FY 2026 Tech Youth Program
This State Department (ECA) program funds a three-week U.S.-based youth exchange (Tech Youth) for roughly 96 U.S. and international high school students focused on technical, leadership, and entrep…
- Deadline
- Jul 6, 2026
- Posted
- May 7, 2026
- Award amount
- $1,100,000
In plain English
This State Department (ECA) program funds a three-week U.S.-based youth exchange (Tech Youth) for roughly 96 U.S. and international high school students focused on technical, leadership, and entrepreneurial skills. Specific eligibility is in the full announcement; applicants should expect to manage recruitment, the U.S.-based exchange, and alumni engagement. The award is $1,100,000. Review the NOFO for exact eligibility criteria.
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Who can apply
Please see full announcement.
About this grant
The Office of Citizen Exchanges of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) is pleased to announce an open competition for proposals to implement the FY 2026 Tech Youth program. Tech Youth is a new three-week, U.S.-based youth exchange that will equip young innovators with essential technical, leadership, and entrepreneurial skills to lead effectively and succeed in emerging industries. Participants will gain hands-on experience through job shadowing, site visits to U.S. companies, meetings with industry leaders, and intensive coursework and hands-on training. The program advances U.S. efforts to secure technological advantage over strategic competitors. The program will support approximately 96 American and international participants from select countries worldwide (approximately 72 English-speaking international high school students and 24 U.S. high school students) in pre-exchange activities, the three-week U.S.-based exchange (to be conducted in summer 2027), post-exchange alumni engagement, and implementation of required capstone projects that address real-world economic and business challenges. Please see the Notice of Funding Opportunity for additional information.
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