Project Grant SIN65023GR0110

The Inter-American Foundation (IAF) awarded a $125,000 Project Grant under the IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA 85.750) to the Young Americas Business Trust (YABT) to launch the Innovation in Action Challenge Fund (INNOVACTION 2.0). INNOVACTION 2.0 will provide business training to hundreds of youth throughout Latin America and the Caribbean to create youth-led entrepreneurship initiatives that support reducing environmental impacts, climate risks, emissions, and energy use. YABT...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) provided $139,650.04 to train 250-300 journalists and media professionals across 6 workshops in 6 cities in India on climate reporting. The goal was to influence policy and inform people about climate change and its effects. The award was issued on September 10, 2024 and was scheduled for completion by March 4, 2025. The...

This $310,000 project grant from the Inter-American Foundation (IAF) supports Corporacion Taller Prodesal Promocion Popular Y De Alternativas Al Desarrollo in delivering entrepreneurship and skills training programs for at-risk youth in Colombia's Caribbean region. Under the IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA 85.750), the grantee will work with young people to generate new economic and cultural ventures, provide business development and audio-visual production training, and offer $310K...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) Federal Grant Program (CFDA 11.012) provides $13,500,000 to VentureWell to support the NOAA Innovates: Ocean-Based Climate Resilience Accelerator program. The program will support early-stage innovators and ventures developing ocean-based climate resilience solutions through entrepreneurial training, mentorship, technology and commercialization...

The Center for Advancing Innovation, Inc. was awarded a $2.49 million project grant from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration under the BUILD TO SCALE federal grant program (CFDA 11.024) to launch the Global Health Innovation Challenge. Over three years, the Center will source and launch over 60 high-growth startups in the Washington D.C. metro area to address global health threats using technology. The startups will focus on preventing, diagnosing, treating and...

The National Science Foundation awarded $304,558 under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships federal grant program to the National Collegiate Inventors & Innovators Alliance, Inc. to design and implement an eight-week entrepreneurial training program. The program will provide approximately 100 educational and learning technology research teams with resources and tools to advance their innovations from the lab to the market. Specifically, the grantee will offer curriculum based on...

The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs awarded a $249,999.92 cooperative agreement to Education For Employment (EFE) to implement the STARTECH Climate Action Lab (ST-CAL) project in Tunisia. The project aims to provide entrepreneurship and soft skills training to Tunisian youth interested in starting climate action-focused businesses. Key components of the project include: EFE-Tunisie conducting a virtual Training of Trainers (ToT) program and providing entrepreneurship...

This Project Grant award, provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants Program (CFDA 66.616), will support the Global Center for Cultural Entrepreneurship and its partners to engage residents of the Eight Northern Pueblos (ENP) in New Mexico on climate and environmental justice issues. The $2,987,385 award will fund activities including over 40 climate justice and community engagement workshops directly engaging...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Technology Transitions (OTT) under the CFDA Program 81.010 - OTT Technology Deployment, Demonstration and Commercialization, aims to accelerate the commercialization of green chemistry startups. The $1,000,000.00 award to Climatehaven Inc., a non-profit organization based in New Haven, CT, will address critical technical, operational, and commercial challenges faced by these startups over a 36-month...

This Project Grant award of $299,898 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program is intended to catalyze deep tech innovation and entrepreneurship through international partnerships. The project aims to enhance the impact of NSF's Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs by facilitating the formation and success of small business concerns working to solve critical...