Youth Ambassadors 2007

The summary for the Youth Ambassadors 2007 grant is detailed below. This summary states who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, current and past deadlines, Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) numbers, and a sampling of similar government grants. Verify the accuracy of the data FederalGrants.com provides by visiting the webpage noted in the Link to Full Announcement section or by contacting the appropriate person listed as the Grant Announcement Contact. If any section is incomplete, please visit the website for the Mission to Brazil, which is the U.S. government agency offering this grant.

Youth Ambassadors 2007: Authority: Overall grant making authority for this program is contained in the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961, Public Law 87 - 256, as amended, also known as the Fulbright-Hays Act. The purpose of the Act is "to enable the Government of the United States to increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries* * * ; to strengthen the ties which unite us with other nations by demonstrating the educational and cultural interests, developments, and achievements of the people of the United States and other nations * * * and thus to assist in the development of friendly, sympathetic and peaceful relations between the United States and the other countries in the world." The funding authority for the program above is provided through legislation.Purpose: The objective of the program is to provide participants with a quick immersion in the U.S. culture and society through a structured program that will offer them new lenses to see the world and themselves. As real ambassadors, they are expected to convey a part of Brazil to their U.S. hosts, as much as they absorb firsthand impressions of the United States. The program should:a) stimulate increased mutual understanding between the peoples of the United States and Brazil;b) strengthen the ties between the two countries by demonstrating the educational and cultural interests, developments, and achievements of the U.S.;c) counter any possible negative trends in popular opinion or misconceptions about the U.S. by presenting an in-loco and more positive image of the country;d) support and value Brazilian public education, which is attended almost entirely by the socio-economically disadvantaged population.U.S. education institutions, program agencies or NGOs with proven vast and successful experience in working on comparable youth exchange programs may apply to develop, administer, and provide follow-up to this two-week exchange program in the U.S. for 25 Brazilian high school students.