University of Montana Mansfield Center Earns $10M Grant to Strengthen Ties With Southeast Asia

The Maureen and Mike Mansfield Center at the University of Montana recently was awarded a $10 million grant to strengthen people-to-people ties between the U.S. and Southeast Asia.

Awarded by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, the grant will fund the Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative Academic Fellows Program (YSEALI AFP). Pending funding availability, the cooperative agreement has the possibility of being renewed for two additional years for a total of $30 million in funding over three years.

YSEALI AFP is part of the wider Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative, which is the U.S. government’s signature program to support youth in the 11 countries of Southeast Asia: Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Timor-Leste and Vietnam.