Schools, districts, postsecondary institutions, and nonprofit organizations can express interest in having young people participate in a virtual exchange program implemented by a Stevens Initiative grantee. Joining an existing program allows institutions and educators to benefit from the grantee’s content, partnership network, technology, facilitation training, and other forms of guidance and support and can be a great way to have a first experience with virtual exchange.

Educational institutions and nonprofit organizations in the United States, Morocco, or the United Arab Emirates can propose to design a virtual exchange program. The Stevens Initiative provides a matching and co-designing process to assist potential partners with co-creating quality virtual exchange programs that connect youth in Morocco or the United Arab Emirates with youth in the United States. It is important to note that the institutions in Morocco and the United Arab Emirates serve as the prime during the application and negotiation process. (The prime manages the grant funds and handles all associated administrative tasks.)

Download the Expanded ‘Design With a Partner’ Pathway Chart PDF

The Stevens Initiative runs competitions to give grants to educational institutions and nonprofit organizations that administer virtual exchange programs connecting youth in the United States and the MENA region.

The Initiative will open its next grant competition in spring 2020, and the deadline for Letters of Interest (LOIs) will be in fall 2020. Finalists will be notified if they are invited to submit a full application later in the fall. Grants will start in spring 2021, and virtual exchange activities will be expected to be begin during fall 2021.

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