Opportunity Information: Apply for ECA ECAAE 18 013
The FY 2018 Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders is a U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) grant opportunity seeking a single organization to run the next phase of the Mandela Washington Fellowship under a cooperative agreement, contingent on the availability of FY 2018 funds. The Fellowship, launched in 2014, is described as the flagship program of the Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) and is positioned as a major people-to-people engagement effort between the United States and countries across Africa. Its core purpose is to strengthen ties between Africa and the United States while developing the leadership capacity of emerging African leaders who will drive change in their communities, institutions, and countries.
The program being competed is not simply a scholarship or a set of trainings; it is an integrated, large-scale leadership development and exchange platform. The selected award recipient would be responsible for designing, implementing, and overseeing the Fellowship experience, which implies end-to-end program management such as organizing academic and professional activities, coordinating with host institutions or partners, supporting participant services and logistics, ensuring strong program quality, and sustaining an alumni network. The announcement highlights that, in its first four years, the Fellowship built a network of roughly 3,000 young African leaders across key sectors, suggesting that maintaining and expanding an active, connected alumni community is a central expectation of the work.
In terms of policy goals, the Fellowship is framed around YALI's broader objectives: strengthening democratic institutions and good governance, spurring economic growth and prosperity, and fostering peace and security in Africa. That framing signals that proposals would be expected to connect program design and outcomes to these themes, focusing on leadership development that translates into tangible civic, economic, and community impact. The award structure as a cooperative agreement also indicates that ECA expects substantial involvement in the project after award, with ongoing collaboration, oversight, and shared responsibility between the U.S. government and the implementing organization.
Administratively, this is a discretionary funding opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number: ECA ECAAE 18 013) under CFDA 19.009, categorized under "Other" for funding activity. The opportunity anticipates one award, with an award ceiling of $14,500,000, which reflects the scale of coordinating a flagship international exchange initiative. Eligible applicants include public and state-controlled institutions of higher education, private institutions of higher education, and nonprofit organizations with 501(c)(3) status (other than institutions of higher education), with the eligibility list also including an "Others" category as stated in the notice. The announcement was created on 2017-12-21 and had an original closing date of 2018-02-22, meaning proposals were due by that deadline for consideration for the FY 2018 implementation cycle.
Overall, the opportunity is aimed at selecting a capable lead implementer to carry forward a high-profile U.S. government leadership and exchange program that invests in emerging African leaders, strengthens U.S.-Africa relationships, and advances governance, economic, and peace-and-security outcomes through a structured Fellowship experience and an ongoing alumni network.Apply for ECA ECAAE 18 013
- The Bureau Of Educational and Cultural Affairs in the other sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "FY 2018 Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 19.009.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2017-12-21.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2018-02-22. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $14,500,000.00 in funding.
- Eligible applicants include: Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Nonprofits having a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education, Others.
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