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FY2026 YSEALI Professional Fellowship: US-ASEAN Leadership Exchange

The Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs is soliciting proposals to design and run the FY2026 YSEALI Professional Fellowship, which brings emerging Southeast Asian leaders (ages 25–35) to the United States for five- to six-week professional placements and leadership development focused on economic prosperity, strategic energy and minerals, liberty and freedom, and peace and security. Two…

The Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, through its Office of Citizen Exchanges, invites proposals to design and implement the Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (YSEALI) Professional Fellowship. The program advances U.S. strategic interests in the Indo-Pacific by developing a netw…

Funding Source

Agency: Bureau Of Educational and Cultural Affairs

Awards & funding

Award Ceiling: $4.5M
Award Floor: $4.5M

Eligibility

Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
Public and State controlled institutions of higher education

Please see Notice of Funding Opportunity.

Dates

Open Date: February 19, 2026
Close Date: April 20, 2026

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