1. Student Program

   The Fulbright U.S. Student Program offers fellowships for U.S. graduating college seniors, graduate students, young professionals and artists to study, conduct research, and/or teach English abroad.

2. Collaboratory: Virtual Exchange Programs

   State Department's Collaboratory supports virtual exchanges and the use of digital tools to increase the reach & impact of traditional exchange programs.

3. Global Sports Mentoring Program

   Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and ESPN President John Skipper announced the U.S. Department of State and espnW Global Sports Mentoring Program.

4. Fulbright-Hays Program

   The Fulbright-Hays Program -- a Fulbright Program funded by a Congressional appropriation to the United States Department of Education-- awards grants to individual U.S. K-14 pre-teachers, teachers and administrators, pre-doctoral students and postdoctoral faculty, as well as to U.S. institutions and organizations.

5. MECEA Section 108A: USG Employees on Foreign Government-Sponsored Exchange Programs

   The information below provides a primer on Section 108A of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 (MECEA) and the process related to establishing a cultural exchange program under this statute. It covers the basic technical points that need to be addressed in a letter of request to set up a program under Section 108A of MECEA.

6. 47 Business and Social Entrepreneurs from Europe Begin 2021 YTILI Fellowship Program

   Last month, 47 business and social entrepreneurs from 36 countries in Europe began the 2021 Young Transatlantic Innovation Leaders Initiative (YTILI) Fellowship Program.

7. Reflections on the Impact of the International Visitor Leadership Program - Jena Melancon

   

   Jena Melancon, Executive Director, Gulf Coast Citizen Diplomacy Council, talks about the visit of a group of Boy Scout Leaders to the local Boy Scout chapter, and how their interaction has had lasting community effects.

8. U.S. Department of State and Education New Zealand Announce Partnership to Support the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program

   U.S. Department of State and the New Zealand government agency Education New Zealand announce a new partnership.

9. Combating Holocaust Denial and Distortion Through the International Visitor Leadership Program

   This week, the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs began the Countering Holocaust Denial and Distortion virtual International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) project.

10. ECA Reveals State by State Impact of Exchange Programs

    The Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs has been released information on the state by state economic impact of its programs. The report details how many citizen diplomats and citizens of foreign countries from their state participated in ECA programs during the fiscal year 2011-2012.

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