Promote Scholarship Endowment

The summary for the Promote Scholarship Endowment grant is detailed below. This summary states who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, current and past deadlines, Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) numbers, and a sampling of similar government grants. Verify the accuracy of the data FederalGrants.com provides by visiting the webpage noted in the Link to Full Announcement section or by contacting the appropriate person listed as the Grant Announcement Contact. If any section is incomplete, please visit the website for the Afghanistan USAID Kabul, which is the U.S. government agency offering this grant.

Promote Scholarship Endowment: The Promote Scholarship Endowment (PSE) provides a USD 50 million endowment to fund higher education scholarships for qualified Afghan women. The endowment enhances women's empowerment and gender equity, an Intermediate Result in the current USAID/Afghanistan strategic framework, by assisting Afghan women in obtaining a university or graduate education, better enabling them to serve in positions of influence in the public and private sectors. The endowment merges with other Promote components to create a full suite of empowerment activities, supporting women from the beginning of their higher education through attaining a professional position. Establishing the endowment also preserves empowerment successes by sustaining long-term educational assistance.