This $197,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) supports the organization of a three-day AWE (Academy for Women Entrepreneurs) Europe Summit in Barcelona, Spain. The grant will enable the non-profit organization Fomento Del Trabajo Nacional to convene over 300 women entrepreneurs and AWE alumnae from across Europe, especially from Portugal, Poland, Germany, Cyprus, Italy, and...
This Project Grant award of $100,000.00 was provided by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs under the "Investing in People in The Middle East and North Africa" (CFDA 19.021) federal grant program. The award is to arrange weekend retreats for young Palestinian women between the ages of 14-35 that will increase their knowledge of peacebuilding, nonviolent activism, and begin to imagine alternatives to occupation, violence, despair, or apathy. The award has...
This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (CFDA 19.022 - Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs Appropriation Overseas Grants) will provide $148,392 to Fomento Del Trabajo Nacional, a non-profit organization based in Barcelona, Spain, to partially fund the organization of a three-day AWE Europe Summit. The summit will gather over 300 women entrepreneurs and AWE alumnae from around Europe. The grant will also incorporate new...
This Project Grant award from the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs (CFDA 19.040 - Public Diplomacy Programs) supports the AWE 5.0 program, which promises a fully tailored scaling journey for an all-Emirati cohort of women leaders and entrepreneurs. The $148,402.80 award to New York University (NYU) will fund this program, which leverages a powerful network of over 150 UAE-based women leaders and entrepreneurs to provide specialized support. The program is scheduled to run from October 1, 2024...
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....
This federal Cooperative Agreement award, totaling $2,116,078.00, was issued by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (CFDA 19.009 - Academic Exchange Programs - Undergraduate Programs) on September 1, 2024. The purpose of this award is to implement the FY2024 Study of the U.S. Institutes Madeleine K. Albright Young Women Leaders Program. The University of Kansas Center for Research Inc., a non-profit research administration entity, is the primary awardee....
The Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs awarded a $203,778 project grant to support implementation of the Academy for Women Entrepreneurs Phase 4 in Zambia. The grant was awarded on June 30, 2022 under the Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs Appropriation Overseas Grants program (CFDA 19.022) to support entrepreneurship training for women in Zambia through May 31, 2023. Funding will support delivering entrepreneurship skills development workshops and...
This Project Grant award from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), under the USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas (CFDA 98.001) program, provides $395,000.00 to engage young women activists in the West Bank and Gaza. The purpose is to help them regain confidence in peacebuilding, learn advanced conflict mitigation skills, and facilitate community-level acts of reconciliation and hope. The award period runs from September 25, 2024 to March 25, 2026, and the place of...
This federal Project Grant award of $300,000.00 was provided by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) to the Atlantic Council of the United States, Inc. (The Atlantic Council) to launch a Women Innovators (WIN) Fellowship program in Jordan. The program, developed in collaboration with Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business, aims to support women entrepreneurs and innovators in Jordan. This award has been...
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...