ClosedOpportunity SFOP0007296

FY 2021 Congress Bundestag Youth Exchange (CBYX) and Congress-Bundestag/Bundesrat Staff Exchange (CBBSX)

Bureau Of Educational and Cultural Affairs · Department of State

At a glance

FY 2021 Congress Bundestag Youth Exchange (CBYX) and Congress-Bundestag/Bundesrat Staff Exchange (CBBSX) is a closed federal cooperative agreement opportunity from the Bureau Of Educational and Cultural Affairs (Department of State). The application deadline was October 21, 2020. Individual awards are listed as up to $12.8M, with about 1 award expected and $12.8M in total estimated funding. Applicant types listed as eligible include others (see notice). Cost sharing is not required. It is funded under Assistance Listing 19.415 (Professional and Cultural Exchange Programs - Citizen Exchanges).

Summary assembled from the official notice's fields. The official notice governs.

Key facts

Aug 21, 2020Posted
Oct 21, 2020Application deadline

Posted: Aug 21, 2020
Close date: Oct 21, 2020
Award floor: Not specified
Award ceiling: $12,840,000
Est. total funding: $12,840,000
Expected awards: 1
Cost sharing: Not required
Funding instrument: Cooperative Agreement
Opportunity category: Discretionary

Who can apply

Others (see notice)

Additional information on eligibility (from the notice)

Please see full announcement.

Can your organization apply?

A quick check against the listed applicant types — other requirements in the notice still apply.

Based on the published notice. Review the official notice for complete eligibility requirements.

What it funds

Official synopsis as published by the agency, formatted for readability.

The CBYX and CBBSX programs support the exchange of American and German young people to sustain and strengthen the American-German friendship based on the common value of democracy. The program also builds lasting personal and institutional relationships. The primary objective of the program is to encourage American and German youth to learn about each other’s society and culture through educational exchange while promoting American-German friendship based on the common value of democracy. In addition, the program seeks to promote the participants’ roles as young ambassadors with influence on future American-German relations, and to promote and strengthen linkages between members of Congress and their Bundestag counterparts. The CBYX program provides a scholarship for an academic year experience of living and studying in the host country. The outbound CBBSX program provides round-trip airfare and related expenses for the participation of 10 American congressional staffers in a two-week parliamentary exchange in Germany.

Additional information from the agency ↗

Full announcement & documents

The full announcement has the complete rules — page limits, required attachments, evaluation criteria and any letter-of-intent dates. Files download directly from Grants.gov.

Assistance Listing

What is an ALN?

19.415Professional and Cultural Exchange Programs - Citizen ExchangesProgram →

Reported obligations under ALN 19.415

Historical data · not a prediction

FY24

$140M

FY25

$86.3M

FY26

$86.3M est.

Source: SAM.gov Assistance Listing 19.415. Program-wide totals, not awards from this specific opportunity.

Who was funded under ALN 19.415

Historical data · not a prediction

Since October 1, 2023, 317 grant awards had funding actions under Professional and Cultural Exchange Programs - Citizen Exchanges, with 107 sub-awards passed on to other organizations. These are program-wide awards, not awards from this specific notice.

AMERICAN COUNCILS FOR INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION: ACTR/ACCELS, INC.$117M
INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH AND EXCHANGES BOARD INC.$23.8M
ASPEN INSTITUTE, INC. (THE)$11M
WORLD LEARNING INC.$9.24M
AFS-USA, INC$7.88M

Recipients, states, recent awards and sub-awards →Source: USAspending.gov.

Agency contact (as published)

Bureau Of Educational and Cultural Affairs
ramaleyjd@state.gov
703-516-1684

Quick answers

Who is eligible to apply for this opportunity?

The official notice names these applicant types as eligible: Others (see notice). Additional restrictions may apply; review the full notice.

How much funding is available through this opportunity?

Per the notice, individual awards are listed as up to $12.8m, total estimated program funding is $12,840,000 and the agency expects to make about 1 awards.

How do I apply for this opportunity?

Applications are submitted through the official source, not through GrantsJunction. Open the official notice on Grants.gov (opportunity SFOP0007296), and review the full announcement and application package. Organizations applying through Grants.gov generally need an active SAM.gov registration and a Grants.gov account, which can take several weeks to set up.

Matched on shared Assistance Listings, agency, categories and eligible applicant types.

OpenALN 19.415