On June 13, 2024, the U.S. Department of State announced that it has awarded 37 grants totaling nearly $1.3 million to U.S. colleges and universities through the 2024 Increase and Diversify Education Abroad for U.S. Students (IDEAS) Program grant competition.
The IDEAS grants aim to enable higher education institutions to create and expand study abroad programs that align with U.S. foreign policy goals. These programs are designed to provide international experience for American students, helping them develop new knowledge and skills beneficial for their future careers and leadership capacities.
The recipients include public and private colleges and universities across the United States, including ten community colleges and fourteen minority-serving institutions located in 24 states and Washington, D.C.
These grants will support various initiatives such as developing new international partnerships, training faculty and staff, creating resources to engage students in study abroad programs, and developing virtual and hybrid exchanges. The supported programming will extend to 36 destinations worldwide, including Botswana, Croatia, Indonesia, Nepal, Tunisia, and Uruguay.
Two consortium grants were awarded to U.S. institutions collaborating on building study abroad capacity at community colleges to prepare students for careers in STEM fields in support of the bipartisan 2022 CHIPS and Science Act.
The list of 2024 IDEAS grantees includes Alamo Colleges District (TX), Borough of Manhattan Community College – City University of New York (NY), Colorado Mountain College (CO), Community College of Philadelphia (PA), Coppin State University (MD), Fort Valley State University (GA), Guilford Technical Community College (NC), Highline College (WA), Iona University (CT), Iowa State University - College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (IA), Joliet Junior College (IL), Kentucky State University (KY), Kirkwood Community College (IA), Livingstone College (NC), Marshall University (WV), Miami Dade College (FL), Miami University (OH), Northern Kentucky University (KY), Northern Michigan University (MI), Oregon State University(OR); Polk State College(FL); Shippensburg University(PA); Snow College(UT); Southern UtahUniversity(UT);StateUniversityofNewYorkatOswego(NY);UniversityofDayton(OH);UniversityofGeorgia(GA);UniversityofMarylandCollegePark(MD);UniversityofMissouri(MO);UniversityofNebraskaOmaha(NE);UniversityofNorthTexasatDallas(TX);UniversityofSouthFlorida(FL);UniversityofTennessee(TN;UniveristyofDistrictColumbia,(DC):UniveristyOfTulsa,(OK):UniveristyOfWyoming(WY)andWorcesterPolytechnicInstitute(MA).
Consortium grants were received by the State University of New York at Oswego partnered with Monroe Community College)and Marshall Univerity in West Virginia partnered with BridgeValleyCommunityAndTechnicalCollege
For more information please visit http://www.studyabroadcapacitybuilding.org/ or contact eca-press@state.gov.
