOL ( www.tesol.org ) conference in the U.S. in 2016 and other project-related programs and expenses detailed below herein for the 2014/2015 academic year, as added incentive to participate, the grantee will organize for the top performing journalist-participant in each country a two-week fellowship at the Voice of America (VOA) in Washington, DC in the summer of 2015. In addition, the grantee will arrange for the content developers to take a U.S. State Department E-Teacher course in English for Specific Purposes or Computer-Assisted Language Learning between the end of the 2014/2015 academic year and the end of the overall program period.In order to further enhance the content of the course, the grantee, in consultation with RELO Budapest, will also invite VOAs Learning English Director to Budapest to support a January 11-24 course development conference in 2015.Part of the project is the recording, editing and publication of program-related videos and assistance in developing and hosting the program website. |
| Link to Additional Information: | – |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Gergo Santha
RELO Assistant Phone 003614754328 Email:SanthaG@state.gov |
Version History
| Version | Modification Description | Updated Date |
|---|---|---|
| Recent changes were necessary to be able to receive sufficiant number of applications and to be able to meet program plan deadline. | Oct 17, 2014 | |
| Oct 17, 2014 |
DISPLAYING: Synopsis 2
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | RELO-MEDIA-01 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Media English Blended Course Project |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Cooperative Agreement |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Education |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 1 |
| Assistance Listings: | 19.022 — Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs Appropriation Overseas Grants |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 2 |
| Posted Date: | Aug 15, 2014 |
| Last Updated Date: | Oct 17, 2014 |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Sep 05, 2014 Due to some of the project’s upcoming programs’ timing and because the projects’ phases are tied to the Media English course developers’ academic schedules, and because program events and components independent of RELO Budapest are already set, RELO Budapest needs to identify a winning candidate for subject Media English blended course by September 5, 2014 to achieve the program goals by the desired deadline. |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Oct 31, 2014 Due to some of the project’s upcoming programs’ timing and because the projects’ phases are tied to the Media English course developers’ academic schedules, and because program events and components independent of RELO Budapest are already set, RELO Budapest needs to identify a winning candidate for subject Media English blended course by November 5, 2014 to achieve the program goals by the desired deadline. |
| Archive Date: | Nov 21, 2014 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $132,510 |
| Award Ceiling: | $132,510 |
| Award Floor: | $132,510 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | – |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | U.S. Mission to Hungary |
| Description: | RELO Budapest has already conducted Phase 1 of its ongoing blended Media English (i.e. English for Journalists) course development project. Regarding the coming phases for which the current call for applications is open: Over the course of the 2014/2015 academic year (October 2014 through June 2015), the ten RELO Budapest selected English language and media educators from across Central and Eastern Europe will continue to collaborate with RELO Budapest on the development of this blended Media English (i.e. English for Journalists) course, which will be piloted with journalists and students of journalism in the spring of 2015. Ten U.S. Embassies are participating in this pilot project. These are Hungary, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Romania, Macedonia, Kosovo, Latvia, Slovakia, Belarus, Ukraine.In close consultation with RELO Budapest, the grantee will administer the entire remaining part of this Media English project. First the grantee will arrange a follow-up materials development conference for the blended course developers for January 11-24, 2015 in Budapest, Hungary. In addition, apart from funding the ten content developers to the TESOL ( www.tesol.org ) conference in the U.S. in 2016 and other project-related programs and expenses detailed below herein for the 2014/2015 academic year, as added incentive to participate, the grantee will organize for the top performing journalist-participant in each country a two-week fellowship at the Voice of America (VOA) in Washington, DC in the summer of 2015. In addition, the grantee will arrange for the content developers to take a U.S. State Department E-Teacher course in English for Specific Purposes or Computer-Assisted Language Learning between the end of the 2014/2015 academic year and the end of the overall program period.In order to further enhance the content of the course, the grantee, in consultation with RELO Budapest, will also invite VOAs Learning English Director to Budapest to support a January 11-24 course development conference in 2015.Part of the project is the recording, editing and publication of program-related videos and assistance in developing and hosting the program website. |
| Link to Additional Information: | – |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Gergo Santha
RELO Assistant Phone 003614754328 Email:SanthaG@state.gov |
DISPLAYING: Synopsis 1
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | RELO-MEDIA-01 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Media English Blended Course Project |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Cooperative Agreement |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Education |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 1 |
| Assistance Listings: | 19.022 — Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs Appropriation Overseas Grants |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | Oct 17, 2014 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | – |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Sep 05, 2014 Due to some of the project’s upcoming programs’ timing and because the projects’ phases are tied to the Media English course developers’ academic schedules, and because program events and components independent of RELO Budapest are already set, RELO Budapest needs to identify a winning candidate for subject Media English blended course by September 5, 2014 to achieve the program goals by the desired deadline. |
| Archive Date: | Oct 05, 2014 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $132,510 |
| Award Ceiling: | $132,510 |
| Award Floor: | $132,510 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | – |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | U.S. Mission to Hungary |
| Description: | RELO Budapest has already conducted Phase 1 of its ongoing blended Media English (i.e. English for Journalists) course development project. Regarding the coming phases for which the current call for applications is open: Over the course of the 2014/2015 academic year (September 2014 through June 2015), the ten RELO Budapest selected English language and media educators from across Central and Eastern Europe will continue to collaborate with RELO Budapest on the development of this blended Media English (i.e. English for Journalists) course, which will be piloted with journalists and students of journalism in the spring of 2015. Ten U.S. Embassies are participating in this pilot project. These are Hungary, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Romania, Macedonia, Kosovo, Latvia, Slovakia, Belarus, Ukraine.
In close consultation with RELO Budapest, the grantee will administer the entire remaining part of this Media English project. First the grantee will arrange a follow-up materials development conference for the blended course developers for January 11-24, 2015 in Budapest, Hungary. In addition, apart from funding the ten content developers to the TESOL ( www.tesol.org ) conference in the U.S. in 2016 and other project-related programs and expenses detailed below herein for the 2014/2015 academic year, as added incentive to participate, the grantee will organize for the top performing journalist-participant in each country a two-week fellowship at the Voice of America (VOA) in Washington, DC in the summer of 2015. In addition, the grantee will arrange for the content developers to take a U.S. State Department E-Teacher course in English for Specific Purposes or Computer-Assisted Language Learning between the end of the 2014/2015 academic year and the end of the overall program period. In order to further enhance the content of the course, the grantee, in consultation with RELO Budapest, will also invite VOAs Learning English Director to Budapest to support a January 11-24 course development conference in 2015. Part of the project is the recording, editing and publication of program-related videos and assistance in developing and hosting the program website. |
| Link to Additional Information: | – |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Gergo Santha
RELO Assistant Phone 003614754328 Email:SanthaG@state.gov |
Related Documents
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Packages
| Agency Contact Information: | Gergo Santha RELO Assistant Phone 003614754328 Email: SanthaG@state.gov |
| Who Can Apply: | Organization Applicants |
| Assistance Listing Number | Competition ID | Competition Title | Opportunity Package ID | Opening Date | Closing Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19.022 | PKG00203503 | Oct 17, 2014 | Nov 19, 2014 | View |
Package 1
Mandatory forms
262089 SF424_2_1-2.1.pdf
262089 Budget-1.1.pdf
262089 Project-1.1.pdf
262089 SF424A-1.0.pdf
262089 SF424B-1.1.pdf
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