The Global Leaders Division in the Office of Citizen Exchanges at the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) is seeking proposal submissions for up to two grant agreements to design, implement, and oversee the FY 2022 Ngawang Choephel Fellows Program. Launched in 1997, the Ngawang Choephel Fellows Program is a two-way economic empowerment program designed to promote mutual understanding, enhance leadership and professional skills, and build lasting partnerships between, and amongst, mid-level leaders from Tibetan communities in China and the United States. The defining element of the program is a minimum four-week U.S.-based exchange which will provide Fellows with opportunities to discuss and share best practices for initiating and supporting inclusive and sustainable community and/or organizational initiatives.
The award recipient(s) will be responsible for planning and administering all components of the Ngawang Choephel Fellows Program. The non-U.S. Fellow component will feature a series of virtual engagement opportunities leading-up to a minimum four-week U.S.-based exchange. This component will consist of professional and leadership development activities which may include, but shall not be limited to: trainings, workshops, site visits, job shadowing, team building exercises, panel discussions, case studies, resource-sharing, and networking events. The U.S. Fellows component will enable U.S. professionals, who engaged with the non-U.S. Fellows during the course of their program, to travel to China for approximately two weeks to assist the non-U.S. Fellows’ follow-on plans and conduct alumni engagement activities.
Eligible applicants must have experience supporting exchanges in China within the past five years.
Only one proposal will be considered by ECA from each applicant organization. Interested applicants from within Duke should contact dukeiln@duke.edu as early as possible.
Application Deadline: May 27, 2022
Eligible applicants: U.S. public and private academic and cultural institutions, exchange-of-persons, and other not-for-profit organizations meeting the provisions described in Internal Revenue Code section 26 USC 501(c)(3) may submit applications for this competition. Applicants must have nonprofit status with the IRS at the time of application. Please see the Proposal Submission Instructions (PSI) for additional information.
For this program, applicant organizations must have experience supporting exchange programs involving China within the past five years.