The Stevens Initiative is an international effort to expand access to virtual exchange in order to build global competence for young people in the United States and the Middle East and North Africa. The Initiative is a lasting tribute to Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens, a public servant who dedicated himself to building understanding between people from different countries.
WORTH
Organizations will include an approximate budget request in the letter of interest and will submit a complete budget if they are invited to submit an application in the second stage of the competition.
- Salary and fringe benefits
- Travel (including regional travel for staff of in-country partners to conduct trainings/manage activities in neighboring countries)
- Stipends or other benefits for U.S. and overseas teachers directly involved in the program
- Honoraria
- Educational materials
- Training modules (including expenses related to any in-person training)
ELIGIBILITY
- Participants should be young people in the age range that corresponds to the middle school, high school, undergraduate, and graduate education levels. Also included as participants are the educators, facilitators, or group leaders who work with them.
- Organizations may submit more than one letter of interest if the proposed programs are distinct and do not involve any overlap in staff, curriculum, participants, etc.
- Organizations may collaborate to develop a proposed program. The letter of interest or full application should be submitted by one organization and may list partners as sub-awardees or contractors.
- Organizations may request between $20,000 and $700,000. The award amount requested may not be more than 40% of the applying organization’s FY 2015 annual operating budget. In all cases, organizations should demonstrate their capacity to plan, implement, and evaluate programs of the scale they propose.
- Maximum duration of the award is 19 months (beginning June 1, 2017) for organizations based in the United States and 18 months for organizations based in the Middle East and North Africa (beginning July 1, 2017). The period of performance ends no later than December 31, 2018, for all awardees.
DEADLINE: December 21 2016
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