Opportunity Information: Apply for SFOP0008507
The FY 2022 Pan Africa Youth Leadership Program is a U.S. Department of State initiative run through the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA), specifically the Office of Citizen Exchanges, Youth Programs Division. The program is designed as an exchange opportunity for African high school students and adult educators, with the main goal of strengthening civic education, community service, and youth leadership skills. The exchange component takes place in the United States and is structured around a three-week program experience that blends leadership development with practical engagement and learning. A key feature is that the exchange is not meant to end when participants return home; the program also supports participants as they implement service projects in their own communities, extending the impact beyond the U.S. visit.
Funding is offered through a discretionary cooperative agreement, meaning the Department of State expects to remain actively involved with the recipient organization during planning and implementation rather than simply issuing funds with minimal engagement. The opportunity is listed under Funding Opportunity Number SFOP0008507 and CFDA number 19.415. The grant is aimed at organizations capable of designing and running high-quality exchange programming in the United States, coordinating logistics, and supporting follow-on community service projects once participants return to Sub-Saharan Africa.
Eligibility is open to a range of U.S.-based institutions and nonprofits. Applicants may include public and state-controlled institutions of higher education, private institutions of higher education, and nonprofit organizations recognized as tax-exempt under 26 USC 501(c)(3), including nonprofits that are not universities. The announcement also notes “others” may be eligible depending on additional eligibility guidance in the full notice, but the core target applicants are U.S. academic, cultural, exchange-focused, and nonprofit organizations with the experience and capacity to host international participants and deliver structured educational programming.
Participant recruitment, screening, and selection is handled by U.S. embassies in Sub-Saharan Africa, which means the implementing organization is not primarily responsible for choosing participants, but is expected to coordinate closely with the Department of State and embassy partners on scheduling, program design, and participant needs. ECA funding is intended to support both the planning phase and the delivery of U.S.-based programming, including international airfare and other travel-related costs for participants. The program anticipates serving about 150 total participants in 2023, suggesting multiple cohorts and/or program sites may be involved depending on the applicant’s approach.
From a funding standpoint, the opportunity lists an award ceiling of $1,600,000 and expects to make one award. The announcement was created on December 30, 2021, with an original application deadline of March 11, 2022. Overall, the grant supports an established exchange model: a short-term, intensive U.S. experience focused on civic and leadership themes, paired with structured support for participants to carry that learning into concrete service projects when they return to their home communities.Apply for SFOP0008507
- The Department of State, Bureau Of Educational and Cultural Affairs in the other (see text field entitled explanation of other category of funding activity for clarification) sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "FY 2022 Pan Africa Youth Leadership 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 Dec 30, 2021.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Mar 11, 2022. (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 $1,600,000.00 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 (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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