Description
The Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) is seeking proposals for the design and implementation of three Study of the U.S. Institutes for Scholars programs, which will take place over five weeks in summer 2027. Each program will focus on a specific theme: Critical Minerals, Digital Transformation, and Economics and Business. The programs will include an approximately four-week intensive summer residency at a U.S. educational institution and an approximately one-week integrated academic field experience. The goal of the programs is to provide influential scholars and experts with content and resources that enhance teaching and research about the United States in other countries, and to promote collaboration in research, teaching, and other activities between foreign and American scholars and practitioners.
• The programs will be post-graduate level seminars held at U.S. academic institutions for groups of approximately 18 foreign university faculty, researchers, and practitioners.
• The programs will include coursework, time for independent research, and interaction with American peers.
• The award recipient will be responsible for planning, overseeing, and implementing the program, including administering the three Study of the U.S. Institutes for Scholars and overseeing all subaward recipients.
• The programs will include opportunities for continued follow-on engagement once the participants return home.