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SAU-JED-PAS-2021-1: Empowering Saudi Women through Entrepreneurship in Western Saudi Arabia

Closed Closed April 30, 2021 Opportunity SAU-JED-PAS-2021-1 ☆ 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 2021.

• Award ceiling$125,000
• Award floor$25,000
• Cost sharingNot required
• Funding typeCooperative Agreement, Grant

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)

Western 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 Western Saudi Arabia.

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. Consulate General in Jeddah Public Affairs Section (PAS) of the U.S. Department of State is pleased to announce that limited funding is available through the Consulate’s Public Affairs grants program to support activities that promote U.S.-Saudi bilateral relations in the following priority area: Empowering women in Western Saudi Arabia through entrepreneurship. The U.S. Consulate General in Jeddah requests proposals for projects aimed at empowering women in Western Saudi Arabia through entrepreneurship. 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 entrepreneurship/accelerator programming that complements, rather than competes with, programs already active in Western 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 major cities like Jeddah, Medina, and Mecca and/or that focus on fields such as (but not limited to) logistics, construction and real estate, technology, the culinary arts, and entertainment, where Saudi women are traditionally underrepresented. The creation, strengthening, or expansion of a women’s entrepreneurship network that encourages and facilitates the transfer of skills and sharing of resources between members. A mentorship program that aims to accelerate initial success in women-owned Saudi businesses by pairing them with related, successful businesses in the United States in an organized and sustainable fashion. A sustainable strategic plan to provide program participants with knowledge or skills of lasting value and application beyond the term of the project. Use of traditional and innovative educational programs and networking tools in the pursuit of broader goals such as empowering women, economic development, job creation, understanding the value of diversity, business development, acquisition of leadership skills, etc. An integrated project messaging/media plan, designed to amplify the reach of key program messages to Saudi participants who do not participate in the program.

Category: Community Development, 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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