Opportunity Information: Apply for SFOP0006641
The FY 2020 Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (YSEALI) Professional Fellows Program is a U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) exchange opportunity designed to strengthen ties between emerging leaders in Southeast Asia and counterparts in the United States. Run through ECA's Office of Citizen Exchanges, Professional Fellows Division, the program focuses on building mutual understanding while also sharpening practical leadership and professional skills. A major emphasis is creating partnerships that do not end when the travel ends, but instead continue through joint work, community-based action, and ongoing alumni engagement.
At its core, this is a two-way professional exchange. The main U.S.-based component brings at least 200 emerging leaders from Southeast Asia, generally ages 25 to 35, to the United States for intensive leadership and professional development. Participants are organized around four thematic tracks: Civic Engagement, Economic Empowerment, Governance and Society, and Sustainable Development and the Environment. The program is structured to support two cohorts in 2021, one in the spring and one in the fall, reflecting a multi-cohort design rather than a single one-time exchange.
The U.S. portion lasts about five to six weeks and has two key parts. First are the Professional Fellowship Institutes in each theme, which include individually tailored fellowship placements. These placements are hosted by U.S. organizations across the nonprofit, public, and private sectors, allowing fellows to gain hands-on experience aligned with their professional backgrounds and leadership goals. Second is a capstone convening, the YSEALI Fellow Forum in Washington, DC, which serves as the program closing conference and provides a shared space for networking, synthesis of learning, and cross-theme collaboration among fellows.
The program includes a reciprocal exchange element intended to balance the relationship and deepen long-term collaboration. After the Southeast Asian fellows complete the U.S.-based experience, at least 50 selected American participants travel to Southeast Asia for a minimum of one week. These reciprocal visits are designed to support implementation of fellows' Action Plans in their home communities, helping translate training and connections into tangible local outcomes. This structure is meant to reinforce durable professional networks and substantive partnerships between U.S. and Southeast Asian participants, rather than limiting the exchange to observation or short-term professional exposure.
Funding for this opportunity is offered as a cooperative agreement, meaning the U.S. government expects substantial involvement in the program's execution and oversight compared with a standard grant. The opportunity is listed as discretionary funding under CFDA 19.415. The funding opportunity number is SFOP0006641, and it was posted March 12, 2020, with an original application deadline of May 11, 2020. The award ceiling is $4,200,000, and ECA anticipated making one award, indicating a single implementing organization or consortium would likely manage the full program design and delivery.
Eligibility is broad but specific to established institutions capable of managing an international exchange at scale. Eligible applicants include public and state-controlled institutions of higher education, private institutions of higher education, and U.S. nonprofit organizations with 501(c)(3) status (other than higher education institutions). The notice also allows for certain other entities as described in the opportunity's additional eligibility information, signaling that ECA may consider other qualified organizations depending on the details provided in the full announcement. Overall, the opportunity supports a large, structured exchange program that combines themed professional placements, a national-level convening in Washington, DC, reciprocal overseas engagement, and follow-on alumni activities to sustain results over time.Apply for SFOP0006641
- 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 2020 Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (YSEALI) Professional Fellows 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 Mar 12, 2020.
- Applicants must submit their applications by May 11, 2020. (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 $4,200,000.00 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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