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PAS-FRANCE-FY2021-05: Start US Up - Paris

Closed Closed August 20, 2021 Opportunity PAS-FRANCE-FY2021-05 ☆ 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 France notices from 2021.

• Award ceiling$102,500
• Award floor$80,000
• Total funding$102,500
• Expected awards1
• Cost sharingNot required
• Funding typeCooperative Agreement

Key dates

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to nonprofits.

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

For-profit and 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 $102,500 per award.
• No cost sharing or match is required.

What the grant funds

The U.S. Embassy in France of the U.S. Department of State announces an open competition for organizations to submit applications to run a six-month entrepreneurship and leadership program for 20-30 Ile-de-France region participants with a component related to sports. Priority Region: France Program Objectives: The U.S. Embassy in France created Start US Up in 2014 to support new entrepreneurs and reinforce the leadership skills and networked needed to succeed as an entrepreneur. The program aims to provide participants both with activities that build the hard skills an entrepreneur needs (pitching, drafting a business plan, financial management) and sports activities that help build self-confidence, teamwork, and leadership skills also needed in a successful entrepreneur. The 2022 program will also include gatherings of the Start US Up alumni club around networking and follow-up events; the maintenance of an alumni online directory; as well as English classes for the participants to learn how to pitch their entrepreneurial projects in an international environment. The partner organization will be responsible for designing and implementing this six-month program in which participants take part in weekly workshops facilitated by American and French experts, receive assistance in developing their projects, and refine their objectives and strategy to make their businesses viable. The partner organization will recruit and select participants (with the Embassy serving on the selection jury). The partner will secure successful and inspirational American and French entrepreneurs, as well as top French athletes to provide keynote addresses and seminars for participants. The partner organization will arrange for English classes to support participants learning how to pitch in an international environment. In addition, the partner will design and lead sports activities (boxing, running, physical training etc.) to develop participants’ leadership skills and self-confidence. The partner will organize a trip in France during which the participants will take part in a physical and endurance challenge. The program will end with the participants pitching their business projects to a professional jury at the U.S Embassy. After the six-month training, the Start US Up participants will be prepared to apply for ESS 2024, the incubator launched by Paris 2024 to assist start-ups involved in the Paris Olympics.

Category: Arts, Business and Commerce, Community Development, Education, Employment, Labor and Training.

Applying now

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

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