FY 2025 Fulbright Student Program

Background
The Office of Academic Exchange Programs (ECA/A/E), Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA), U.S. Department of State announces an open competition for a cooperative agreement to assist in the administration of the FY 2025 Fulbright Student Program. The Fulbright Student Program is a major component of the worldwide Fulbright Program, which also includes the Fulbright Scholar and Fulbright Specialist Programs, as well as the Fulbright Teacher Exchange Program and the Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program. For over 75 years, the Fulbright Student Program has offered awards for college and university graduates to engage in degree study, to teach, and to conduct research abroad and in the United States.

Grant Details
The organization(s) awarded a cooperative agreement under this competition will be responsible for placement, monitoring, organization of enrichment activities for program participants, disbursement of funds, and records management for the FY 2025 cohort of U.S. students and foreign students as well as the program promotion and recruitment and selection of the FY 2026 cohort of U.S. and foreign students.

Eligibility Requirements
U.S. public and private academic and cultural institutions, exchange-of-persons, and other not-for-profit organizations meeting the provisions described in Internal Revenue Code section 26 USC 501(c)(3) may submit applications for this competition.

Period of Performance
Anticipated Award Date: October 1, 2024, pending the availability of funds
Anticipated Project Completion Date: September 30, 2029

Grant Value
$20,000,000 is anticipated to be available for all FY 2025 non-participant support costs to support the program components listed above.

Place of Performance
Responsibility for the management of the Fulbright Student Program is shared between the U.S. Department of State in Washington, DC, bilateral Fulbright commissions in 49 countries, Public Diplomacy Sections of more than 100 U.S. embassies abroad, and private sector organizations in the United States.