Closed · ECA-ECAAE-18-014 · CFDA 19.009 · Discretionary
FY2018 Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (YSEALI) Academic Fellowship
Federal grant opportunity posted by Bureau Of Educational and Cultural Affairs, cataloged on Grants.gov.
- up to $5.4M
- Award range
- Closed
- Status
- March 12, 2018
- Close date
- -
- Expected awards
The verdict
FY2018 Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (YSEALI) Academic Fellowship is a closed discretionary listing from Bureau Of Educational and Cultural Affairs that offered Up to $5,400,000. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 554 other opportunities from Bureau Of Educational and Cultural Affairs.
- up to $5.4M
- award range
- Closed
- application status
- 19.009
- CFDA program
- 554
- other opportunities from Bureau Of Educational and Cultural Affairs
Archived opportunity record
FY2018 Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiati… is closed (last close March 12, 2018). The parent program page for CFDA 19.009 is the reliable place to catch re-announcements. Bureau Of Educational and Cultural Affairs still indexes 554 other opportunities here.
According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.
Deadline tracker
Application window closed
Closed March 12, 2018
Instrument
Cooperative Agreement
Description
The Study of the U. S. Branch (ECA/A/E/USS), Office of Academic Exchange Programs, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA), invites proposal submissions from accredited U.S. post-secondary education institutions (community colleges, liberal arts colleges, public and private universities); U.S. public and private non-profit organizations; or consortia of organizations meeting the provisions described in Internal Revenue Code section 26 USC 501(c)(3) (see section C. Eligibility Information in the Notice of Funding Opportunity) for the design and implementation of twelve (12) Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (YSEALI) Academic Fellowship Institutes. The Institutes should take place in the fall of 2018 and spring of 2019, pending the availability of FY 2018 funds. The YSEALI Academic Fellowship will provide up to approximately 250 undergraduate and recent graduates from throughout Southeast Asia with a foundation in one of three themes: Civic Engagement, Environmental Issues and Natural Resource Management, and Social Entrepreneurship and Economic Development. More information on the themes can be found in A.2. Institute Themes, in the Notice of Funding Opportunity. It is ECA's intent to award up to three Cooperative Agreements for the administration of up to twelve FY 2018 YSEALI Academic Fellowship Institutes. Please see details in the full announcement.
Campus–civic applicant bridge · 4 doors
FY2018 Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiati… bridges educational institutions with civic applicant types (4 doors: Public / state-controlled institutions of higher education; Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs); Private institutions of higher education; Others (see official listing text)). Expect campus and public/nonprofit operators in the same printed set. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Cooperative Agreement. Funding-activity code maps to Other (O). This eligibility-code string dominates the Bureau Of Educational and Cultural Affairs book (508 peers, 92% of 555).
- Code 06
- Public / state-controlled institutions of higher education
- Code 12
- Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs)
- Code 20
- Private institutions of higher education
- Code 25
- Others (see official listing text)
Codes are Grants.gov eligibility category values from the extract vintage 2026-08-10. Confirm the full eligibility statement on the official listing or the Grants.gov eligibility reference.
Official Listing on Grants.gov
View full details, application forms, and submission instructions.
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Academic Exchange Programs
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Agency Contact
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What to do next
FY2018 Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiati… is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.
- Parent CFDA 19.009 may publish future NOFOs under the same assistance listing. Open program
- Academic Exchange Programs indexes 1 Grants.gov listings in this extract. Program profile
- Bureau Of Educational and Cultural Affairs lists 554 other indexed opportunities on PlainGrants. Agency catalog
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