Closed · DOS-BAGHDAD-PD-2019-006 · CFDA 19.021 · Discretionary

2020 Iraqi Young Leaders Exchange Program (IYLEP) in Arabic for High School Students

Federal grant opportunity posted by U.S. Mission to Iraq, cataloged on Grants.gov.

$1M-$1.0M
Award range
Closed
Status
May 15, 2019
Close date
1
Expected awards

The verdict

2020 Iraqi Young Leaders Exchange Program (IYLEP) in Arabic for High School Students is a closed discretionary listing from U.S. Mission to Iraq that offered $1,000,000 -- $1,030,000 across 1 expected award. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 92 other opportunities from U.S. Mission to Iraq.

$1M-$1.0M
award range
Closed
application status
1
expected award
19.021
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

2020 Iraqi Young Leaders Exchange Program is closed (last close May 15, 2019). Check the agency catalog for replacement NOFOs. U.S. Mission to Iraq still indexes 92 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 May 15, 2019

Posted Mar 5 Closes May 15

Est. Total Funding

$1,030,000

Expected Awards

1

Instrument

Grant

Description

The U.S. Embassy in Baghdad invites eligible organizations to submit proposals to develop and implement a 2020 Iraqi Young Leaders Exchange Program (IYLEP) in Arabic for High School Students. The goal of this program is to reach greater numbers of talented but underprivileged or marginalized Iraqi youth who meet all of the IYLEP eligibility requirements except the English language component. Participants would be high achieving future young Iraqi leaders whose socio-economic circumstances do not afford opportunities for quality English language learning. The goal of IYLEP is to foster the next generation of Iraqi leaders by exposing Iraqi high school students to U.S. society and culture and providing them with skills development in leadership, civic education and responsibility, diversity awareness and tolerance, and civil engagement. Proposals should include a U.S.-based exchange component and explain how program activities will promote mutual understanding between American and Iraqi youth. IYLEP advances the goals of the 2008 U.S.-Iraq Strategic Framework Agreement to forge strong and lasting bonds of friendship and mutual understanding through exchange and other programs. Subject to the availability of funds, the Embassy expects to award one grant for up to $1,030,000 to carry out IYLEP in Arabic for High School Students.

Nonprofit-only applicant desk · Education

The printed eligibility set for 2020 Iraqi Young Leaders Exchange Program is nonprofit-only (Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs)). Government, campus, and for-profit doors are absent from this NOFO row. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Grant. Funding-activity code maps to Education (ED). This eligibility-code string dominates the U.S. Mission to Iraq book (44 peers, 47% of 93).

Code 12
Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs)

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.

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Agency Contact

Zahraa A Alssenaid Grants Specialist

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2020 Iraqi Young Leaders Exchange Program is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.

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