# SYLEP 2.0” Open Cooperative Agreement 2025

Source: https://welltoldgrants.com/grants/dos-sau-2403-pd-sylep-2-0-open-cooperative-agreement-2025/  
Official notice: https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/354167

> U.S. Mission to Saudi Arabia offered grants of up to $50,000 (at least $25,000) to individuals. It expected to make one award worth $50,000 in total. Applications closed on June 13, 2024.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Opportunity number | DOS-SAU-2403-PD |
| Agency | U.S. Mission to Saudi Arabia |
| Status | Forecast |
| Deadline | June 13, 2024 |
| Award ceiling | $50,000 |
| Award floor | $25,000 |
| Expected awards | 1 |
| Total funding | $50,000 |
| Cost sharing | not required |
| Assistance Listings | 19.040 |

## Who can apply

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

- Not-for-profit organizations, including think tanks and civil society/non-governmental organizations - Educational institutions - Foreign Public Entities (for example: Public International Organizations and Governmental institutions)

## What the grant funds

The Saudi Young Leaders Exchange Program (“SYLEP 2.0”) will bring together a cohort of rising Saudi leaders focused on community engagement, innovation, and social entrepreneurship, and provide them with intensive training in “soft skills,” including leadership, communications, relationship building, and resilience. The SYLEP 2.0 cohort will be comprised of 15 emerging Saudi leaders (approximately 22 – 28 years old) who are active in the fields of innovation and social entrepreneurship, with a motivation for improving their communities (Program theme: “Innovation for the Social Good”).This training will take place in person before and after a three-week study trip to the United States organized and implemented by the U.S. Embassy (note: this funding proposal should only address the program components before and after the U.S. trip, not the trip itself). Note that the U.S. Embassy will be solely responsible for recruiting SYLEP 2.0 participants and for all aspects of their U.S. exchange program. The awardee under this cooperative agreement will be responsible for the program’s component in Saudi Arabia: organizing and implementing a series of in-person and virtual workshops that impart critical skills to the cohort and allow them to leverage their U.S. experience in developing community-based projects. SYLEP 2.0’s in-country component will consist of an in-person workshop for the cohort that will take place between February and June 2025. This weekend workshop should be designed to build cohort cohesion; strengthen relations between the U.S. Embassy and participants; and impart the critical thinking, leadership, public speaking, project management, innovation, and dialogue skills necessary to become global leaders. It should include a strong American component via the participation of at least two visiting U.S. speakers/trainers The SYLEP 2.2 cohort will then participate in an exchange program to the United States (separately organized and separately managed by the U.S. Embassy). Following their return to Saudi Arabia, the awardee will hold a virtual session on brainstorming and developing capstone projects, and a final in-country workshop in fall 2025 for all participants to present capstone community projects deriving from their training and experiences in the United States. In addition, the in-person workshop would include a SYLEP reunion reception, where the SYLEP 2.0 cohort would network and enhance connections with the wider SYLEP alumni network.

## Questions people ask

### Is DOS-SAU-2403-PD still open?

No. It closed on June 13, 2024. A newer notice is open: OFOP0002825, closes January 1, 2099 (26353 days left).

### Who can apply for SYLEP 2.0” Open Cooperative Agreement 2025?

U.S. Mission to Saudi Arabia accepted applications from individuals. The notice adds further conditions, so read its eligibility section.

### What is the deadline for SYLEP 2.0” Open Cooperative Agreement 2025?

Closed June 13, 2024. Applications are no longer accepted; the program's newer notices are on this page when there are any.

### How much funding is available?

Awards of up to $50,000 each. About $50,000 in total for one award.

### Who has won Public Diplomacy Programs grants before?

The largest recipients over five fiscal years were Miscellaneous Foreign Awardees, Meridian International Center, American Councils for International Education: Actr/Accels, Inc. The program made 13,489 awards worth $358 million in that time.