Project Grant SJA80023GR0015

The Department of State Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs awarded $273,782 under the Public Diplomacy Programs federal grant to provide training services in Japan. Through the Women's Startup Lab Impact Foundation, the Project Grant will fund onsite and virtual training for 5,000 women across five Japanese cities from July 2021 through December 2022. The training will target female entrepreneurs, aspiring entrepreneurs, corporate innovators, students, and ecosystem builders to advance the...

The Maureen And Mike Mansfield Foundation will receive $135,585 to implement a women's empowerment program through the U.S. Department of State Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs' Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) federal grant award. Fifteen university students from Japan, the Republic of Korea, and the United States will participate in virtual and in-person meetings from September 16, 2022 through November 30, 2023. The Public Diplomacy Programs aim to support U.S. foreign policy...

The Department of State Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs awarded a $199,400 project grant to support a sports mentorship program for emerging Pacific women leaders. The grant, awarded January 31, 2023 under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) will support piloting a program modeled after the U.S. Department of State ESPN Global Sports Mentoring Program. The program will provide mentorship to 10 emerging women leaders from the Pacific region through January 31, 2028. The Public...

The Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs awarded a $110,236 cooperative agreement to LKH Consulting of New Zealand to implement an Academy for Women Entrepreneurs for Pacific women in New Zealand. Under this award, LKH Consulting will provide business networking, launch and graduation events, and participate in the Pasifika Festival event from June 2022 through June 2023. This cooperative agreement supports the agency's Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) to advance...

The Department of State Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs awarded General Inc. Association Waffle $193,920 under the Public Diplomacy Programs federal grant program (CFDA 19.040) to organize conferences in December 2022 and 2023, and launch a community aiming to increase female students' interest in the information technology field through lectures by women studying computer science at universities and female engineers in Japan. The award period is from November 1, 2022 to June 30,...

The Department of State's Office of Global Women's Issues awarded a $2.96 million cooperative agreement to the Global Network of Women Peacebuilders Inc. to support the Leadership of Local Women Including Young Women and Other Historically Marginalized Group in Preventing, Resolving, and Recovering from Conflict, Violent Extremism (VE) and Gender-Based Violence (GBV) is Amplified and Sustained program. This program, funded under the Office of Global Women's Issues' CFDA #19.801 program, will...

The Department of State Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs awarded a $555,606 Project Grant to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Secretariat through the East Asia and Pacific Grants Program (CFDA 19.124). The grant will support the APEC Women and Economy Sub-Fund by funding projects and initiatives that advance the economic empowerment of women in the Asia-Pacific region from September 13, 2021 through December 31, 2021. The East Asia and Pacific Grants Program aims to support the...

The Department of State Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs awarded a $250,000 cooperative agreement to the Wedu (Thailand) Foundation to implement the 2023 U.S.-ASEAN Women's Leadership Academy for YSEALI for Southeast Asian young leaders working on environmental issues. This award will support the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) objective of informing and influencing foreign publics and expanding relationships between people to advance U.S. foreign policy goals from October 1,...

The Department of State Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs awarded a $184,701.87 cooperative agreement to G7 / G20 Youth Japan from September 1, 2022 through May 31, 2023 under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) federal grant program. Under this cooperative agreement, G7 / G20 Youth Japan will plan and implement a public event leading up to the 2023 G7 Summit in Japan. The event will bring together youth delegates from each of the G7 countries to execute discussions. The funding...

The Department of State Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs awarded $200,000 to Wedu (Thailand) Foundation under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) federal grant program to implement the 2022 USASEAN Women's Leadership Academy for YSEALI from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2022. As part of the Public Diplomacy Programs, which supports U.S. foreign policy goals through informing and strengthening relationships with foreign publics, the funding will support delivering a women's...