FY 2018 Survey of International Educational Exchange Activity in the United States
Solicitation Title: FY 2018 Survey of International Educational Exchange Activity in the United States
Funding Amount: $500,000, pending the availability of funds
Sponsor Deadline: Thursday, June 22, 2017
Solicitation Link: https://education.asu.edu/PDF
Solicitation Number: ECA-ECAAS-18-002. CFDA: 19.432
Overview
<p>To gain an accurate and current picture of international educational exchange activity in the United States in fulfillment of ECA’s mandate, under the Fulbright-Hays Act, to promote mutual understanding through international educational exchange. In order to assess and analyze international educational exchange to and from the United States, the recipient organization, in consultation with ECA, will administer a series of sequential surveys to accredited U.S. higher education institutions focusing on four main sectors: 1) foreign students, 2) foreign scholars, 3) U.S. students studying overseas in credit-bearing and non-credit bearing programs, and 4) foreign enrollees in intensive English language programs in the United States. The recipient should also include data on numbers of foreign students enrolled at minority serving institutions. To obtain data on global student mobility, the recipient will also carry out work with foreign agencies and academic mobility researchers from around the world to collect and report accurate, timely and comprehensive data, which provides an important comparison point for U.S.-focused educational exchange activity. ECA/A/S activities and responsibilities for this program are as follows:<br>1. Provide policy guidance and direction to the award recipient;<br>2. Facilitate communications with EducationUSA REACs and advisers, U.S. embassies, and offices within the U.S. Department of State, related to the annual dissemination of related data and reports;<br>3. Review and approve plans pertaining to recipient’s collaboration with foreign entities/governments in the collection of data on global mobility;<br>4. Review and approve the recipient’s public presentations and materials before dissemination;<br>5. Consult with recipient organization staff regarding substantive data collection issues; and<br>6. Participate in meetings with relevant exchange organizations on international educational exchange activity.</p>
Solicitation Limitations: <p><span>Bureau grant guidelines require that organizations with less than four years of experience in conducting international exchanges will be limited to $130,000 in Bureau funding. ECA anticipates making one award, in an amount of $500,000, pending the availability of FY 2018 funds, to support program and administrative costs required to implement this exchange program. Therefore, organizations with less than four years experience in conducting international exchanges are ineligible to apply under this competition.</span></p> Other Information:<p>Proposals should include a careful description of the methodology to be used to obtain the data called for in this solicitation. Applicant organizations should include in their proposals an efficient and economical approach to gathering data, and how they will ensure an adequate response rate from institutions surveyed. Applicants should also propose how and when the information will be published and made available to the public, working in close coordination with ECA.</p>Last Updated:
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