US Department of State grant opportunity

Public and private non-profit organisations are invited to submit proposals for exchange projects designed to use the popularity and power of mega sporting events to create positive change. Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) request for grant proposals: Sport for Community: Emerging Leaders in Action Programme Announcement type: New cooperative agreement Funding opportunity number: ECA-ECAPEC-14-031 Catalog of federal domestic assistance number: 19.415 Application deadline: February 7, 2014 The Office of Citizen Exchanges of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs announces an open competition for the FY 2014 SportsUnited programme, “Sport for Community: Emerging Leaders in Action”. Public and private non-profit organisations meeting the provisions described in Internal Revenue Code section 26 U.S.C. 501(c)(3) may submit proposals for exchange projects designed to use the popularity and power of mega sporting events, such as the World Cup, to create positive change in communities through sustained mentorship and youth-led community-based sports initiatives. In support of U.S. Department of State foreign policy objectives, ECA’s SportsUnited programmes create both people-to-people and institutional linkages through sport exchanges. The FY 2014 “Sport for Community: Emerging Leaders in Action”, under the Global Sports Mentoring Programme, will focus on both male and female youth, ages 20-35. Sport for Community will provide ten (10) to twenty (20) emerging leaders with a U.S.-based mentorship in the sports sector. Approximately ten (10) American representatives of the mentoring organisations will then travel to the host country for follow-on programming with their mentees. At the time of publication, Sport for Community may be implemented in conjunction with the Men’s World Cup, but the U.S. State Department reserves the right to modify the host country based on changing circumstances. Applicants may submit only one proposal under this competition. If multiple proposals are received from the same applicant, all submissions will be declared ineligible and receive no further consideration in the review process. Visit the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs website @ http://eca.state.gov/organizational-funding/open-grant-solicitations to view the full announcement