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Department of State Offers Grants for Professional, Cultural Exchanges

The Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA), U.S. Department of State, is pleased to announce the publication of its annual solicitation for U.S. non-governmental organizations to conduct professional and cultural exchange programs with countries around the world, to advance the ECA mission of increasing mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries. Funded projects will promote citizen participation in government, engage youth and youth influencers, and spur cultural exchanges, as well as establish long-term collaborations between U.S. institutions and foreign counterparts.

The announcement was published on Tuesday, December 12 in the Federal Register and on Grants.gov. The full text of the announcement is available on the ECA website at http://exchanges.state.gov/education/rfgps/febu16rfgp.htm and online at http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/fedreg/frcont06.html and http://www.grants.gov/. The deadline for project proposals is February 16, 2007. Grant awards will be announced in the summer of 2007.

This year, for the first time, the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs’ Office of Citizen Exchanges announced its professional exchanges competition and its cultural exchanges competition in the same announcement. In 2006, organizations across the United States submitted over 200 proposals in the two categories. The list of 2006 grant awards in these categories is available at http://exchanges.state.gov/education/citizens/grants.htm

Media representatives may contact Nicole Deaner at 202-203-7613 or Catherine Stearns at 202-203-5107. Inquiries regarding submission of a proposal may be directed to the Office of Citizen Exchanges, ECA/PE/C, 301 4th Street, SW, Room 220, Washington D.C., 20547, 202-453-8181.

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