Opportunity Information: Apply for SFOP0010132
The FY 2024 National Security Language Initiative for Youth (NSLI-Y) Program is a U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA), Office of Citizen Exchanges funding opportunity that seeks one organization to run NSLI-Y through a single cooperative agreement. NSLI-Y is designed to expand the number of American high school-aged youth, specifically ages 15 to 18, who gain proficiency in critical foreign languages. The broader purpose is to support U.S. national security goals, strengthen mutual understanding between Americans and people in other countries, and help prepare young Americans to participate effectively in a global economy where language and cultural competency matter.
The program model includes multiple formats: overseas summer programs, overseas academic-year programs, and a virtual option called Virtual NSLI-Y. The overseas components are immersive language-learning experiences that take place in environments where the target languages are used in daily life, while Virtual NSLI-Y offers a 10-week online program aimed at beginners. The announcement specifies that activities funded under this award will cover overseas programs occurring in summer 2025 and during the academic year 2025-2026, and virtual programs conducted online during the 2025-26 academic year. Beyond direct participant programming, the award also supports continued programming for NSLI-Y and Virtual NSLI-Y alumni from all program years, meaning the grantee is expected to help sustain engagement and learning after students finish their initial program.
ECA anticipates supporting approximately 535 participants in the overseas summer and academic-year programs and about 200 participants in the virtual program. The key languages highlighted in the notice are Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin), Hindi, Indonesian, Korean, Persian (Tajiki or Farsi), Russian, and Turkish. The overseas program locations will be places where these languages are widely used in everyday life, reinforcing the immersion approach and the cultural learning that comes with living and studying in a host environment.
This opportunity is structured as a cooperative agreement rather than a standard grant, which generally signals a closer working relationship with ECA during implementation. The selected recipient is expected to handle comprehensive organizational and administrative responsibilities for the program overall, and also to identify and manage qualified sub-award recipients who will implement many of the overseas language programs. In practice, that means the prime awardee serves as the central program operator: coordinating planning and compliance, overseeing partners, and ensuring consistent standards and outcomes across multiple countries, languages, and program formats.
Eligibility includes U.S. public and private nonprofit organizations that meet 501(c)(3) requirements, as well as public and state-controlled institutions of higher education and private institutions of higher education, with the listing also indicating “others” as eligible. The opportunity is categorized as discretionary, uses the cooperative agreement funding instrument, and is associated with CFDA number 19.415. The funding opportunity number is SFOP0010132. ECA expects to make a single award (ExpectedAwards: 1), with an award ceiling of $10,000,000. The original application closing date is January 26, 2024, and the opportunity record shows a creation date of November 17, 2023.Apply for SFOP0010132
- The Bureau Of Educational and Cultural Affairs in the other sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "FY 2024 National Security Language Initiative for Youth (NSLI-Y) Program" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 19.415.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2023-11-17.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2024-01-26. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $10,000,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Nonprofits having a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education, Others.
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