Project Grant SLMAQM12GR1031

The Department of State Bureau of Democracy Human Rights and Labor awarded a $750,000 Project Grant to the Asian University for Women (Auw) Support Foundation, Inc. under the International Programs to Support Democracy, Human Rights and Labor federal grant program (CFDA 19.345). The grant will provide a liberal arts and sciences university education and human rights leadership training to ten Pakistani women from unserved and marginalized communities at AuW. The training will be delivered from...

The Sun Yat-Sen Management Education Foundation will implement the second year of the Academy for Women Entrepreneurs (AWE) program in Taiwan under a $160,610 project grant from the U.S. Department of State Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs. The grant was awarded on March 8, 2022 to support entrepreneurship training through January 31, 2023. As part of the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040), the foundation will recruit a new cohort of early-stage women entrepreneurs to provide online...

The Department of State Office of the Secretary of State awarded a $1,610,705 cooperative agreement to Asian University for Women (Auw) Support Foundation, Inc. to support the economic empowerment of Afghan women through scholarships for pre-undergraduate and undergraduate education. The award is being administered under the Secretary's Office of Global Women's Issues (S/GWI) federal grant program (CFDA 19.801), which promotes the empowerment of women and girls in U.S. foreign policy through...

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...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Award Summary The Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs awarded a $473,726 Cooperative Agreement to the Sun Yat-Sen Management Education Foundation on June 29, 2025, under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) to support the fifth year of the Academy for Women Entrepreneurs (AWE) program in Taiwan. The award, which includes a supplemental allocation of $34,873, provides early-stage women entrepreneurs with comprehensive training, professional networks,...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award of $116,937.72, provided by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs under the Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs Appropriation Overseas Grants (CFDA 19.022) program, will fund a 5-month long Academy for Women Entrepreneurs (AWE) program in South Africa, Lesotho, and Eswatini. The program will equip 100 women entrepreneurs with business skills and mentorship to scale their enterprises. The awardee, the Africa Women...

The Department of State Bureau of African Affairs awarded a $100,000 cooperative agreement to Ascend International Studios Services LIMITED to facilitate a 2022 Academy for Women Entrepreneurs (AWE) program in Nigeria. Under the agreement, Ascend will conduct a five-month AWE Academy for 250 women currently operating small and medium enterprises across southern Nigeria. The goal is to support the achievement of U.S. public diplomacy goals through the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040)...

The Research Foundation for the State University of New York at Stony Brook will organize three virtual intensive institutes in 2023 and 2024 for young scholars in Eurasia under a $217,915 Project Grant from the Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs. Funded through the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040), the institutes aim to support U.S. foreign policy goals and inform foreign publics by expanding relationships between people. Set to take place in July 2023, January...

The University of Denver will receive a two-year, $120,508 project grant from the United States Institute of Peace to evaluate United Nations-African Union special political missions for conflict prevention and peacebuilding. The grant was awarded on April 1, 2022 under the Priority Grant Competition program of the USIP, which provides funding to nonprofit organizations through CFDA #91.005 to increase the breadth and depth of the Institute's peacebuilding work. As the awardee, the University of...

The Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs awarded $107,880 to Kustawi Africa LIMITED through a Cooperative Agreement under the Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs Appropriation Overseas Grants (CFDA 19.022) program. The award will support the Academy for Women Entrepreneurs 2022, Cohort 4 initiative from July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023. The Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs Appropriation Overseas Grants program provides assistance awards by U.S....