At a glance
The State Department’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs is seeking one U.S. nonprofit or nonprofit educational institution to run the FY 2026 Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange for Young Professionals and an outbound Congress-Bundestag/Bundesrat Staff Exchange travel component. The award is a cooperative agreement of about $1.1 million, with one award expected and no required cost share. The program supports an academic-year exchange for about 65 American and 65 German young professionals ages 18.5 to 24, plus travel and administrative support of up to $35,000 for the U.S. staff exchange delegation. Applicants with less than four years of experience in international exchange programs are limited to $130,000. The program is for U.S.-based not-for-profit organizations and U.S. not-for-profit public and private educational institutions.
What it funds
Official description from grants.gov
The Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) invites proposals for cooperative agreements to implement the FY 2026 (Academic Year 2027-2028) Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange (CBYX) for Young Professionals program and outbound Congress-Bundestag/Bundesrat Staff Exchange (CBBSX) travel component. The CBYX for Young Professionals and CBBSX programs advance America’s national interests by building lasting personal and institutional relationships that promote prosperity and security between the United States and Germany. Key Activities: CBYX for Young Professionals: · Approximately 65 American and approximately 65 German participants, ages 18.5-24, engage in year-long academic and professional exchanges. · American participants complete two months of in-country German language training, study for one semester at a German university, technical, or professional school, and gain practical work experience. · German participants study for one semester at a U.S. university, college, technical, or professional school and gain practical work experience. · Both American and German participants live with host families throughout the program year. CBBSX: · Ten U.S. Congressional and 10 German parliamentary staffers participate in a short-term reciprocal exchange with each other’s legislatures. · The U.S. recipient organization provides travel and administrative support for the outbound CBBSX exchange by coordinating round-trip airfare for the U.S. delegation. Please see the Notice of Funding Opportunity and POGI for additional information.
Who can apply
- Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than higher education)
- Others
- Private institutions of higher education
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education