{"id":16357,"date":"2024-09-09T21:34:13","date_gmt":"2024-09-09T18:34:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/e-tineret.md\/?p=16357"},"modified":"2024-09-09T21:34:13","modified_gmt":"2024-09-09T18:34:13","slug":"flex-program-opens-recruitment-for-the-2025-2026-study-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/et.brainstorm.md\/en\/flex-program-opens-recruitment-for-the-2025-2026-study-year\/","title":{"rendered":"FLEX program opens recruitment for the 2025\/2026 study year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Students from the Republic of Moldova have the opportunity to continue their studies in the United States through<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/flexprogrammoldova\/posts\/pfbid0RwfrAgYrXMVgFYGPebjU8hyEE3HYzsVY6at1TxthtF1NUbF8LTZREKgTwTQ3MEKRl\"> the FLEX (Future Leaders Exchange) Program<\/a>, which has officially opened recruitment for the 2025\/2026 academic year. The program offers full scholarships for students to spend an academic year in the US, study at an American high school and live with a host family.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What the FLEX program offers:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Free travel from Moldova to the US and back;<\/li>\n<li>A pre-departure orientation that prepares students for the international experience;<\/li>\n<li>Stay with an American host family for one academic year;<\/li>\n<li>Admission to an American high school;<\/li>\n<li>Medical insurance covering most medical conditions;<\/li>\n<li>A $200 monthly scholarship;<\/li>\n<li>An additional $300 allowance for school supplies.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Eligibility criteria:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You are a 9th, 10th or 11th grade student born between January 1, 2008 and July 15, 2010;<\/li>\n<li>You are a citizen of the Republic of Moldova;<\/li>\n<li>You have knowledge of English;<\/li>\n<li>You are eligible for a J-1 visa;<\/li>\n<li>Have not resided in the U.S. for three months or more in the past five years.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Students with disabilities, born between February 15, 2007 and July 15, 2010, are also eligible for the program, and the organizers will make special testing arrangements.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Selection process<\/strong>: Selection is done in several rounds, starting with a preliminary online application and essay questions, followed by English language tests, interviews and detailed applications. The first round runs <strong>from August to September 26, 2024<\/strong>, with final results announced <strong>in April-May 2025.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Finalists<\/strong> will attend an orientation in the summer of 2025 and depart for the U.S. in August, with a return to Moldova scheduled for May-June 2026.<\/p>\n<p>To participate in the selection process, students are invited to register by <strong>September 26, 2024,<\/strong> by completing the <a href=\"https:\/\/ais.americancouncils.org\/cgi-bin\/WebObjects\/AIR.woa\/wa\/login?brand=flex\">online form<\/a> available on the FLEX platform.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Do not miss the chance to live a unique study experience in the United States!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Students from the Republic of Moldova have the opportunity to continue their studies in the United States through the FLEX (Future Leaders Exchange) Program, which has officially opened recruitment for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":16278,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/et.brainstorm.md\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16357","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/et.brainstorm.md\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/et.brainstorm.md\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/et.brainstorm.md\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/et.brainstorm.md\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16357"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/et.brainstorm.md\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16357\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16358,"href":"https:\/\/et.brainstorm.md\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16357\/revisions\/16358"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/et.brainstorm.md\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/et.brainstorm.md\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/et.brainstorm.md\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/et.brainstorm.md\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}