Federal grant programs / Department of State

100,000 Strong in the Americas Innovation Fund (19.777)

Also known as 100K Strong

• Awarded, FY 2021 to 2025$1.4 million
• Grant awards2
• Typical award$696,273
• Awarded in FY 2025-$14,925
• Size rank1,793 of 1,823
• Type of assistanceCooperative agreement

Key findings

• It is the 1793rd largest of 1,823 federal grant programs by five-year awards.
• Awards went to recipients in 1 states and territories.

What the program funds

WHA’s signature hemisphere-wide 100K Strong Initiative provides funds to teams of U.S. and regional education institutions to build partnerships that expand access to educational exchanges and training opportunities in the Americas. 100K Strong champions American excellence and innovation, creates long-term public-private-academic sector partnerships that ensure a stronger, more secure, and prosperous Hemisphere. 100K Strong benefits U.S. economies and projects American innovation and strength by establishing deep, long-term institutional partnerships that also counter China’s influence in the Western Hemisphere. Primary goals include following: a) increase number of grants available to HEIs throughout the Western Hemisphere; b) foster connectivity between HEIs in the region; 3) promote and select competitive 100K program proposals from HEIs; 4) monitor 100K projects and support HEI-grant recipients during implementation and reporting; 5) conduct evaluation of impact of 100K grants on HEI recipients and students/faculty; 6) distribute targeted 100K-branded materials; 7) identify and cultivate non-USG funds from regional private, public, academic sectors in coordination with WHA-DC and WHA Posts.

From the federal Assistance Listing. Read the full listing on SAM.gov.

Open opportunities

No opportunity under this program is open or forecast on Grants.gov right now. Programs often post once a year, so the funding history below shows what to expect.

Rules from the program listing

Who can apply

Must consult specific announcement as posted. on grants.gov or via Letter of Invitation (limited competition) in coordination with regional Bureau and A/GA

What the money can and cannot pay for

Pending available funds, the cooperative agreement is used to support overall regional and domestic program planning, implementation, monitoring, evaluation, and fiscal management of cross-sector funds. Funding is to used to support program administration as well as coordinating program logistics. Funding supports activities and financial obligations. Designated amount of funds may be used for overall program management costs connected to overall program administration. Varies according to specific grant award. Please consult specific announcement as posted. on grants.gov;

Matching requirements

This program has no statutory formula. Matching requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing. MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.

Deadlines

Varies according to specific cooperative agreement and availability of PD.7 funds. Please consult specific announcement as posted. on grants.gov

Award range and average, in the agency's words

Varies according to specific grant award. Please consult specific announcement as posted. on grants.gov

Quoted from the program's federal Assistance Listing. The notice of funding opportunity is the official source for each competition's rules.

Who usually wins

Almost all of the money went to nonprofits.

By state

Each state below has its own page for this program, with its recipients and yearly totals.

Award amounts are federal obligations reported to USAspending.gov for fiscal 2021 to 2025; see how our data works.