Description
The Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) is seeking proposals for the Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (YSEALI) Academic Fellows Program. This program aims to promote cross-cultural understanding and exchange between the United States and Southeast Asia. The program will include eight institutes, each with approximately 22-24 fellows from Southeast Asia, and will focus on themes such as economic prosperity, liberty and freedom, natural resources, and peace and security. The award recipient will be responsible for designing, administering, and implementing the program, including planning and overseeing the eight institutes, coordinating with ECA to organize YSEALI Fellows Forums, and providing an integrated academic field experience for the fellows.
• The program will include approximately eight institutes, with four in spring 2027 and four in fall 2027.
• Each institute will be approximately five weeks long and will include an approximately four-week academic residency at a U.S. college or university campus.
• The program will focus on themes such as economic prosperity, liberty and freedom, natural resources, and peace and security.
• The award recipient will be responsible for coordinating with ECA to organize up to two YSEALI Fellows Forums, one in the spring and one in the fall, in Washington, DC, for all Fellows.