Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs; U.S. Studies Institute for South Asian Undergraduate Student Leaders

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The Study of the U.S. Branch, Office of Academic Exchange Programs, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, announces an open competition for public and private non-profit organizations to develop and implement the U.S. Studies Institute for South Asian Undergraduate Student Leaders. The Institute is intended to provide 21 highly motivated first through third year undergraduate students from Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan a six week academic seminar, including a domestic travel component, that will give them a deeper understanding of U.S. history, contemporary U.S. culture and society, and American politics and policymaking. An important subsidiary objective of the Institute is to help the participants develop their leadership and collective problemsolving skills.