Opportunity Information: Apply for SFOP0008411
The FY 2022 Future Leaders Exchange (FLEX) Program: Student Placement and Monitoring opportunity is a U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) funding competition for organizations that can help place FLEX exchange students with American host families and oversee their wellbeing and experience throughout a full academic year in the United States. FLEX is a long-running program, launched in 1992, designed to advance U.S. foreign policy goals by building mutual understanding and strengthening relationships between the United States and participating countries in Europe and Eurasia. At its core, the program provides scholarships for high school students to attend a U.S. high school, live with a host family, and develop leadership skills through immersive exposure to American society and civic values, while also giving U.S. host communities a direct connection to the cultures, languages, and traditions of the students home countries. More than 30,000 students have participated since the program began, which signals both its scale and its established infrastructure.
This particular funding announcement focuses on the Student Placement and Monitoring component, meaning the work is concentrated on the practical, day-to-day exchange management responsibilities that make a year-long youth exchange safe, educational, and stable. While the announcement excerpt does not list every required task, the title and framing clearly point to activities such as recruiting and screening host families, matching students to appropriate placements, coordinating school enrollment, ensuring students receive proper orientation and ongoing support, and maintaining consistent monitoring and reporting throughout the exchange year. In practice, monitoring typically involves regular check-ins, problem-solving when issues arise in a host family or school setting, and ensuring compliance with program rules and student safeguarding expectations. The emphasis on students learning about American society and values, and sharing their own cultures with U.S. communities, also implies that grantees are expected to support student engagement and integration, not simply arrange housing.
The award is offered as a cooperative agreement, which usually indicates a more hands-on partnership with the federal agency compared to a standard grant, with substantial programmatic involvement from ECA in shaping or overseeing implementation. The opportunity is categorized as discretionary funding, with the funding activity category listed as "Other" (with further clarification referenced in the full announcement). The CFDA number associated with the program is 19.415. The total maximum funding amount (award ceiling) listed is $10,365,000, and ECA anticipates making approximately 15 awards, suggesting multiple organizations may be funded to cover different geographic regions, cohorts, or operational roles within the larger FLEX ecosystem.
Eligibility is open to a range of organizational types that can credibly manage a nationwide or multi-state placement and support network. Eligible applicants include public and state-controlled institutions of higher education, private institutions of higher education, and U.S. nonprofit organizations with 501(c)(3) status (excluding higher education institutions), along with other categories referenced in the full announcement under additional eligibility guidance. The funding opportunity number is SFOP0008411. The announcement was created on October 6, 2021, with an original application deadline of December 6, 2021. Overall, the opportunity is aimed at selecting experienced partners capable of delivering safe, well-managed student placements and robust monitoring systems that uphold the FLEX mission of educational exchange, leadership development, and long-term people-to-people ties between the United States and Europe and Eurasia.Apply for SFOP0008411
- 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 "FY 2022 Future Leaders Exchange (FLEX) Program: Student Placement and Monitoring" 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 06, 2021.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Dec 06, 2021. (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 $10,365,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 15 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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