English Language Fellow and Specialist Program (DOS)

• Date: 03 December 2020
• Published date: 03 December 2020
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.1002/fgc.31435

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Grants alert (cont.)

Funds: Awards will range from $30,000 to $100,000.

Eligibility: U.S.-based and Indonesia-based colleges

and universities, for-prot organizations and nonprot

organizations.

Areas: DOS said priority program areas may include

but are not limited to: Shared Values and Interests, for

activities that promote the U.S.-Indonesia strategic

partnership and build people-to-people ties through

enhanced understanding of U.S. policies, culture and

values, including democratic governance, freedom of

speech, tolerance and diversity, and respect for the rule

of law among specic Indonesian audiences; Security

and Defense, for activities that promote security

cooperation in the Indo-Pacic region; promote respect

for international law (including maritime law), combat

transnational, regional and global challenges, including

cybersecurity, terrorism and violent extremism; and

encourage identication of and resistance to malign

inuence and disinformation; and Prosperity, Trade

and Investment, for activities that promote economic

cooperation between the United States and Indonesia,

encourage an understanding of U.S. trade policies,

improve connections between U.S. and Indonesian

businesses and/or expand economic opportunities

for women, youth and underserved populations, and

promote entrepreneurship.

➜ www.grants.gov; FON# PAS-JAKARTA-FY21-01

English Language Fellow and Specialist

Program (DOS)

Scope: The State Department’s Bureau of Educational

and Cultural Affairs seeks applications for the FY2021

English Language (EL) Fellow and Specialist Program

to improve English teaching capacity around the world

and increase mutual understanding between the people

of the United States and those of other countries

through the physical or virtual exchanges of U.S. English

language educators to educational institutions in all

world regions.

Deadline: Jan. 8, 2021.

Funds: $17 million total for one award.

Eligibility: Colleges and universities and nonprot

organizations.

Areas: DOS said the EL Fellow and Specialist Program

allows students and teachers at host institutions to

benet from the U.S. participants’ knowledge and

perspectives on pedagogical issues and gain a better

understanding of U.S. culture and values, representative

government, free enterprise and the rule of law. EL

fellows and specialists provide foreign educators,

professionals and students with the communication

skills they need to participate in the global economy and

to improve their access to accurate information and U.S.

perspectives on a broad variety of issues.

➜ www.grants.gov; FON# SFOP0007400

U.S. Embassy Namibia PAS Annual Program

Statement (DOS)

Scope: The State Department’s U.S. Mission to Namibia

seeks applications for the U.S. Embassy Public Affairs

Section Annual Program Statement announcement for

programs that strengthen ties between the United States

and Namibia through cultural, academic and exchange

programming that promotes bilateral cooperation and

shared values.

Deadline: April 1, 2021.

Funds: $25,000 total for up to ve awards of up to

$5,000.

Eligibility: Nonprot organizations.

Areas: DOS said examples of Public Affairs Grants

Programs include but are not limited to: academic and

professional lectures, seminars and speaker programs;

artistic and cultural workshops; joint performances

and exhibitions; sports exchange programs; health and

conservation programs that include engagement with

public audiences; cultural heritage conservation and

preservation programs; and professional and academic

exchanges and programs; among others.

➜ www.grants.gov; FON# PAS-WINDHOEK-

FY2021-04-0

Countering Iran’s Ballistic Missile Capability

(DOS)

Scope: The State Department’s Bureau of International

Security-Nonproliferation seeks applications for the

FY2021 Countering Iran’s Ballistic Missile Capability

announcement aimed at countering the development

of, and the advancements in, Iran’s ballistic missile

program and improving international adherence to the

appropriate UN Security Council resolutions and other

international multilateral and bilateral sanctions.

Deadline: Jan. 29, 2021.

Funds: $5 million total for awards ranging from $25,000

to $250,000.

Eligibility: Colleges and universities, for-prot

organizations and nonprot organizations.

Areas: DOS said it seeks proposals that are designed

to counter or curtail the following activities related to

Iran’s effort to advance its ballistic missile development

programs: illicit shipping, proliferation nance, transfer of

proliferation-sensitive ballistic missile–related technology

and materials, cyber-enabled theft of proliferation-

sensitive technology and open-source research.

➜ www.grants.gov; FON# SFOP0007380

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