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DOS-KAZ-AST-PDS-25-001: Kazakhstan Youth Leadership Camp 2025

Closed Closed July 31, 2025 Opportunity DOS-KAZ-AST-PDS-25-001 ☆ Save

This grant is closed. A newer notice from the same program is open now: Austrian-American Partnership Fund (AAPF) (OFOP0002825). Status: Closes January 1, 2099 (26353 days left). It is in our archive of U.S. Mission to Kazakhstan notices from 2025.

• Award ceiling$80,000
• Award floor$40,000
• Cost sharingNot required
• Funding typeCooperative Agreement

Key dates

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to the applicants described in the notice.

• Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)

The following non-profit organizations are eligible to apply: • Not-for-profit organizations, including think tanks and civil society/non-governmental organizations • Public and private educational institutions • Public International Organizations and Governmental institutions

Is this a realistic fit?

• Past Public Diplomacy Programs awards averaged $26,570; this notice allows up to $80,000 per award.
• No cost sharing or match is required.

What the grant funds

The U.S. Embassy in Kazakhstan announces an open competition to implement a youth leadership camp in summer 2026. The program will be an entrepreneurship and job skills-building camp for Kazakh youth with demonstrated interest in the United States and U.S. culture. The maximum 50 participants will include semi-finalists and alternates of various U.S. Government (USG) youth exchange programs who were unable to participate due to limitations on the number of participants per year. The camp will focus on U.S. best practices, American excellence, as well as skills to support participants’ prospects of becoming future leaders ready to partner with the United States. These themes could include U.S. entrepreneurship case studies and best practices, pitching, business project design basics, public speaking and presentation skills in English, and financial literacy. Participation in the program will enhance the participants’ understanding of U.S. values, strengthen their career skills, and prepare them to advance U.S. economic interests in Kazakhstan, including through partnerships with American businesses. To facilitate the camp, U.S. speakers should be invited as trainers, and alumni of U.S. Government exchange programs should be engaged as mentors. Following the camp, the most active participants will have an opportunity to implement local entrepreneurship projects, amplifying the impact of their learning. Applicants should include a plan to facilitate networking among participants after the camp and beyond the conclusion of the program. Proposals that effectively leverage existing resources from the U.S. Department of State, such as the Regional English Language Office (RELO), the American Space and Makerspaces in country, and EducationUSA within the implementing plan will be given preference.

Category: Education.

Applying now

This notice no longer takes applications. Apply under the newer notice, OFOP0002825, which is open now.

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