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PDS-DOS-GEO-FY25-004: The Academy for Women Entrepreneurs (AWE)

Closed Closed January 20, 2025 Opportunity PDS-DOS-GEO-FY25-004 ☆ Save

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• Award ceiling$35,000
• Award floor$35,000
• Expected awards1
• Cost sharingNot required
• Funding typeGrant

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)

Not-for-profit organizations, including think tanks and civil society/non-governmental organizations Individual alumni of all USG-funded or USG-sponsored exchange programs that are residents of Georgia

Is this a realistic fit?

• Past Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs Appropriation Overseas Grants awards averaged $17,021; this notice allows up to $35,000 per award.
• No cost sharing or match is required.

What the grant funds

The Public Diplomacy Section of the U.S. Embassy Tbilisi announces an open competition for not-for-profit organizations, and Individual alumni of all USG-funded or USG-sponsored exchange programs that are residents of Georgia to submit applications to carry out the 2025 Academy for Women Entrepreneurship (AWE) program. We are seeking the implementing partner that will serve as a liaison with U.S. Embassy Georgia and AWE stakeholders, lead implementation, facilitate communication with AWE participants, encourage their successful completion of the program, monitor and report on progress, promote the program with the public, and amplify the core goals of the initiative in supporting women and economic prosperity in Georgia. Those who are interested in implementing the 2025 AWE should submit a proposal package to tbilisigrants@state.gov by January 20, 2025, 11:59p.m. Applications submitted directly to ECA will not be considered. Please follow all instructions below. PROGRAM DESCRIPTION The U.S. Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) established the Academy for Women Entrepreneurs in 2019 to provide women with the knowledge, networks, and access they need to launch or scale successful businesses: https://eca.state.gov/awe By promoting women’s economic opportunities and ensuring that women have the capabilities and resources needed to participate in the economy, the AWE program directly supports the U.S. National Strategy on Gender Equity and Equality. AWE uses a hybrid model that combines the online platform DreamBuilder (developed through a partnership between Arizona State University’s Thunderbird School of Global Management and global copper mining company Freeport-McMoRan) with online and/or in-class mentoring and facilitation. Through AWE, participants learn core business skills, then get together as a class to discuss the material with experienced implementers, local mentors, and U.S. Exchange Alumni. Partnerships with local NGOs, universities, and chambers of commerce offer women the opportunity to amplify their newly learned business skills and network with other businesspeople through speed mentoring, pitch competitions, and entrepreneurship fairs. Applicants may also use a new online curriculum, in whole or in part – the Najafi 100 Million Learners Global Initiative – alongside or instead of DreamBuilder. At a local level, AWE harnesses the power of public-private sponsors, local partnerships, and U.S.

Category: Business and Commerce.

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