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International Programs

LEAP Fellowship Program

Future Leaders Exchange Program (FLEX)

The FLEX Program is a U.S. government-sponsored program for secondary school students from the former Soviet Union.  The program provides scholarship funding for students to travel to the U.S., live with a U.S. family, and attend a local high school for a full academic year.  FLEX was established in 1992 as the centerpiece of the Secondary School Initiative, under the FREEDOM Support Act.  The program provides young people from the former Soviet states with a cross-cultural living experience in a democratic society.  Since the program's founding, more than 15,000 students have been awarded scholarships.  For more information about the program, please visit http://www.americancouncils.org/documents/1017ac070606163852.pdf.

Updated February 28, 2008