Opportunity Information: Apply for SFOP0010354
The FY 2025 Fulbright Student Program opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number SFOP0010354) is a U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) open competition to award one or more cooperative agreements to organizations that can help administer the Fulbright Student Program for the FY 2025 cohort, while also supporting promotion, recruitment, and selection activities tied to the following cycle (FY 2026). Rather than funding individual student applicants directly through this notice, the Department is seeking implementing partners that can handle large-scale program operations on the government side, working closely with ECA staff under a cooperative agreement structure, which typically implies substantial federal involvement in planning, oversight, and coordination.
The Fulbright Student Program is described as a core piece of the broader Fulbright Program ecosystem, alongside the Fulbright Scholar and Specialist programs, the Fulbright Teacher Exchange Program, and the Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program. The notice emphasizes the program's long history (dating back to 1946) and its defining feature: open, transparent, merit-based selection. The program supports a wide range of academic exchange activities, including degree study, teaching, and research, both for U.S. participants going abroad and for international participants coming to the United States.
Operationally, the scale is significant. Each year the program sends about 1,908 U.S. students and early-career professionals overseas to conduct independent research, serve as English teaching assistants and cultural resources, and pursue academic study at foreign institutions. In the reciprocal direction, it brings about 2,150 foreign participants from roughly 160 countries to the United States for comparable activities, most often hosted by U.S. colleges and universities. Management of the program is shared across multiple entities: the Department of State in Washington, DC; 49 bilateral Fulbright commissions; about 100 U.S. embassies abroad; and private-sector cooperating agencies in the United States. Program-wide policies and selection guidelines are set by the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board (FFSB), a presidentially appointed board.
The organization or organizations selected under this competition would be expected to carry out core administrative and participant-support functions for the FY 2025 cohort. These responsibilities include placing participants in appropriate host institutions or settings, monitoring participant progress and compliance, organizing enrichment activities that complement the academic exchange experience, disbursing program funds, and maintaining accurate program records. In addition, the awardee(s) would be responsible for broader program promotion and outreach, and for managing recruitment and selection processes connected to the FY 2026 cohort for both U.S. and foreign student components. All of this work would be conducted under ECA supervision, consistent with the cooperative agreement model.
Key funding details in the announcement include an award ceiling of up to $20,000,000, with an expected total of 7 awards. The opportunity is categorized as discretionary, uses the cooperative agreement funding instrument, and is listed under CFDA 19.400. Eligible applicants include public and state-controlled institutions of higher education, private institutions of higher education, and nonprofit organizations with 501(c)(3) status (as well as other eligible entities as indicated in the full announcement). The agency is the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, and the original closing date listed is July 8, 2024, with a creation date of May 9, 2024.Apply for SFOP0010354
- The Bureau Of Educational and Cultural Affairs in the other sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "FY 2025 Fulbright Student Program" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 19.400.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2024-05-09.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2024-07-08. (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 7 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.
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