Opportunity Information: Apply for OFOP0001928
The EducationUSA 2025-2026 grant opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number OFOP0001928) is a U.S. Mission to Albania initiative that supports the work of EducationUSA in Albania through a cooperative agreement. EducationUSA is the U.S. Department of State's global network of more than 430 educational advising centers operating in over 175 countries and territories. The core purpose of the program is to help advance U.S. Embassy mission goals by strengthening people-to-people ties between Albanians and Americans, while also reinforcing broader objectives linked to economic growth and democratic values, including transparency. In practical terms, the grant is meant to sustain and expand high-quality educational advising that helps Albanian students understand and access the full range of U.S. higher education options, and to deepen engagement between Albanian institutions and U.S. higher education partners.
At the heart of the activity is student advising. EducationUSA advisers are expected to provide accurate, comprehensive, and up-to-date guidance about U.S. colleges and universities, helping prospective students identify institutions that match their academic goals, financial situation, and personal needs. This typically includes explaining how U.S. higher education works, clarifying admissions requirements and timelines, discussing standardized testing and application components, and helping students make informed decisions rather than steering them toward any single institution. The opportunity also reflects EducationUSA's role in supporting U.S. accredited higher education institutions (HEIs) with internationalization. That includes helping institutional leaders better understand the Albanian and regional higher education landscape, identify credible partners, and build longer-term connections that can lead to exchanges, joint programs, recruitment relationships, or other forms of collaboration.
The announced FY2025 objectives outline what the U.S. Mission is prioritizing for the performance period. First, the program aims to expand student advising outreach across Albania by continuing and enhancing in-person advising, school visits, virtual information sessions, and partnerships with relevant organizations. The intent is clearly nationwide reach, not only serving students who are already connected to major urban centers. Second, the program is expected to explore new potential partnerships, which can include collaboration with schools, universities, education-focused organizations, youth-serving nonprofits, and other entities that can extend the advising center's reach and credibility. Third, the opportunity emphasizes publicizing the advising center, suggesting a focus on visibility and awareness so that more students, families, and educators know where to find reliable information about studying in the United States. Fourth, it calls for strengthening networking with teachers and career counselors, recognizing that these professionals are key multipliers who can guide students early, share accurate information, and connect them to advising resources at the right moment.
The award structure is relatively small and focused: the award ceiling is $18,000, with one expected award. The funding instrument is a cooperative agreement, which generally means there will be substantial involvement by the U.S. government in the implementation and oversight of the project compared with a standard grant. The opportunity is listed under CFDA number 19.022 and is categorized as an earmark, with the funding activity category described as "Other." The eligible applicant pool is geared toward not-for-profit entities, specifically including think tanks and civil society/non-governmental organizations, which signals that the Mission expects implementation capacity, community networks, and a public-service orientation rather than a commercial recruitment approach.
Key administrative details included in the notice are the agency (U.S. Mission to Albania), the original closing date (May 31, 2025), and the posting/creation date (May 2, 2025). Overall, this opportunity is best understood as support for a targeted, outcomes-driven advising and outreach effort: improving access to trustworthy information about U.S. higher education for Albanian students, widening geographic and demographic reach through partnerships and school engagement, and strengthening the broader education connections that support long-term U.S.-Albania ties.Apply for OFOP0001928
- The U.S. Mission to Albania in the other sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "EducationUSA 2025-2026" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 19.022.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2025-05-02.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2025-05-31. (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 $18,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others.
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