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PAS-USASEAN-FY23-01: YSEALI 10 - Seeds for the Future

Closed Closed July 21, 2023 Opportunity PAS-USASEAN-FY23-01 ☆ 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 ASEAN notices from 2023.

• Award ceiling$300,000
• Award floor$150,000
• Total funding$300,000
• 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)

● U.S. public and private educational institutions;● U.S. not-for-profit organizations, including think tanks;● Foreign public and private educational institutions; and● Foreign not-for-profit organizations, including think tanks.

Is this a realistic fit?

• Past Public Diplomacy Programs awards averaged $26,570; this notice allows up to $300,000 per award.
• No cost sharing or match is required.

What the grant funds

A. PROGRAM DESCRIPTION The Public Affairs Section of the U.S. Mission to ASEAN (USASEAN) announces an open competition for a cooperative agreement to develop and implement the Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (YSEALI) Seeds for the Future small grants competition. One organization will be selected to manage the program, which will provide subgrants up to $15,000 each for up to 25 projects implemented by Southeast Asian youth from the 11 YSEALI countries. The subgrant recipients will be selected through an open competition designed by the successful organization and will be given tools and training to implement nine-month projects across the four core YSEALI issue areas. Carefully follow all instructions below. Priority Region: Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Laos, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, and Timor-Leste. Background: YSEALI (yseali.state.gov) is the U.S. government’s signature initiative to engage emerging leaders in Southeast Asia. The program aims to create a network of young Southeast Asian leaders who work across national borders to solve common problems. Through a variety of programs and engagements, YSEALI seeks to build the leadership capabilities of youth in the region, strengthen ties between the United States and Southeast Asia, and nurture a community of leaders who work across borders to solve shared issues. YSEALI is open to young leaders ages 18-35 who are both citizens and residents of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member countries (Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam) or Timor-Leste. Responding to priorities from youth in the ASEAN region, the Seeds for the Future program will allow YSEALI youth to implement public service projects that improve their communities by addressing one or more of the four core YSEALI themes: themes (Civic Engagement, Economic Empowerment and Social Entrepreneurship, Education and Environmental Issues). Program Objective: Since 2015, the YSEALI Seeds for the Future program has awarded more than $2,500,000 to emerging leaders across ASEAN. The Department of States will celebrate YSEALI’s 10th birthday on December 3, 2023, and Seeds for the Future 2024 will be the 10th iteration of Seeds for the Future. Thus, the grant recipient should design special and creative components to recognize the duration of YSEALI initiatives and the growing number of YSEALI program alumni.

Category: Education.

Applying now

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

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