Deadline: 24 April 2015
The Office of Citizen Exchanges of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs is accepting grant applications for the Ngwang Choephel Fellows Program.
Award Information
- Type of Award: Grant Agreement
- Fiscal Year Funds: 2015
- Approximate Total Funding: $575,000
- Approximate Number of Awards: Two
- Approximate Average Award: $287,500
- Floor of Award Range: $287,500
- Ceiling of Award Range: $287,500
- Anticipated Award Date: June 1, 2015
- Anticipated Project Completion Date: June 30, 2017
The Ngeang Choelphel Fellows Program promotes activities that preserve cultural traditions, enhance sustainable development, expand economic opportunities, and support environmental conservation within Tibetan communities in China.
Eligibility Information
- Applications may be submitted by public and private non-profit organizations meeting the provisions described in Internal Revenue Code section 26 USC 501(c)(3).
- Grant applicants must identify the U.S.-based and foreign-based organizations and individuals with whom they propose to collaborate and describe previous cooperative activities, if any.
- Successful grant applicants must fully demonstrate the capacity to provide the following program activities.
- Participants should be owners of small and/or family businesses, business professionals, social entrepreneurs, community leaders, and educators with a demonstrated commitment to their local communities.
Application Process
Applications may only be submitted electronically through Grants.gov. It is the responsibility of all applicants submitting proposals via the Grants.gov web portal to ensure that proposals have been received by Grants.gov.
For more information, visit grants.gov and search for funding opportunity number: ECA-ECAPEC-15-021.
