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SAU90021CA3001-1: Young Transatlantic Leader Entrepreneurship Exchange

Closed Closed June 15, 2021 Opportunity SAU90021CA3001-1 ☆ 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 Austria notices from 2021.

• Award ceiling$225,000
• Award floor$200,000
• Total funding$220,000
• Expected awards2
• Cost sharingRequired
• 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)

• Not-for-profit organizations, including think tanks and civil society/non-governmental organizations • Public and private educational institutions

Is this a realistic fit?

• Past Public Diplomacy Programs awards averaged $26,570; this notice allows up to $225,000 per award.
• The notice requires cost sharing or matching funds, so you must contribute part of the project cost.

What the grant funds

(also please see attached NOFO document) U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE U.S. Embassy Vienna Notice of Funding Opportunity Funding Opportunity Title: Young Transatlantic Leader Entrepreneurship Exchange Funding Opportunity Number: SAU90021CA3001 Deadline for Applications: June 15, 2021 Assistance Listing Number: 19.040 Total Amount Available: $200,000 - $225,000 pending availability of funds A. PROGRAM DESCRIPTION The U.S. Embassy Vienna of the U.S. Department of State announces an open competition for organizations to submit applications to carry out a program to promote and foster entrepreneurship among Austrian young people. Please follow all instructions below. Priority Region: None Program Objectives: This exchange will be focused on entrepreneurship and innovation and will provide 20-30 Austrian university students and founders under the age of 35 with intensive, hands-on entrepreneurship education and leadership development training. The program should include a start-up boot camp designed to teach participants the nuts and bolts of founding, financing, and growing a startup, before expanding to additional programing and networking opportunities. This course, which will focus on the entrepreneurial ecosystem of a particular U.S. city or region will last two to three weeks, taking place between July 5-September 30, 2022. Participants could travel to the U.S. in one or two cohorts. In addition to developing participants’ knowledge and skills, the program exposes participants to American culture and values. As this will be a cooperative agreement, U.S. Embassy Vienna will have substantial involvement in this effort including participant selection, approval of the program structure and content in the United States. The Public Affairs Section of the U.S. Embassy is providing maximum flexibility for applicant organizations to offer program models that effectively meet the overall goals of the program. Required or suggested elements of the program in no particular order are as follows: - The program should include an orientation in the U.S., entrepreneurship education and leadership development and significant cultural activities to familiarize participants with the diversity of the cultures and the people of the local area. - The program should include pre-departure virtual activities that prepare participants for the upcoming program and, if applicable, introduce them to work groups.

Category: Education.

Applying now

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

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