Closed · SFOP0010328 · CFDA 19.009 · Discretionary
FY 2025 Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program
Federal grant opportunity posted by Bureau Of Educational and Cultural Affairs, cataloged on Grants.gov.
- $9.0M-$9.0M
- Award range
- Closed
- Status
- June 3, 2024
- Close date
- 1
- Expected awards
The verdict
FY 2025 Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program is a closed discretionary listing from Bureau Of Educational and Cultural Affairs that offered $8,990,000 -- $8,990,000 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.
- $9.0M-$9.0M
- award range
- Closed
- application status
- 1
- expected award
- 19.009
- CFDA program
Archived opportunity record
FY 2025 Critical Language Scholarship is closed (last close June 3, 2024). 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 June 3, 2024
Expected Awards
1
Instrument
Cooperative Agreement
Description
The U.S. Study Abroad Branch (ECA/A/S/Q) in the Office of Global Educational Programs in the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA), U.S. Department of State, is pleased to announce an open competition for proposals to administer the FY 2025 Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program. The CLS Program is a component of the U.S. Department of State’s effort to increase the number of Americans who learn critical foreign languages in support of the U.S. foreign policy goals of bolstering national security; promoting U.S. competitiveness and economic prosperity; and building mutual understanding with critical regions of the world. The CLS Program started in 2006 as part of the interagency National Security Language Initiative. The award will fund approximately 522 U.S. undergraduate and graduate students to study critical languages through intensive overseas language institutes organized on behalf of ECA, in countries and locations where the target languages are widely spoken and through virtual programming. The award supports programming for all CLS alumni since the program’s inception in 2006.Only one proposal will be considered by ECA from each applicant organization. In cases where more than one submission from an applicant appears in grants.gov, ECA will only consider the submission made closest in time to the NOFO deadline; that submission would constitute the one and only proposal ECA would review from that applicant.Please see the NOFO for additional information.
Campus–civic applicant bridge · 4 doors
FY 2025 Critical Language Scholarship 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.
Parent Grant Program
Academic Exchange Programs
U.S. Department of State
Agency Contact
Hans Posey
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What to do next
FY 2025 Critical Language Scholarship 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
Opportunity deadlines and eligibility change on Grants.gov; PlainGrants mirrors the extract and is not the submission system.
Disclaimer: This information is sourced from Grants.gov and SAM.gov and is for informational purposes only. Opportunity details, deadlines, and eligibility requirements change frequently. Always verify current information directly on Grants.gov before applying. PlainGrants is not affiliated with any federal agency.
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