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English Access Scholarship; English Language Fellow Specialist Virtual Educator; and Online Professional English Network (OPEN) Programs
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As authorized by the Fulbright-Hays Act, the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) seeks to increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries by means of educational and cultural exchange programs, including the exchange of scholars, researchers, professionals, students, and educators. ECA programs foster engagement and encourage dialogue with citizens around the world. Educational and cultural engagement is premised on the knowledge that mutual understanding, the development of future leaders, and the benefits of education programs influence societies and affect official decision-making almost everywhere in the world today. ECA programs inform, engage, and influence participants across strategic sectors of society – including young people, women, teachers, scholars, journalists, and other professionals – the number of foreign individuals who have first-hand experience with Americans and with the values of freedom, representative government, rule of law, economic choice, and individual dignity, while building international knowledge and capacity among Americans. The purpose of English Language Programs is to achieve U.S. foreign policy goals and strengthen relationships with foreign publics by supporting English language education.
This chart shows obligations for the program by fiscal year. All data for this chart was provided by the
administering agency and sourced from SAM.gov, USASpending.gov, and Treasury.gov.
For more information on each of these data sources, please see the
About the data page.
No Current Data Available. English Access Microscholarship Program (Access): Under FY 2016 funding, approximately 15,000 bright, economically disadvantaged students, primarily aged 13 to 20 years old, will receive scholarships to study English through the worldwide Access Program.
English Language Fellow Program: Approximately 140 English Language Fellows were placed in 10-month programs in over 60 countries for Academic Year 2016-17.
English Language Specialist Program: In 2016, 82 English Language Specialists conducted projects in over 51 countries.
American English E-Teacher Program: In January 2017, the redesigned American English E-Teacher Program launched to include multiple U.S. educational institution partners which allows the program the flexibility to better respond to the needs of U.S. embassies. In addition to offering global online courses to over 700 participants in 92 countries, the AE E-Teacher Program is working with Regional English Language Offices to develop customized courses to meet the needs of teachers in India, Nepal, Venezuela, Kyrgyzstan, and Syria. There has been a total of 158,739 participants participating in the American English Massive Open Online Courses from 208 countries.
Approximately 137 U.S. professionals in the field of Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) were awarded English Language Fellowships and spent ten months teaching and training teachers at host institutions overseas. Approximately 100 experts in the field of TESOL were sent overseas as English Language Specialists to work on Embassy-developed projects to improve the teaching of English in that country for a period of at least two weeks. Approximately 15,000 academically talented but socioeconomically disadvantaged young people received two-year scholarships to study English in their home countries. Approximately 2,000 foreign teachers of English received scholarships for graduate level U.S. distance learning courses and 25,000 teachers benefited from Massive Open Online Courses developed from these courses.
In 2018, approximately 168 English Language Fellowships and 110 English Language Specialist grants were awarded. In 2018, approximately 15,000 English Access Microscholarships were awarded. In 2018, approximately 2,413 American English E-Teacher Scholarships were awarded.
In 2019, approximately 15,000 English Access Microscholarships were awarded to academically talented but economically disadvantaged students in over 80 countries; approximately 200 English Language Fellowships were awarded to American TESOL professionals; over 100 English Language Specialist awards were granted to American TESOL professionals; and approximately 3,700 OPEN scholarships were awarded to foreign English language educators.
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In 2021, approximately 15,000 English Access Microscholarships, approximately 3,000 Online Professional English Network scholarships, approximately 200 English Language Fellowships, approximately 450 Virtual English Language Fellowships. and approximately 200 English Language Specialist programs were awarded.
In FY 22 the English Access Microscholarship program offered 15,000 scholarships for underserved students and teachers. The English Language Fellow, Specialist and Virtual Educator Program sent 192 Fellows on 10-month programs overseas, sponsored 204 Specialists for both virtual and in person programs and funded 214 Virtual Educators who taught English and trained teachers virtually. The OPEN program funded scholarships for 3,533 foreign English teachers to take online professional development courses, plus an additional 51,685 who took Massive Open Online Courses. In addition, the OPEN program supported the American English Facebook page which reached 3.9 million followers, the American English for Educators Facebook page which reached 434,000 followers, the American English website which reached 736,362 users and the American English Youtube channel which had 1,823,362 views.
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Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):
For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.
OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.
