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27See Phlx Rule 1101A(b). 

28A list of the current members and affiliate 

members of ISG can be found at https:// 

www.isgportal.org/isgPortal/public/members.htm. 

29 15 U.S.C. 78f(b). 

30 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(5). 31 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(12). 

in up to three months from the March, 

June, September, December cycle plus 

two additional near-term months (that 

is, as many as five months at all 

times).27 The trading of OSXSM options 

will continue to be subject to the same 

rules that govern the trading of all of the 

Exchange’s index options, including 

sales practice rules, margin 

requirements, and trading rules. 

Surveillance and Capacity 

The Exchange represents that it has an 

adequate surveillance program in place 

for options traded on the Index and 

intends to apply those same program 

procedures that it applies to the 

Exchange’s current OSXSM options and 

other index options. Additionally, the 

Exchange is a member of the 

Intermarket Surveillance Group (‘‘ISG’’) 

under the Intermarket Surveillance 

Group Agreement, dated June 20, 1994. 

ISG members generally work together to 

coordinate surveillance and 

investigative information sharing in the 

stock and options markets. In addition, 

the major futures exchanges are 

affiliated members of the ISG, which 

allows for the sharing of surveillance 

information for potential intermarket 

trading abuses.28

The Exchange represents that it has 

the necessary systems capacity to 

continue to support listing and trading 

OSXSM options. 

2. Statutory Basis 

The Exchange believes that its 

proposal is consistent with Section 6(b) 

of the Act 29 in general, and furthers the 

objectives of Section 6(b)(5) of the Act 30

in particular, in that it is designed to 

prevent fraudulent and manipulative 

acts and practices, to promote just and 

equitable principles of trade, to foster 

cooperation and coordination with 

persons engaged in facilitating 

transactions in securities, and to remove 

impediments to and perfect the 

mechanisms of a free and open market 

and a national market system. The 

Exchange believes that the proposal to 

expand the OSXSM index will allow the 

Exchange to continue listing and trading 

options on this premiere index that even 

more effectively reflects [sic] the oil 

services sector. 

B. Self-Regulatory Organization’s 

Statement on Burden on Competition 

The Exchange does not believe that 

the proposed rule change will impose 

any burden on competition not 

necessary or appropriate in furtherance 

of the purposes of the Act. 

C. Self-Regulatory Organization’s 

Statement on Comments on the 

Proposed Rule Change Received From 

Members, Participants, or Others 

No written comments were either 

solicited or received. 

III. Date of Effectiveness of the 

Proposed Rule Change and Timing for 

Commission Action 

Within 45 days of the date of 

publication of this notice in the Federal 

Register or within such longer period (i) 

As the Commission may designate up to 

90 days of such date if it finds such 

longer period to be appropriate and 

publishes its reasons for so finding or 

(ii) as to which the Exchange consents, 

the Commission shall: (a) By order 

approve or disapprove such proposed 

rule change, or (b) institute proceedings 

to determine whether the proposed rule 

change should be disapproved. 

IV. Solicitation of Comments 

Interested persons are invited to 

submit written data, views, and 

arguments concerning the foregoing, 

including whether the proposed rule 

change is consistent with the Act. 

Comments may be submitted by any of 

the following methods: 

Electronic Comments 

• Use the Commission’s Internet 

comment form (http://www.sec.gov/ 

rules/sro.shtml); or 

• Send an e-mail to rulecomments@sec.gov. Please include File 

Number SR–Phlx–2011–28 on the 

subject line. 

Paper Comments 

• Send paper comments in triplicate 

to Elizabeth M. Murphy, Secretary, 

Securities and Exchange Commission, 

100 F Street, NE., Washington, DC 

20549–1090. 

All submissions should refer to File 

Number SR–Phlx–2011–28. This file 

number should be included on the 

subject line if e-mail is used. To help the 

Commission process and review your 

comments more efficiently, please use 

only one method. The Commission will 

post all comments on the Commission’s 

Internet Web site (http://www.sec.gov/ 

rules/sro.shtml). 

Copies of the submission, all 

subsequent amendments, all written 

statements with respect to the proposed 

rule change that are filed with the 

Commission, and all written 

communications relating to the 

proposed rule change between the 

Commission and any person, other than 

those that may be withheld from the 

public in accordance with the 

provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552, will be 

available for Web site viewing and 

copying in the Commission’s Public 

Reference Room. Copies of the filing 

also will be available for inspection and 

copying at the principal office of the 

Exchange. All comments received will 

be posted without change; the 

Commission does not edit personal 

identifying information from 

submissions. You should submit only 

information that you wish to make 

available publicly. 

All submissions should refer to File 

Number SR–Phlx–2011–28 and should 

be submitted on or before April 7, 2011. 

For the Commission, by the Division of 

Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated 

authority.31

Cathy H. Ahn, 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2011–6172 Filed 3–16–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8011–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 7364] 

Bureau of Educational and Cultural 

Affairs (ECA) Request for Grant 

Proposals: Youth Leadership Program 

With South Asia (Nepal, Sri Lanka, and 

the Maldives) and the Youth 

Leadership Program With Azerbaijan 

Announcement Type: New 

Cooperative Agreement. 

Funding Opportunity Number: ECA/ 

PE/C/PY–11–30. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance Number: 19.415. 

Application Deadline: May 11, 2011. 

Executive Summary: The Office of 

Citizen Exchanges, Youth Programs 

Division, of the Bureau of Educational 

and Cultural Affairs announces an open 

competition for two Youth Leadership 

Programs: the Youth Leadership 

Program with South Asia (Nepal, Sri 

Lanka, and the Maldives) and the Youth 

Leadership Program with Azerbaijan. 

Public and private non-profit 

organizations meeting the provisions 

described in Internal Revenue Code 

section 26 USC 501(c)(3) may submit 

proposals for reciprocal exchange 

programs for high school students and 

adult participants. For the Youth 

Leadership Program with South Asia, 

hereinafter referred to as Program A, 

applicants should plan to recruit and 

select approximately 30 youth and adult 

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Lanka, and the United States. For the 

Youth Leadership Program with 

Azerbaijan, hereinafter referred to as 

Program B, applicants should plan to 

recruit and select approximately 105– 

125 youth and adult participants in 

Azerbaijan and in the United States. In 

both programs, applicants will provide 

the participants with substantive threeweek exchanges in the partner countries 

that focus broadly on the themes of civic 

rights and responsibilities, youth 

leadership development, respect for 

diversity, and community activism. 

Activities will be geared toward 

preparing participants to conduct 

projects at home that serve a community 

need. 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Authority: Overall grant making 

authority for this program is contained 

in the Mutual Educational and Cultural 

Exchange Act of 1961, Public Law 87– 

256, as amended, also known as the 

Fulbright-Hays Act. The purpose of the 

Act is ‘‘to enable the Government of the 

United States to increase mutual 

understanding between the people of 

the United States and the people of 

other countries * * *; to strengthen the 

ties which unite us with other nations 

by demonstrating the educational and 

cultural interests, developments, and 

achievements of the people of the 

United States and other nations * * * 

and thus to assist in the development of 

friendly, sympathetic and peaceful 

relations between the United States and 

the other countries of the world.’’ The 

funding authority for the program above 

is provided through legislation. The 

funding authority for the program with 

Azerbaijan is provided through a 

transfer from Assistance to Europe, 

Eurasia, and Central Asia (AEECA) 

funding. 

Purpose: The Bureau of Educational 

and Cultural Affairs’ (ECA) Youth 

Leadership Programs enable teenagers 

(ages 15–17) and adult educators to 

participate in intensive, thematic 

exchanges. Exchange activities must 

focus broadly on civic rights and 

responsibilities, youth leadership 

development, respect for diversity, and 

community activism. Specific topics, 

such as the environment, media literacy, 

health, or entrepreneurial initiatives, 

will be used as tools to illustrate those 

concepts. Participants will be engaged 

in a variety of activities such as 

workshops, community and/or schoolbased programs, cultural activities, 

seminars and other activities designed 

to achieve the program’s stated goals 

and objectives. Ample opportunities for 

the exchange participants to interact 

with their peers in the host country will 

be included. The program will prepare 

the participants to apply and share their 

exchange experiences upon their return 

home. 

The goals of the programs are to: 

(1) Promote mutual understanding 

between the United States and the 

people of other countries; 

(2) Inspire a sense of civic 

responsibility and commitment to 

community development among youth; 

(3) Develop a cadre of community 

activists who will share their knowledge 

and skills with their peers through 

positive action; and 

(4) Foster relationships among youth 

from different ethnic, religious, and 

national groups. 

The objectives of the programs are for 

participants to: 

(1) Demonstrate a better 

understanding of the elements of a 

participatory democracy; 

(2) Demonstrate critical thinking and 

leadership skills; and 

(3) Demonstrate skill at developing 

project ideas and planning a course of 

action to bring the projects to fruition. 

The primary themes of the programs 

are: 

(1) Civic Rights and Responsibilities 

(including citizen participation, 

grassroots democracy and rule of law); 

(2) Youth Leadership Development 

(such as team building, public speaking, 

negotiation, goal setting and project 

planning); 

(3) Respect for Diversity (including 

ethnicity, race, gender, religion, 

geographic location, socio-economic 

status, and disabilities); and 

(4) Community Activism (social/ 

corporate responsibility, volunteerism, 

and philanthropy). 

For each program, applicant 

organizations must focus on these 

primary themes. In addition, applicants 

should identify specific topics, such as 

the environment, media literacy, health, 

or entrepreneurial initiatives, and 

describe how these topics will serve to 

illustrate the more abstract concepts of 

the primary themes. For example, the 

specific topic of the environment could 

be used to examine community activism 

and civic responsibility by 

demonstrating how a group of 

individuals with an idea can start a 

recycling campaign in their community. 

Applicants should identify their own 

specific objectives and measurable 

outputs and outcomes based on these 

program goals and the specifications 

provided in this solicitation. 

Applicants must demonstrate their 

capacity for implementing programs of 

this nature, focusing on three areas of 

competency: (1) Provision of programs 

that address the goals and themes 

outlined in this document; (2) ageappropriate programming for youth; and 

(3) previous experience working with 

the relevant geographic region, either 

Eurasia or South Asia. In addition to 

their U.S. presence, applicants, or their 

partner organizations, need to have the 

necessary capacity in South Asia or 

Azerbaijan to recruit, select, and 

provide follow-on activities for local 

participants, and to provide a contentrich exchange program for the American 

participants. Applicants or their partner 

organizations must have a functioning 

office and an established track record of 

working with youth or on issues in local 

education in the participating countries 

of Azerbaijan or Nepal and Sri Lanka. 

The partner organization is not required 

to have an office in the Maldives, but 

should demonstrate their ability to 

recruit, select, and provide follow-on 

activities for the Maldivian participants. 

The representative(s) in the host 

countries should have an active role in 

the preparation of the proposal 

submitted in response to this RFGP. The 

Bureau recommends that Program A 

applicants consult with the U.S. 

Embassies in Kathmandu and Colombo 

prior to submitting their proposal for 

help in identifying or vetting in-country 

partners. [Note that the U.S. Embassy in 

Colombo oversees activities in both Sri 

Lanka and the Maldives.] Program B 

applicants should consult with the U.S. 

Embassy in Baku to learn about existing 

educational programs. Please consult 

with the ECA Program Officer for 

contact information. 

ECA intends to award one cooperative 

agreement for each program. 

Organizations may submit only one 

proposal, for either Program A or 

Program B. Proposals for the two 

programs will be judged independently 

and will be compared only to proposals 

for the same region. 

Program A Guidelines: Youth 

Leadership Program With South Asia 

The cooperative agreement will begin 

on or about September 1, 2011, pending 

the availability of funds. The award 

period will be approximately 14 to 18 

months in duration, according to the 

applicant’s program design. Applicants 

should propose the timing of the 

exchange delegations: one South Asian 

delegation traveling to the United States 

and one or two American delegations 

traveling to South Asia. Each delegation 

will travel for three weeks. The 

exchanges will take place in 2012. 

Applicants should propose the period of 

the exchanges based on the timeframes 

noted above. Dates may be shifted by 

the mutual agreement of the Department 

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The amount of ECA funding available 

is projected to be $300,000. 

The program will be offered for 

approximately 30 participants: 18–24 

students and educators from South Asia 

and 8–12 students and educators from 

the United States. The ratio of students 

to adult participants should be 

approximately 7:1. 

The South Asian participants will 

travel as a regional delegation with 

equal representation of the three 

participating countries: The Maldives, 

Nepal, and Sri Lanka. Exchange 

activities should take place in English; 

therefore, proficiency in English should 

be a requirement for selection, 

particularly as it will enhance 

interaction with American peers. 

The American participants will be 8– 

12 high school students and educators 

that represent the diversity of the 

United States and who demonstrate an 

interest in South Asia and the project 

themes. Applicants must present a welljustified plan for how they will arrange 

the Americans’ travel to the region. The 

Bureau does not anticipate that all of the 

U.S. participants will travel to all three 

countries; for instance, some Americans 

may travel to only one country while 

others travel to the other countries. 

Program B Guidelines: Youth 

Leadership Program With Azerbaijan 

The cooperative agreement will begin 

on or about September 1, 2011. The 

cooperative agreement period will be 

approximately 20 to 30 months in 

duration, according to the applicant’s 

program design. Applicants should 

propose the timing of multiple exchange 

delegations to be sent to the United 

States or Azerbaijan in manageable 

group sizes throughout the award 

period. Each delegation will travel for 

three weeks. Proposals should account 

for four to six delegations: three to five 

Azerbaijani delegations traveling to the 

United States and one or two American 

delegations traveling to Azerbaijan. 

Each delegation should focus on the 

program goals and objectives, but all 

delegations do not need to focus on the 

same programmatic themes or topics. 

The exchanges will take place in 2012 

and 2013. Dates may be shifted by the 

mutual agreement of the Department 

and the award recipient. 

The amount of ECA funding available 

is projected to be $1,011,500. 

An applicant should present the 

number of participants within the range 

of 105–125 it expects to be able to 

accommodate based on its program 

design and budget. The ratio of students 

to adult participants should be 

approximately 7:1. 

The Azerbaijani participants will 

travel in three to five delegations of 15 

to 30 students and educators each. 

Programs should take place in English; 

therefore, fluency in English should be 

a requirement for selection, particularly 

as it will enhance interaction with 

American peers. 

An applicant should describe a robust 

participant recruitment strategy for 

selection of Azerbaijani participants. 

The overall strategy should address 

ways to successfully recruit both 

Azerbaijani educators and students from 

all across the country, including 

representatives from the Nakhchivan 

Autonomous Republic, geographical 

exclave of Azerbaijan. Likewise, the 

applicant should demonstrate a 

recruitment plan that adds synergy to 

existing U.S. Government-funded 

education programs in Azerbaijan that 

target at underserved populations. 

The American participants will travel 

in one or two delegations of 15 to 30 

high school students and educators each 

that represent the diversity of the 

United States and who demonstrate an 

interest in Azerbaijan and the project 

themes. 

Guidelines for Both Programs 

In pursuit of the goals outlined above, 

the program will include the following: 

• The open recruitment and 

competitive selection of a diverse group 

of youth and adult participants in the 

participating countries. 

• Pre-departure and arrival 

orientations. 

• Design and planning of exchange 

activities that provide a creative and 

substantive program on the specified 

themes and offer a thorough 

introduction to the host country’s 

culture. Opportunities for the exchange 

participants to engage with their peers 

in the host country must be included 

whenever possible. 

• Opportunities for the educators to 

work with their peers to help them 

foster youth leadership, civic education, 

and community service programs at 

home. 

• Logistical arrangements, including 

accommodations, disbursement of 

stipends, local travel, and travel 

between sites. 

• Homestay arrangements with 

properly screened and briefed host 

families for a significant portion of the 

exchange period. Criminal background 

checks must be conducted for members 

of host families and others living in the 

home who are 18 years or older. 

• Monitoring of the participants’ 

safety and well-being while on the 

exchange, including proper staff 

supervision and opportunities for 

participants to share potential issues 

and have them resolved promptly. 

• Follow-on activities in the 

participants’ home countries designed 

to reinforce the ideas and skills 

imparted during the exchange program. 

Please see the Project Objectives, 

Goals, and Implementation document 

for more details. 

Criteria for selection of all 

participants will be leadership skills, an 

interest in service to the community, 

strong academic and social skills, 

overall composure, and openness and 

flexibility. In addition, all participants 

must be citizens of the country from 

which they are applying and must 

legally reside in that country. 

As noted below, the support of 

diversity is an important feature of 

Bureau programs. The delegation of 

participants selected for the program 

should adequately reflect the rich 

cultural, geographic, and ethnic 

diversity of the participating countries. 

Applicants should ensure that special 

efforts are made to recruit students from 

underserved populations and locales. 

Selection should reflect a preference for 

candidates who have not already spent 

a significant period of time overseas and 

who might not otherwise travel abroad 

were it not for this program opportunity. 

Given the youth of the participants, 

the award recipient will be required to 

provide proper staff supervision and 

facilitation to ensure that the 

Azerbaijani, South Asian, and American 

teenagers have safe and pedagogically 

robust programs while visiting the other 

country. Staff, along with the adult 

participants, will need to assist youth 

with cultural adjustments, to provide 

societal context to enhance learning, 

and to counsel students as needed. 

Applicants should describe their plans 

to meet these requirements in their 

proposals. 

Proposals must demonstrate how the 

stated objectives will be met. The 

proposal narrative should provide 

detailed information on the major 

program activities, and applicants 

should explain and justify their 

programmatic choices. Programs must 

comply with J–1 visa regulations for the 

International Visitor and Government 

Visitor categories. Please be sure to refer 

to the complete Solicitation Package— 

this RFGP, the Project Objectives, Goals, 

and Implementation (POGI), and the 

Proposal Submission Instructions 

(PSI)—for further information. 

In a cooperative agreement the 

Department of State is substantially 

involved in program activities above 

and beyond routine monitoring. The 

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responsibilities for this program are as 

follows: 

(1) Facilitate interaction within the 

Department of State, to include ECA, the 

regional bureaus, and overseas posts. 

(2) Provide advice and assistance in 

the execution of all program 

components. 

(3) Approve the selection of final 

candidates and alternates. 

(4) Issue DS–2019 forms and J–1 visas 

for the foreign participants. All foreign 

participants will travel on a U.S. 

Government designation for the J 

Exchange Visitor Program. 

(5) Approve applications, publicity 

materials, and final calendar of 

exchange activities. 

(6) Represent the U.S. Government as 

the program sponsor at exchange events. 

(7) Monitor and evaluate the program 

and assist with participant monitoring 

through regular communication with 

the award recipient and possibly one or 

more site visits. 

II. Award Information 

Type of Award: Cooperative 

Agreement. 

Fiscal Year Funds: 2011. 

Approximate Total Funding: 

$1,311,500. 

Approximate Number of Awards: 

Two. 

Anticipated Award Date: Pending the 

availability of funds, September 1, 2011. 

Anticipated Project Completion Date: 

14–30 months after the start date, to be 

specified by the applicant based on the 

program design. 

Additional Information: Pending 

successful implementation of the Youth 

Leadership Program with South Asia 

and the availability of funds in 

subsequent fiscal years, it is ECA’s 

intent to renew this cooperative 

agreement for two additional fiscal years 

before openly competing it again. Please 

note that this statement does not apply 

to the Youth Leadership Program with 

Azerbaijan. 

III. Eligibility Information 

III.1. Eligible applicants: Applications 

may be submitted by public and private 

non-profit organizations meeting the 

provisions described in Internal 

Revenue Code section 26 U.S.C. 

501(c)(3). 

III.2. Cost Sharing or Matching Funds: 

There is no minimum or maximum 

percentage required for this 

competition. However, the Bureau 

encourages applicants to provide 

maximum levels of cost sharing and 

funding in support of its programs. 

When cost sharing is offered, it is 

understood and agreed that the 

applicant must provide the amount of 

cost sharing as stipulated in its proposal 

and later included in an approved 

agreement. Cost sharing may be in the 

form of allowable direct or indirect 

costs. For accountability, you must 

maintain written records to support all 

costs which are claimed as your 

contribution, as well as costs to be paid 

by the Federal government. Such 

records are subject to audit. The basis 

for determining the value of cash and 

in-kind contributions must be in 

accordance with OMB Circular A–110, 

(Revised), Subpart C.23—Cost Sharing 

and Matching. In the event you do not 

provide the minimum amount of cost 

sharing as stipulated in the approved 

budget, ECA’s contribution will be 

reduced in like proportion. 

III.3. Other Eligibility Requirements: 

(a) Bureau cooperative agreement 

guidelines require that organizations 

with less than four years experience in 

conducting international exchanges be 

limited to $60,000 in Bureau funding. 

ECA anticipates making two awards in 

amounts that exceed $60,000 to support 

the program and administrative costs 

required to implement these exchange 

programs. Therefore, organizations with 

less than four years experience in 

conducting international exchanges are 

ineligible to apply under this 

competition. The Bureau encourages 

applicants to provide maximum levels 

of cost sharing and funding in support 

of its programs. 

(b) Proposed sub-award recipients are 

also limited to grant funding of $60,000 

or less if they do not have four years of 

experience in conducting international 

exchanges. 

(c) The Bureau encourages applicants 

to provide maximum levels of cost 

sharing and funding in support of its 

programs. 

(d) Organizations may submit only 

one proposal (total) under this 

competition. If multiple proposals are 

received from the same applicant, all 

submissions will be declared 

technically ineligible and will be given 

no further consideration in the review 

process. Please note: Applicant 

organizations are defined by their legal 

name, and EIN number as stated on 

their completed SF–424 and additional 

supporting documentation outlined in 

the Proposal Submission Instructions 

(PSI) document. 

IV. Application and Submission 

Information 

Note: Please read the complete 

announcement before sending inquiries or 

submitting proposals. Once the RFGP 

deadline has passed, Bureau staff may not 

discuss this competition with applicants 

until the proposal review process has been 

completed. 

IV.1. Contact Information to Request 

an Application Package: Please contact 

the Youth Programs Division, ECA/PE/ 

C/PY, SA–5, 3rd Floor, U.S. Department 

of State, Washington, DC 20522–0503, 

Tel (202) 632–6421, E-mail 

LantzCS@state.gov to request a 

Solicitation Package. Please refer to the 

Funding Opportunity Number ECA/PE/ 

C/PY–11–30 when making your request. 

Alternatively, an electronic application 

package may be obtained from 

grants.gov. Please see section IV.3f for 

further information. 

The Solicitation Package contains the 

Proposal Submission Instruction (PSI) 

document which consists of required 

application forms, and standard 

guidelines for proposal preparation. It 

also contains the Project Objectives, 

Goals and Implementation (POGI) 

document, which provides specific 

information, award criteria and budget 

instructions tailored to this competition. 

Please specify Bureau Branch Chief 

Carolyn Lantz and refer to the Funding 

Opportunity Number ECA/PE/C/PY–11– 

30 on all other inquiries and 

correspondence. 

IV.2. To Download a Solicitation 

Package Via Internet: The entire 

Solicitation Package may be 

downloaded from the Bureau’s Web site 

at http://exchanges.state.gov/grants/ 

open2.html, or from the Grants.gov Web 

site at http://www.grants.gov. 

Please read all information before 

downloading. 

IV.3. Content and Form of 

Submission: Applicants must follow all 

instructions in the Solicitation Package. 

The application should be submitted 

per the instructions under IV.3f. 

‘‘Application Deadline and Methods of 

Submission’’ section below. 

IV.3a. You are required to have a Dun 

and Bradstreet Data Universal 

Numbering System (DUNS) number to 

apply for a grant or cooperative 

agreement from the U.S. Government. 

This number is a nine-digit 

identification number, which uniquely 

identifies business entities. Obtaining 

a DUNS number is easy and there 

is no charge. To obtain a DUNS 

number, access http://www. 

dunandbradstreet.com or call 1–866– 

705–5711. Please ensure that your 

DUNS number is included in the 

appropriate box of the SF–424 which is 

part of the formal application package. 

IV.3b. All proposals must contain an 

executive summary, proposal narrative 

and budget. 

Please Refer to the Solicitation 

Package. It contains the mandatory 


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Proposal Submission Instructions (PSI) 

document and the Project Objectives, 

Goals and Implementation (POGI) 

document for additional formatting and 

technical requirements. 

IV.3c. All federal award recipients 

and sub-recipients must maintain 

current registrations in the Central 

Contractor Registration (CCR) database 

and have a Dun and Bradstreet Data 

Universal Numbering System (DUNS) 

number. Recipients and sub-recipients 

must maintain accurate and up-to-date 

information in the CCR until all 

program and financial activity and 

reporting have been completed. All 

entities must review and update the 

information at least annually after the 

initial registration and more frequently 

if required information changes or 

another award is granted. 

You must have nonprofit status with 

the IRS at the time of application. Please 

note: Effective January 7, 2009, all 

applicants for ECA federal assistance 

awards must include in their 

application the names of directors and/ 

or senior executives (current officers, 

trustees, and key employees, regardless 

of amount of compensation). In 

fulfilling this requirement, applicants 

must submit information in one of the 

following ways: 

(1) Those who file Internal Revenue 

Service Form 990, ‘‘Return of 

Organization Exempt From Income 

Tax,’’ must include a copy of relevant 

portions of this form. 

(2) Those who do not file IRS Form 

990 must submit information above in 

the format of their choice. 

In addition to final program reporting 

requirements, award recipients will also 

be required to submit a one-page 

document, derived from their program 

reports, listing and describing their 

cooperative agreement activities. For 

award recipients, the names of directors 

and/or senior executives (current 

officers, trustees, and key employees), as 

well as the one-p age description of 

cooperative agreement activities, will be 

transmitted by the State Department to 

OMB, along with other information 

required by the Federal Funding 

Accountability and Transparency Act 

(FFATA), and will be made available to 

the public by the Office of Management 

and Budget on its USASpending.gov 

Web site as part of ECA’s FFATA 

reporting requirements. 

If your organization is a private 

nonprofit which has not received a grant 

or cooperative agreement from ECA in 

the past three years, or if your 

organization received nonprofit status 

from the IRS within the past four years, 

you must submit the necessary 

documentation to verify nonprofit status 

as directed in the PSI document. Failure 

to do so will cause your proposal to be 

declared technically ineligible. 

IV.3d. Please take into consideration 

the following information when 

preparing your proposal narrative: 

IV.3d.1 Adherence To All 

Regulations Governing The J Visa: 

The Office of Citizen Exchanges of the 

Bureau of Educational and Cultural 

Affairs is the official program sponsor of 

the exchange program covered by this 

RFGP, and an employee of the Bureau 

will be the ‘‘Responsible Officer’’ for the 

program under the terms of 22 CFR part 

62, which covers the administration of 

the Exchange Visitor Program (J visa 

program). Under the terms of 22 CFR 

part 62, organizations receiving awards 

(either a grant or cooperative agreement) 

under this RFGP will be third parties 

‘‘cooperating with or assisting the 

sponsor in the conduct of the sponsor’s 

program.’’ The actions of recipient 

organizations shall be ‘‘imputed to the 

sponsor in evaluating the sponsor’s 

compliance with’’ 22 CFR part 62. 

Therefore, the Bureau expects that any 

organization receiving an award under 

this competition will render all 

assistance necessary to enable the 

Bureau to fully comply with 22 CFR 

part 62 et seq. 

The Bureau of Educational and 

Cultural Affairs places critically 

important emphases on the secure and 

proper administration of Exchange 

Visitor (J visa) Programs and adherence 

by recipient organizations and program 

participants to all regulations governing 

the J visa program status. Therefore, 

proposals should explicitly state in 

writing that the applicant is prepared to 

assist the Bureau in meeting all 

requirements governing the 

administration of Exchange Visitor 

Programs as set forth in 22 CFR part 62. 

If your organization has experience as a 

designated Exchange Visitor Program 

Sponsor, the applicant should discuss 

their record of compliance with 22 CFR 

part 62 et seq., including the oversight 

of their Responsible Officers and 

Alternate Responsible Officers, 

screening and selection of program 

participants, provision of pre-arrival 

information and orientation to 

participants, monitoring of participants, 

proper maintenance and security of 

forms, record-keeping, reporting and 

other requirements. 

The Office of Citizen Exchanges of 

ECA will be responsible for issuing DS– 

2019 forms to participants in this 

program. 

A copy of the complete regulations 

governing the administration of 

Exchange Visitor (J) programs is 

available at http://exchanges.state.gov 

or from: Office of Designation, Private 

Sector Programs Division, U.S. 

Department of State, ECA/EC/D/PS, SA– 

5, 5th Floor, 2200 C Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20037. 

IV.3d.2 Diversity, Freedom and 

Democracy Guidelines: Pursuant to the 

Bureau’s authorizing legislation, 

programs must maintain a non-political 

character and should be balanced and 

representative of the diversity of 

American political, social, and cultural 

life. ‘‘Diversity’’ should be interpreted in 

the broadest sense and encompass 

differences including, but not limited to 

ethnicity, race, gender, religion, 

geographic location, socio-economic 

status, and disabilities. Applicants are 

strongly encouraged to adhere to the 

advancement of this principle both in 

program administration and in program 

content. Please refer to the review 

criteria under the ‘‘Support for 

Diversity’’ section for specific 

suggestions on incorporating diversity 

into your proposal. Public Law 104–319 

provides that ‘‘in carrying out programs 

of educational and cultural exchange in 

countries whose people do not fully 

enjoy freedom and democracy,’’ the 

Bureau ‘‘shall take appropriate steps to 

provide opportunities for participation 

in such programs to human rights and 

democracy leaders of such countries.’’ 

Public Law 106–113 requires that the 

governments of the countries described 

above do not have inappropriate 

influence in the selection process. 

Proposals should reflect advancement of 

these goals in their program contents, to 

the full extent deemed feasible. 

IV.3d.3. Program Monitoring and 

Evaluation: 

Proposals must include a plan to 

monitor and evaluate the project’s 

success, both as the activities unfold 

and at the end of the program. The 

Bureau recommends that your proposal 

include a draft survey questionnaire or 

other technique plus a description of a 

methodology to use to link outcomes to 

original project objectives. The Bureau 

expects that the recipient organization 

will track participants or partners and 

be able to respond to key evaluation 

questions, including satisfaction with 

the program, learning as a result of the 

program, changes in behavior as a result 

of the program, and effects of the 

program on institutions (institutions in 

which participants work or partner 

institutions). The evaluation plan 

should include indicators that measure 

gains in mutual understanding as well 

as substantive knowledge. 

Successful monitoring and evaluation 

depend heavily on setting clear goals 

and outcomes at the outset of a program. 

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description of your project’s objectives, 

your anticipated project outcomes, and 

how and when you intend to measure 

these outcomes (performance 

indicators). The more that outcomes are 

‘‘smart’’ (specific, measurable, attainable, 

results-oriented, and placed in a 

reasonable timeframe), the easier it will 

be to conduct the evaluation. You 

should also show how your project 

objectives link to the goals of the 

program described in this RFGP. 

Your monitoring and evaluation plan 

should clearly distinguish between 

program outputs and outcomes. Outputs 

are products and services delivered, 

often stated as an amount. Output 

information is important to show the 

scope or size of project activities, but it 

cannot substitute for information about 

progress towards outcomes or the 

results achieved. Examples of outputs 

include the number of people trained or 

the number of seminars conducted. 

Outcomes, in contrast, represent 

specific results a project is intended to 

achieve and is usually measured as an 

extent of change. Findings on outputs 

and outcomes should both be reported, 

but the focus should be on outcomes. 

We encourage you to assess the 

following four levels of outcomes, as 

they relate to the program goals set out 

in the RFGP (listed here in increasing 

order of importance): 

1. Participant satisfaction with the 

program and exchange experience. 

2. Participant learning, such as 

increased knowledge, aptitude, skills, 

and changed understanding and 

attitude. Learning includes both 

substantive (subject-specific) learning 

and mutual understanding. 

3. Participant behavior, concrete 

actions to apply knowledge in work or 

community; greater participation and 

responsibility in civic organizations; 

interpretation and explanation of 

experiences and new knowledge gained; 

continued contacts between 

participants, community members, and 

others. 

4. Institutional changes, such as 

increased collaboration and 

partnerships, policy reforms, new 

programming, and organizational 

improvements. 

Please note: Consideration should be given 

to the appropriate timing of data collection 

for each level of outcome. For example, 

satisfaction is usually captured as a shortterm outcome, whereas behavior and 

institutional changes are normally 

considered longer-term outcomes. 

Overall, the quality of your 

monitoring and evaluation plan will be 

judged on how well it (1) Specifies 

intended outcomes; (2) gives clear 

descriptions of how each outcome will 

be measured; (3) identifies when 

particular outcomes will be measured; 

and (4) provides a clear description of 

the data collection strategies for each 

outcome (i.e., surveys, interviews, or 

focus groups). (Please note that 

evaluation plans that deal only with the 

first level of outcomes [satisfaction] will 

be deemed less competitive under the 

present evaluation criteria.) 

Recipient organizations will be 

required to provide reports analyzing 

their evaluation findings to the Bureau 

in their regular program reports. All 

data collected, including survey 

responses and contact information, must 

be maintained for a minimum of three 

years and provided to the Bureau upon 

request. 

IV.3e. Please take the following 

information into consideration when 

preparing your budget: 

IV.3e.1 Applicants must submit SF– 

424A—‘‘Budget Information—NonConstruction Programs’’ along with a 

comprehensive budget for the entire 

program. Budget requests may not 

exceed $275,000. There must be a 

summary budget as well as breakdowns 

reflecting both administrative and 

program budgets. Applicants may 

provide separate sub-budgets for each 

program component, phase, location, or 

activity to provide clarification. Please 

refer to the Solicitation Package for 

complete budget guidelines and 

formatting instructions. 

IV.3f. Application Deadline and 

Methods of Submission: 

Application Deadline Date: 

Wednesday, May 11, 2011. 

Reference Number: ECA/PE/C/PY– 

11–30. 

Methods of Submission: 

Applications may be submitted in one 

of two ways: 

(1) In hard-copy, via a nationally 

recognized overnight delivery service 

(i.e., Federal Express, UPS, Airborne 

Express, or U.S. Postal Service Express 

Overnight Mail, etc.), or 

(2) electronically through http:// 

www.grants.gov. 

Along with the Project Title, all 

applicants must enter the above 

Reference Number in Box 11 on the SF– 

424 contained in the mandatory 

Proposal Submission Instructions (PSI) 

of the solicitation document. 

IV.3f.1 Submitting Printed 

Applications: Applications must be 

shipped no later than the above 

deadline. Delivery services used by 

applicants must have in-place, 

centralized shipping identification and 

tracking systems that may be accessed 

via the Internet and delivery people 

who are identifiable by commonly 

recognized uniforms and delivery 

vehicles. Proposals shipped on or before 

the above deadline but received at ECA 

more than seven days after the deadline 

will be ineligible for further 

consideration under this competition. 

Proposals shipped after the established 

deadlines are ineligible for 

consideration under this competition. 

ECA will not notify you upon receipt of 

application. It is each applicant’s 

responsibility to ensure that each 

package is marked with a legible 

tracking number and to monitor/confirm 

delivery to ECA via the Internet. 

Delivery of proposal packages may not 

be made via local courier service or in 

person for this competition. Faxed 

documents will not be accepted at any 

time. Only proposals submitted as 

stated above will be considered. 

Important note: When preparing your 

submission please make sure to include one 

extra copy of the completed SF–424 form and 

place it in an envelope addressed to ‘‘ECA/ 

EX/PM’’. 

The original and six copies of the 

application should be sent to: Program 

Management Division, ECA–IIP/EX/PM, 

Ref.: ECA/PE/C/PY–11–30, SA–5, Floor 

4, Department of State, 2200 C Street, 

NW., Washington, DC 20037. 

With the submission of the proposal 

package, please also e-mail the 

Executive Summary, Proposal Narrative, 

and Budget sections of the proposal, as 

well as any attachments essential to 

understanding the program, in Microsoft 

Word, Excel, and/or PDF, to 

LantzCS@state.gov. The Bureau will 

provide these files electronically to the 

Public Affairs Sections at the relevant 

U.S. Embassies for their review. 

IV.3f.2 Submitting Electronic 

Applications: Applicants have the 

option of submitting proposals 

electronically through Grants.gov 

(http://www.grants.gov). Complete 

solicitation packages are available at 

Grants.gov in the ‘‘Find’’ portion of the 

system. 

Please Note: ECA bears no responsibility 

for applicant timeliness of submission or data 

errors resulting from transmission or 

conversion processes for proposals submitted 

via Grants.gov 

Please follow the instructions 

available in the ‘Get Started’ portion of 

the site (http://www.grants.gov/ 

GetStarted). 

Several of the steps in the Grants.gov 

registration process could take several 

weeks. Therefore, applicants should 

check with appropriate staff within their 

organizations immediately after 

reviewing this RFGP to confirm or 

determine their registration status with 

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Once registered, the amount of time it 

can take to upload an application will 

vary depending on a variety of factors 

including the size of the application and 

the speed of your internet connection. 

In addition, validation of an electronic 

submission via Grants.gov can take up 

to two business days. 

Therefore, we strongly recommend 

that you not wait until the application 

deadline to begin the submission 

process through Grants.gov. 

The Grants.gov Web site includes 

extensive information on all phases/ 

aspects of the Grants.gov process, 

including an extensive section on 

frequently asked questions, located 

under the ‘‘For Applicants’’ section of 

the Web site. ECA strongly recommends 

that all potential applicants review 

thoroughly the Grants.gov Web site, 

well in advance of submitting a 

proposal through the Grants.gov system. 

ECA bears no responsibility for data 

errors resulting from transmission or 

conversion processes. 

Direct all questions regarding 

Grants.gov registration and submission 

to: Grants.gov Customer Support, 

Contact Center Phone: 800 518–4726, 

Business Hours: Monday–Friday, 7 

a.m.–9 p.m. Eastern Time, E-mail: 

support@grants.gov. 

Applicants have until midnight (12 

a.m.), Washington, DC time of the 

closing date to ensure that their entire 

application has been uploaded to the 

Grants.gov site. There are no exceptions 

to the above deadline. Applications 

uploaded to the site after midnight of 

the application deadline date will be 

automatically rejected by the grants.gov 

system, and will be technically 

ineligible. 

Please refer to the Grants.gov Web 

site, for definitions of various 

‘‘application statuses’’ and the difference 

between a submission receipt and a 

submission validation. Applicants will 

receive a validation e-mail from 

grants.gov upon the successful 

submission of an application. Again, 

validation of an electronic submission 

via Grants.gov can take up to two 

business days. Therefore, we strongly 

recommend that you not wait until the 

application deadline to begin the 

submission process through Grants.gov. 

ECA will not notify you upon receipt of 

electronic applications. 

It is the responsibility of all 

applicants submitting proposals via the 

Grants.gov web portal to ensure that 

proposals have been received by 

Grants.gov in their entirety, and ECA 

bears no responsibility for data errors 

resulting from transmission or 

conversion processes. 

IV.3g. Intergovernmental Review of 

Applications: Executive Order 12372 

does not apply to this program. 

V. Application Review Information 

V.1. Review Process 

The Bureau will review all proposals 

for technical eligibility. Proposals will 

be deemed ineligible if they do not fully 

adhere to the guidelines stated herein 

and in the Solicitation Package. All 

eligible proposals will be reviewed by 

the program office, as well as the Public 

Diplomacy section overseas, where 

appropriate. Eligible proposals will be 

subject to compliance with Federal and 

Bureau regulations and guidelines and 

forwarded to Bureau cooperative 

agreement panels for advisory review. 

Proposals may also be reviewed by the 

Office of the Legal Adviser or by other 

Department elements. Final funding 

decisions are at the discretion of the 

Department of State’s Assistant 

Secretary for Educational and Cultural 

Affairs. Final technical authority for 

assistance awards (cooperative 

agreements) resides with the Bureau’s 

Grants Officer. 

Review Criteria 

Technically eligible applications will 

be competitively reviewed according to 

the criteria stated below. 

1. Quality of the program idea: The 

proposed program should be well 

developed, respond to design outlined 

in the solicitation, and demonstrate 

originality. It should be clearly and 

accurately written, substantive, and 

with sufficient detail. Proposals should 

exhibit originality, substance, precision, 

and relevance to the Bureau’s mission. 

2. Program planning: Objectives 

should be reasonable, feasible, and 

flexible. A detailed agenda and work 

plan should clearly demonstrate how 

project objectives would be achieved, 

addressing the three main components, 

i.e., participant selection and 

preparation, exchange activities, and 

follow-on activities. The agenda and 

plan should adhere to the program 

overview and guidelines described 

above. Participant recruitment and 

selection should be thoroughly 

explained. The substance of workshops, 

seminars, presentations, school-based 

activities, and/or site visits should be 

described in detail. Proposals should 

also provide a plan for Bureausupported follow-on activities to help 

the participants apply what they have 

learned. 

3. Support of diversity: Proposals 

should demonstrate substantive support 

of the Bureau’s policy on diversity. 

Achievable and relevant features should 

be cited in both program administration 

(selection of participants, program 

venue and program evaluation) and 

program content (orientation and wrapup sessions, program meetings, resource 

materials and follow-up activities). 

4. Institutional capacity and track 

record: Proposed personnel and 

institutional resources should be 

adequate and appropriate to achieve the 

program goals. The proposal should 

demonstrate an institutional record, 

including responsible fiscal 

management and full compliance with 

all reporting requirements for past 

Bureau grants or cooperative agreements 

as determined by the Bureau’s Office of 

Contracts. The Bureau will consider the 

past performance. 

5. Program evaluation: The proposal 

should include a plan to evaluate the 

activity’s success, both as the activities 

unfold and at the end of the program. 

The proposal should include a draft 

survey questionnaire or other technique 

plus description of a methodology to 

use to link outcomes to original project 

objectives. The award recipient will be 

expected to submit intermediate reports 

after each project component is 

concluded. 

6. Cost-effectiveness and cost sharing: 

The applicant should demonstrate 

efficient use of Bureau funds. The 

overhead and administrative 

components of the proposal, including 

salaries and honoraria, should be kept 

as low as possible. All other items 

should be necessary and appropriate. 

The proposal should maximize costsharing through other private sector 

support as well as institutional direct 

funding contributions, which 

demonstrates institutional and 

community commitment. 

VI. Award Administration Information 

VI.1a. Award Notices 

Final awards cannot be made until 

funds have been appropriated by 

Congress, allocated and committed 

through internal Bureau procedures. 

Successful applicants will receive a 

Federal Assistance Award (FAA) from 

the Bureau’s Grants Office. The FAA 

and the original proposal with 

subsequent modifications (if applicable) 

shall be the only binding authorizing 

document between the recipient and the 

U.S. Government. The FAA will be 

signed by an authorized Grants Officer, 

and mailed to the recipient’s 

responsible officer identified in the 

application. 

Unsuccessful applicants will receive 

notification of the results of the 

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program office coordinating this 

competition. 

VI.2 Administrative and National 

Policy Requirements 

Terms and Conditions for the 

Administration of ECA agreements 

include the following: 

Office of Management and Budget 

Circular A–122, ‘‘Cost Principles for 

Nonprofit Organizations.’’ 

Office of Management and Budget 

Circular A–21, ‘‘Cost Principles for 

Educational Institutions.’’ 

OMB Circular A–87, ‘‘Cost Principles 

for State, Local and Indian 

Governments’’. 

OMB Circular No. A–110 (Revised), 

Uniform Administrative Requirements 

for Grants and Agreements with 

Institutions of Higher Education, 

Hospitals, and other Nonprofit 

Organizations. 

OMB Circular No. A–102, Uniform 

Administrative Requirements for 

Grants-in-Aid to State and Local 

Governments. 

OMB Circular No. A–133, Audits of 

States, Local Government, and Nonprofit Organizations. 

Please reference the following Web 

sites for additional information: http:// 

www.whitehouse.gov/omb/grants; 

http://fa.statebuy.state.gov. 

VI.3. Reporting Requirements: You 

must provide ECA with a hard copy 

original plus one copy of the following 

reports: 

(1) Interim program and financial 

reports, as required in the cooperative 

agreement; 

(2) A final program and financial 

report no more than 90 days after the 

expiration of the award; 

(3) A concise, one-page final program 

report summarizing program outcomes 

no more than 90 days after the 

expiration of the award. This one-page 

report will be transmitted to OMB, and 

be made available to the public via 

OMB’s USAspending.gov Web site—as 

part of ECA’s Federal Funding 

Accountability and Transparency Act 

(FFATA) reporting requirements. 

(4) A SF–PPR, ‘‘Performance Progress 

Report’’ Cover Sheet with all program 

reports. 

Award recipients will be required to 

provide reports analyzing their 

evaluation findings to the Bureau in 

their regular program reports. (Please 

refer to IV. Application and Submission 

Instructions (IV.3.d.3) above for Program 

Monitoring and Evaluation information. 

All data collected, including survey 

responses and contact information, must 

be maintained for a minimum of three 

years and provided to the Bureau upon 

request. 

All reports must be sent to the ECA 

Grants Officer and ECA Program Officer 

listed in the final assistance award 

document. 

VI.4. Program Data Requirements 

Award recipients will be required to 

maintain specific data on program 

participants and activities in an 

electronically accessible database format 

that can be shared with the Bureau as 

required. As a minimum, the data must 

include the following: 

(1) Name, address, contact 

information and biographic sketch of all 

persons who travel internationally on 

funds provided by the agreement or who 

benefit from the award funding but do 

not travel. 

(2) Itineraries of international and 

domestic travel, providing dates of 

travel and cities in which any exchange 

experiences take place. Draft schedules 

for in-country and U.S. activities must 

be received by the ECA Program Officer 

at least three weeks prior to the 

beginning of the activity. 

VII. Agency Contacts 

For questions about this 

announcement, contact: Carolyn Lantz, 

Youth Programs Division, ECA/PE/C/ 

PY/T, U.S. Department of State, 

Washington, DC 20522–0503, Tel (202) 

632–6421, Fax (202) 632–9355, 

LantzCS@state.gov. All correspondence 

with the Bureau concerning this RFGP 

should reference the above title and 

number ECA/PE/C/PY–11–30. 

Please read the complete 

announcement before sending inquiries 

or submitting proposals. Once the RFGP 

deadline has passed, Bureau staff may 

not discuss this competition with 

applicants until the proposal review 

process has been completed. 

VIII. Other Information 

Notice 

The terms and conditions published 

in this RFGP are binding and may not 

be modified by any Bureau 

representative. Explanatory information 

provided by the Bureau that contradicts 

published language will not be binding. 

Issuance of the RFGP does not 

constitute an award commitment on the 

part of the Government. The Bureau 

reserves the right to reduce, revise, or 

increase proposal budgets in accordance 

with the needs of the program and the 

availability of funds. Awards made will 

be subject to periodic reporting and 

evaluation requirements per section VI.3 

above. 

Dated: March 9, 2011. 

Ann Stock, 

Assistant Secretary for Educational and 

Cultural Affairs, U.S. Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 2011–6271 Filed 3–16–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–05–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 7365] 

Bureau of Educational and Cultural 

Affairs (ECA) Request for Grant 

Proposals: Global Connections and 

Exchange Program (GCE) 

Announcement Type: New Grant. 

Funding Opportunity Number: ECA/ 

PE/C/PY–11–32. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance Number: 19.415. 

Application Deadline: May 9, 2011. 

Executive Summary 

The Youth Programs Division, Office 

of Citizen Exchanges of the Bureau of 

Educational and Cultural Affairs 

announces an open competition for two 

or three projects under the Global 

Connections and Exchange Program 

(GCE) in the following countries 

worldwide: Bolivia, Botswana, Ecuador, 

Ethiopia, Ghana, Mongolia, Namibia, 

Nepal, Nicaragua, Oman, Pakistan, Peru, 

the Philippines, Samoa, Tajikistan, 

Thailand, Venezuela, Vietnam, and the 

United States. Public and private nonprofit organizations meeting the 

provisions described in Internal 

Revenue Code section 26 U.S.C. 501c(3) 

may submit proposals to facilitate 

online and face-to-face exchanges 

between overseas schools and/or 

community youth organizations and 

counterparts in the United States. 

The Global Connections and 

Exchange Program utilizes technology to 

create a U.S. presence in areas where 

many citizens may have little 

opportunity to travel or participate in 

exchange programs. Through web chats 

and discussion boards, foreign teachers, 

students/youths and youth leaders 

participate in dialogues with U.S. peers 

about their lives, families and 

communities. In addition, theme-based 

curriculum projects will increase 

understanding of issues relevant to both 

U.S. and overseas participants and 

harness their energies to effect positive 

change in their communities. 

I. Funding Opportunity Description: 

Authority: Overall grant making 

authority for this program is contained 

in the Mutual Educational and Cultural 

Exchange Act of 1961, Public Law 87– 

256, as amended, also known as the 

Fulbright-Hays Act. The purpose of the 


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