Tomorrow’s Leaders Graduate (TLG) Program

Background
The Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs Office of Assistance Coordination (NEA/AC) offers federal assistance to groups and individuals striving to bring about positive change in the MENA region. NEA/AC works in 19 countries and territories, partnering with governments, civil society organizations, community leaders, youth and women activists, and private sector groups to advance their efforts. NEA/AC is committed to advancing equity and support for minority and marginalized populations.

Grant Details
The Tomorrow’s Leaders Graduate (TLG) program aims to provide scholarship opportunities for individuals from Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) countries and territories with significant Muslim populations to attend American, independent, not-for-profit, higher educational institutions based in the MENA region and accredited by a U.S. Department of Education-sanctioned regional institution. The program seeks to support a five-year program supporting the selection and enrollment of up to two separate student cohorts.
TLG is an innovative leadership training opportunity that aims to build a cadre of professional leaders who are civic minded, intellectually capable, and professionally skilled to become future leaders in their communities and respective countries. The program will enable students from the MENA region who are academically qualified but are unable to afford American-style graduate education to gain leadership skills and gender awareness and develop a spirit of civic engagement and volunteerism.

Eligibility Requirements
Eligible universities must have institutional accreditation and maintain this accreditation throughout the course of the project. TLG is open to participants from Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Syria, Tunisia, West Bank and Gaza, and Yemen.
Eligible students include individuals who represent the region's cultural, religious, ethnic, and geographic diversity. Participants should come from socioeconomically disadvantaged backgrounds.

Period of Performance
The TLG program is expected to support a five-year program supporting the selection and enrollment of up to two separate student cohorts.

Grant Value
The total value of the grant is not explicitly mentioned in the provided document.