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DOS-SAU-PD-2203: Empowering Saudi Women and Youth through Sports

Closed Closed June 1, 2022 Opportunity DOS-SAU-PD-2203 ☆ 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 Saudi Arabia notices from 2022.

• Award ceiling$125,000
• Award floor$50,000
• Expected awards1
• Cost sharingNot required
• Funding typeGrant

Key dates

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to nonprofits and colleges and universities.

• Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
• Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
• Private institutions of higher education

Saudi-based civil-society organizations, think tanks, non-governmental organizations, and academic institutions or similar U.S.-based organizations with a partner organization based in Saudi Arabia. *For-profit or commercial entities are not eligible to apply*

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Is this a realistic fit?

• Past Public Diplomacy Programs awards averaged $26,570; this notice allows up to $125,000 per award.
• No cost sharing or match is required.

What the grant funds

The U.S. Embassy in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Public Affairs Section (PAS) of the U.S. Department of State is pleased to announce that limited funding is available through the Embassy’s Public Affairs grants program to support activities that promote U.S.-Saudi bilateral relations in the following priority area: Empowering women and youth in Saudi Arabia through sports. This is a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) outlining our funding priorities, the strategic themes we focus on, and the procedures for submitting requests for funding. Eligibility is limited to those who qualify to receive U.S. grants and have the ability to develop and implement their proposed programs in Saudi Arabia within the timeframe indicated on their applications. The U.S. Embassy in the Kingdom Saudi Arabia and the Department of State encourage organizations that have not previously received international program funding from the U.S. government to apply. Applicants must have demonstrated expertise in one or more of the following subject areas: sports business or academic programming, sports management and entrepreneurship, sports training, sports entrepreneurship training, building sports-related institution-to-institution partnerships. The U.S. Embassy in the Kingdom Saudi Arabia requests proposals for projects aimed at empowering women and youth in Saudi Arabia through sports. While a wide range of project proposals will be considered, successful projects will incorporate many of the following elements: A clearly defined project objective, with specific supporting goals and quantifiable project milestones. A focus on sports programming that complements, rather than competes with, programs already active in Saudi Arabia by reaching currently underserved populations, working in areas where little training is currently offered, or addressing important topics underrepresented in current programs. For example, priority will be given to proposals that include participants from outside of the major cities (Riyadh, Jeddah, Dhahran/Damman) and/or that focus on sports disciplines such as (but not limited to) soccer, basketball, motorsports, American football, or other sports where Saudi women and youth are traditionally underrepresented. The creation, strengthening, or expansion of a women’s sports or sports federations network that encourages and facilitates the transfer of skills and sharing of resources between members.

Category: Education, Employment, Labor and Training, Other.

Applying now

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

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