The Office of International Visitors, Division of
Professional and Cultural Exchanges, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs
(ECA/PE/V), United States Department of State (DoS) announces an open
competition for two assistance awards to develop and implement International
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Visitor Leadership Programs (IVLP).
The IVLP seeks to increase mutual
understanding between the U. S. and foreign publics through carefully designed
professional programs for approximately 4,500 foreign visitors per year from all
regions of the world.
The two awards will fund programming for a minimum of
251 and a maximum of 712 International Visitors (IVs).
Subject to availability of
funds, Award A will fund:
1) up to approximately 593 visitors ($1,939,113), of
which approximately 75 visitors will be funded, if required, through seasonal
administrative funding for one 7-month and one 4-month program team included
in this total or 2) up to approximately 712 visitors ($2,326,936), of which 75
visitors will be funded, if required, through seasonal administrative funding for
one 7-month and one 4-month program team included in this total.
Award B will
fund:
1) up to approximately 251 visitors ($684,657) or 2) up to approximately
301 visitors ($821,588).
Applicant organizations must include two separate
proposed budgets at the two different projected funding levels described above
for each award for which they apply.
For Award A, each of the proposed budgets
should also include a separate budget spreadsheet for the one 7-month and one
4-month supplemental program team described above.
Applicant organizations
may bid on one or both awards.
Pending availability of funds, one assistance
award will be made for each category described above.
If an organization is
interested in bidding on more than one award, a separate proposal and budget is
required for each award.
See Project Objectives, Goals, and Implementation
(POGI) for definitions of program-related terminology.