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Assistance listing · 19.401
Academic Exchange Programs - Scholars
Federal financial assistance obligated under listing 19.401, the organisations that receive it and where it goes.
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Federal agencies obligated $30M in awards under assistance listing 19.401, Academic Exchange Programs - Scholars, in FY2025, and $170M over the five fiscal years since FY2022; the program ranks 706 of 1056 on this site.
Obligations were down 20% on FY2024 ($38M), with $30M so far in FY2026.
The largest recipient organisations by the value of $1.0M-plus awards since FY2022 were Institute of International Education Inc ($138M), World Learning Inc. ($22M) and University of Montana ($13M).
Obligations by fiscal year
Compared with the largest program FY2025
| Measure | This program | Grants to States for Medicaid | All assistance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obligations, FY2025 | $30M | $666B | $4.5T |
| Five-year total | $170M | $3.2T | $21T |
| Share of all assistance obligations, five years | 0% | 15.2% | 100% |
Largest recipients $1.0M+ award value since FY2022
| # | Organisation | Awards | Award value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Institute of International Education Inc | 5 | $138M |
| 2 | World Learning Inc. | 5 | $22M |
| 3 | University of Montana | 3 | $13M |
Awarding agencies $1.0M+ awards
Largest awards since FY2022
Other programs numbered 19.xxx
- 19.515 Contributions to International Organizations for Overseas Assistance $14B
- 19.790 Contributions to International Organizations- CIO $6.7B
- 19.707 Assessed Contributions for State Department $3.7B
- 19.046 Global Health Security and Transition of Life-saving Services $3.2B
- 19.791 Voluntary Contributions to International Organizations $2.4B
- 19.045 International Disaster and Humanitarian Response $2.1B
- 19.517 Overseas Refugee Assistance Programs for Africa $2.0B
- 19.017 Environmental and Scientific Partnerships and Programs $2.0B
- 19.345 International Programs to Support Democracy, Human Rights and Labor $1.6B
- 19.510 U.S. Refugee Admissions Program $1.6B
- 19.973 Assessed Contributions to International Organizations/CIPA $1.6B
- 19.878 EUR-Other $1.0B
- 19.800 Weapons Removal and Abatement $976M
- 19.029 The U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief Programs $655M
- 19.522 Overseas Refugee Assistance Programs for Strategic Global Priorities $640M
- 19.400 Academic Exchange Programs - Graduate Students $629M
- 19.703 Criminal Justice Systems $629M
- 19.705 Trans-National Crime $557M
- 19.415 Professional and Cultural Exchange Programs - Citizen Exchanges $518M
- 19.518 Overseas Refugee Assistance Programs for Western Hemisphere $417M
- 19.519 Overseas Refugee Assistance Program for Middle East and North Africa Program $380M
- 19.018 Resettlement Support Centers (RSCs) for U.S. Refugee Resettlement $345M
- 19.087 International Fisheries Commissions $316M
- 19.022 Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs Appropriation Overseas Grants $305M
Questions and answers
How much is obligated under assistance listing 19.401?
$30M in FY2025 and $170M over the five fiscal years since FY2022, counting every award type recorded under the listing (grants, direct payments, loan subsidy cost, insurance and other assistance). Obligations are commitments, not payments.
Who receives the most under Academic Exchange Programs - Scholars?
Institute of International Education Inc ($138M), World Learning Inc. ($22M), University of Montana ($13M). Individuals are never listed; where a program pays individuals, USAspending records aggregated rows that appear here as "not shown".
What is an assistance listing (CFDA) number?
A five-digit number that identifies a federal financial assistance program on SAM.gov (formerly the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance). Every grant, loan, direct payment or other assistance award on USAspending carries one; contracts do not.
Provenance
Source: USAspending.gov API v2, spending by category (assistance listing) by fiscal year, recipient cross-tabulation for FY2022–FY2025 and award search, loaded 30 Sep 2026. State figures come from each state's top-100 listing table, so small amounts in a state may be missing. See methodology.