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ECA U.S. Speaker Program

Program Information

Popular name

ECA - U.S. Speaker Program

Program Number

19.440

Program objective

As authorized by the Fulbright-Hays Act, the Office of the U.S. Speaker Program of the Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs awards a cooperative agreement to an organization with experience in international exchanges for the administration of projects that enable U.S. experts to engage international audiences on topics of strategic importance to the United States. The participating U.S. experts represent a broad range of knowledge and responsible and informed opinion. Experts participate in traveling and/or virtual programs in support of U.S. foreign policy objectives. The grantee organization is to be responsible for handling all administrative aspects of the program, including arrangements for participant travel, visas, funding disbursement, mailing of materials, and speaker evaluation reporting.

Program expenditures, by FY (2023 - 2025)

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.

Additional program information

  1. 2020

    In 2020, approximately 436 U.S. Speaker program grants were processed by the implementing partner for the Office of the U.S. Speaker Program.

  2. 2021

    No Current Data Available.

  3. 2022

    No Current Data Available.

  4. 2023

    No Current Data Available.

  5. 2024

    No Current Data Available.

  6. 2025

    No Current Data Available.

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.

As stated in the Grants.gov or the U.S. Department of State's MyGrants (formerly SAMS Domestic) announcements. In addition, organizations should be familiar with OMB Guidance 2 CFR Parts 200 and 600, entitled the Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards. For a copy of the OMB Guidance cited, please contact the U.S. Government Publishing Office or download from www.ecfr.gov website. U.S. Speaker Program guidelines and policies are outlined in the U.S. Department of State Foreign Affairs Manual, Section 10 FAM 350.

  1. he Fulbright-Hays Act of 1961, as amended, Public Law 87-256, 22 US Code 2451., The Fulbright-Hays Act of 1961, as amended, Public Law 87-256, 22 US Code 2451.

Program details

Categories & sub-categories

Education

Program types

Eligible beneficiaries

  • American Indian
  • Anyone/general public
  • Artist/Humanist
  • Asian
  • Black
  • Builder/Contractor/Developer
  • Disabled (e.g. Deaf, Blind, Physically Disabled)
  • Education (13+)
  • Education Professional
  • Engineer/Architect
  • Farmer/Rancher/Agriculture Producer
  • Health Professional
  • Individual/Family
  • Industrialist/ Business person
  • Major Metropolis (over 250,000)
  • Migrant
  • Minority group
  • Other Non-White
  • Other Urban
  • Pension Recipient
  • Physically Afflicted (e.g. TB, Arthritis, Heart Disease)
  • Rural
  • Scientist/Researchers
  • Senior Citizen (60+)
  • Small Business Person
  • Spanish Origin
  • Specialized group (e.g. health professionals, students, veterans)
  • Suburban
  • U.S. Citizen
  • Veteran/Service person/Reservist (including dependents
  • Women

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