Closed · SFOP0007611 · CFDA 19.415 · Discretionary
FY 2021 Future Leaders Exchange (FLEX) Program Organizational Components
Federal grant opportunity posted by Bureau Of Educational and Cultural Affairs, cataloged on Grants.gov.
- up to $13.6M
- Award range
- Closed
- Status
- April 15, 2021
- Close date
- 1
- Expected awards
The verdict
FY 2021 Future Leaders Exchange (FLEX) Program Organizational Components is a closed discretionary listing from Bureau Of Educational and Cultural Affairs that offered Up to $13,584,000 across 1 expected award. 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 $13.6M
- award range
- Closed
- application status
- 1
- expected award
- 19.415
- CFDA program
Archived opportunity record
FY 2021 Future Leaders Exchange is closed (last close April 15, 2021). Check the agency catalog for replacement NOFOs. 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 April 15, 2021
Expected Awards
1
Instrument
Cooperative Agreement
Description
The Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) announces an open competition for a cooperative agreement to manage the FY 2021 Organizational Components of the Future Leaders Exchange (FLEX) program. The Organizational Components award includes managing a broad range of administrative program details, including recruitment and selection of both foreign and U.S. participants, communication with natural parents and U.S. embassies, and arranging for alumni activities for the participants for the 2022-23 academic year. Information on the program is available at https://exchanges.state.gov/non-us/program/future-leaders-exchange. Pending the availability of funds, the FY 2021 FLEX Organizational Components agreement will include funding for a FLEX Abroad pilot program. The FLEX Abroad program will recruit and select 15-20 U.S. high school students to spend an academic year abroad in one of the FLEX partner countries. The FLEX Abroad students will be placed in approximately three of the existing FLEX countries, which will be chosen at a later date based on U.S. foreign policy priorities, the in-country capacity of the recipient, and input from U.S. embassies and the Department’s regional bureaus.
Campus–civic applicant bridge · 4 doors
FY 2021 Future Leaders Exchange 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
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Agency Contact
Hans Posey
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What to do next
FY 2021 Future Leaders Exchange is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.
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