Opportunity Information: Apply for SFOP0007611
The FY 2021 Future Leaders Exchange (FLEX) Program Organizational Components opportunity is a U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) cooperative agreement competition to select one organization to run the core, centralized administrative and operational pieces of the FLEX program for the 2022-2023 academic year cycle. FLEX is a long-running international high school exchange initiative, and this specific award focuses on the behind-the-scenes infrastructure that keeps the program functioning across multiple countries, partners, and participant groups. The selected recipient would be expected to manage a wide range of program logistics and compliance responsibilities that support both the traditional FLEX inbound model (bringing foreign high school students to the United States) and, if funded, a small outbound pilot that sends U.S. students abroad.
At its core, the award is meant to cover end-to-end organizational management tasks such as recruitment and selection processes for participants, coordination with U.S. embassies overseas, and structured communications with students families (including natural parents/guardians). The work described also includes planning and implementing alumni engagement and activities, which is an important part of State Department exchange programming because alumni networks are used to sustain relationships, reinforce program goals, and extend the impact beyond the exchange year. In practical terms, the grantee would be responsible for creating and running systems that ensure candidates are identified, vetted, and selected fairly and consistently; that required communications and documentation happen on schedule; and that there is a reliable framework for participant support and post-program engagement.
A notable element of the announcement is the potential inclusion of a FLEX Abroad pilot program, contingent on the availability of funds. Under this pilot, the recipient would recruit and select roughly 15 to 20 U.S. high school students for an academic year abroad in FLEX partner countries. The students would be placed in about three existing FLEX countries, with the final set of destinations to be determined later based on U.S. foreign policy priorities, the capacity of in-country partners to host and support students, and consultation with U.S. embassies and the Department of State regional bureaus. This pilot component signals an additional layer of operational complexity, since outbound programming typically requires different risk management, support structures, and coordination mechanisms than inbound exchanges.
From a funding and administrative standpoint, this is a discretionary funding opportunity using a cooperative agreement instrument, which generally means ECA expects substantial involvement in the project’s direction, oversight, and coordination rather than a hands-off grant relationship. The opportunity is listed under CFDA 19.415, with a single expected award and a maximum award ceiling of $13,584,000. The competition was created on February 10, 2021, with an original application deadline of April 15, 2021, indicating a relatively standard federal competition window for applicants to prepare a full program narrative, budget, and required federal forms.
Eligibility is broad but still targeted to organizations capable of managing a large, multi-country youth exchange program. Eligible applicants include public and state-controlled institutions of higher education, private institutions of higher education, and nonprofit organizations with 501(c)(3) status (including those other than higher education institutions). The listing also includes an “Others” category with additional eligibility clarification referenced in the full announcement, which typically covers certain types of organizations that meet programmatic and compliance requirements. Overall, the opportunity is geared toward established exchange administrators with the staffing, safeguarding policies, financial systems, and international coordination experience needed to manage recruitment, selection, communications, alumni engagement, and potential outbound pilot activities at scale. For more background on FLEX as a program, ECA points applicants to the public program page at https://exchanges.state.gov/non-us/program/future-leaders-exchange.Apply for SFOP0007611
- 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 2021 Future Leaders Exchange (FLEX) Program Organizational Components" 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 Feb 10, 2021.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Apr 15, 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 $13,584,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 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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