Opportunity Information: Apply for DOS KAZ AST AEECA 23 004
The English Language Capacity for STEM Fields Students opportunity is a U.S. Department of State (U.S. Mission to Kazakhstan) grant designed to reduce the gap between urban and rural students in access to English learning and, as a result, access to international academic pathways. The program is built around a practical problem: students in Astana and Almaty tend to have more English-language resources and more exposure to scholarship and study-abroad information, while many high-performing STEM and IT students in rural and regional areas are held back mainly by limited English proficiency. By strengthening English capacity for these students, the program aims to open doors to graduate study and research opportunities in the United States, including pathways connected to Government of Kazakhstan-funded scholarships such as those administered through the Center for International Programs (Bolashaq).
The core activity is a year-long, in-person English language training program totaling 250 instructional hours. The intended participants are rural and regional university students majoring in STEM or IT who have excellent academic performance but only a pre-intermediate level of English and a clear interest in continuing their education in the United States. The program plans to recruit 60 students across two regional locations, meaning the grantee will need to organize instruction in at least two cities outside the main urban hubs and secure appropriate classroom venues with support from local partners. In addition to English instruction, the program includes an academic and advising component meant to help students understand U.S. study options and the steps needed to apply.
The grant emphasizes coordination and partnership. The implementing organization is expected to work with the Ministry of Education, the Center for International Programs Bolashaq, and regional university partners to identify strong candidates who are most likely to benefit from intensive language training and advising. Participant selection should be done through an open call for applications at regional universities, ensuring transparent recruitment and broad access for eligible students. The implementer must also recruit at least two highly qualified English language instructors who can commit to teaching across the academic year and who are capable of moving learners from pre-intermediate toward upper-intermediate proficiency through consistent, structured instruction.
The opportunity lays out three specific objectives. First, it aims to measurably improve the English skills of 60 STEM students from rural and regional areas who want to pursue study abroad. Second, it seeks to increase these students awareness of U.S. education opportunities by bringing in U.S. guest speakers, advisers, and representatives of graduate programs or scholarship programs. Third, it targets deeper application readiness for at least 25 to 30 participants through consultations and sessions that explain how to apply for study in the United States, with an emphasis on STEM-related academic and research pathways.
Funding is offered as a cooperative agreement, with an award ceiling of $40,000 and an expectation of one award. The budget described is intended to cover teaching fees, textbooks, materials, and supplies for the full 250-hour program serving 60 students at two sites, and it must include monitoring and evaluation costs of at least five percent in line with Department policy. The opportunity is listed under CFDA 19.900, with an original posting date of July 20, 2023 and an original closing date of August 25, 2023. Overall, the program is structured as a targeted capacity-building intervention: it focuses on a relatively small cohort of high-potential STEM/IT students in underserved regions and combines intensive English instruction with exposure to U.S. academic options and hands-on guidance to make U.S. graduate study and research opportunities more attainable.Apply for DOS KAZ AST AEECA 23 004
- The Department of State, U.S. Mission to Kazakhstan in the other (see text field entitled explanation of other category of funding activity for clarification) sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "English Language Capacity for STEM Fields Students" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 19.900.
- This funding opportunity was created on Jul 20, 2023.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Aug 25, 2023. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $40,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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