# 2025 Academy for Women Entrepreneurs Canada (AWE)

Source: https://welltoldgrants.com/grants/pd-fy25-canada-awe-2025-academy-for-women-entrepreneurs-canada-awe/  
Official notice: https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/357719

> U.S. Mission to Canada offered grants of up to $35,000 (at least $25,000) to the applicants described in the notice. It expected to make one award worth $35,000 in total. Applications closed on January 15, 2025.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Opportunity number | PD-FY25-CANADA-AWE |
| Agency | U.S. Mission to Canada |
| Status | Forecast |
| Deadline | January 15, 2025 |
| Award ceiling | $35,000 |
| Award floor | $25,000 |
| Expected awards | 1 |
| Total funding | $35,000 |
| Cost sharing | not required |
| Assistance Listings | 19.022 |

## Who can apply

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

The following are eligible to apply:• U.S. and Canadian registered not-for-profit organizations, including think tanks, community associations, and civil society/non-governmental organizations with programming experience• Alumni of U.S. government funded and U.S. government-sponsored exchange programs in Canada• Non-profit media organizations• Professional trade organizations• Non-profit or governmental educational institutions• Private educational institutions For-profit or commercial entities are not eligible to apply.

## What the grant funds

U.S. Embassy Ottawa announces an open competition for organizations to submit applications to implement the 2025 Academy for Women Entrepreneurs (AWE) in Montreal, Canada. AWE is a U.S. Department of State-led initiative established in 2019 to provide women with the professional skills, knowledge, networks, and access to launch or scale successful businesses. Cohorts of approximately 30 women meet online and in-person to learn core business skills such as strategic planning, marketing, and finance, then discuss the material with local facilitators, business leaders, and U.S. exchange alumni mentors. Through its partnerships with Arizona State University’s Thunderbird School for Global Management, AWE utilizes no-cost, online learning platforms. Used by AWE since 2019 in partnership with ASU & Freeport-McMoRan, DreamBuilder -- available in English and Spanish -- teaches participants the fundamentals of starting or growing a small business from a U.S. perspective, offering modules on marketing, pricing, and bookkeeping, and includes a built-in business plan generator. The Najafi 100 Million Learners Global Initiative provides more advanced curriculum and can be used alongside or instead of DreamBuilder. U.S. Embassy Ottawa invites proposals to design and implement the Academy for Women Entrepreneurs in Montreal, Quebec, through a, through a training program in fall of 2025 to train 30 women business owners from under-represented backgrounds in Montreal and the broader province of Quebec. The program, in English or French will follow a hybrid model, combining the U.S. online platforms DreamBuilder and/or Thunderbird’s 100 Million Learners courses, with localized in-person mentorship and facilitation. Successful projects will harness the power of U.S. exchange alumni and/or alumni networks to help participating women and their business grow. Eligible Applicants The following are eligible to apply: · U.S. and Canadian registered not-for-profit organizations, including think tanks, community associations, and civil society/non-governmental organizations with programming experience · Alumni of U.S. government funded and U.S. government-sponsored exchange programs in Canada · Non-profit media organizations · Professional trade organizations · Non-profit or governmental educational institutions · Private educational institutions For-profit or commercial entities are not eligible to apply.

## Questions people ask

### Is PD-FY25-CANADA-AWE still open?

No. It closed on January 15, 2025.

### Who can apply for 2025 Academy for Women Entrepreneurs Canada (AWE)?

U.S. Mission to Canada accepted applications from the applicants described in the notice. The notice adds further conditions, so read its eligibility section.

### What is the deadline for 2025 Academy for Women Entrepreneurs Canada (AWE)?

Closed January 15, 2025. 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 $35,000 each. About $35,000 in total for one award.

### Who has won Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs Appropriation Overseas Grants grants before?

The largest recipients over five fiscal years were Miscellaneous Foreign Awardees, Georgetown University, Persatuan Gaya Hidup Lestari Biji Biji Kuala Lumpur. The program made 3,361 awards worth $57.2 million in that time.