Womens Leadership in Small and Medium Enterprises (Wlsme) Program

The summary for the Womens Leadership in Small and Medium Enterprises (Wlsme) Program 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 Agency for International Development, which is the U.S. government agency offering this grant.

Womens Leadership in Small and Medium Enterprises (Wlsme) Program: The U.S. Agency for International Development's Microenterprise & Private Enterprise Promotion office (USAID/MPEP) is pleased to announce the Women's Leadership in Small and Medium Enterprises (WLSME) pilot research program. USAID/MPEP requests applications to this WLSME Program that propose innovative, scalable ideas to: (1) Directly increase the entry and growth of women-owned and/or women-managed small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the developing world; and (2) through participation in rigorous impact evaluation separately funded by USAID, generate learning for the field regarding what works and why. For the purposes of this program, SMEs are defined as enterprises with 5-250 employees, regardless of registration status.

Federal Grant Title:	Womens Leadership in Small and Medium Enterprises (Wlsme) Program
Federal Agency Name:	Agency for International Development
Grant Categories:	Business and Commerce
Type of Opportunity:	Earmark
Funding Opportunity Number:	RFA-OAA-12-000013
Type of Funding:	Cooperative Agreement
CFDA Numbers:	98.001
CFDA Descriptions:	USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas
Current Application Deadline:	Jun 21, 2012
Original Application Deadline:	Jun 21, 2012
Posted Date:	May 07, 2012
Creation Date:	Jun 18, 2012
Archive Date:	Jul 23, 2012
Total Program Funding:
Maximum Federal Grant Award:	$1,500,000
Minimum Federal Grant Award:	$0
Expected Number of Awards:
Cost Sharing or Matching:	No

Category Explanation: Updated Due to Issuance of Amendments 01, 02, and 03.
Applicants Eligible for this Grant: Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility: Applicants must be able to: (1) demonstrate an established capacity to provide the technical services and expertise to support the proposed program; (2) have a proven track record in working on women's empowerment and/or entrepreneurship; and (3) partner with a local organization for the proposed program, if they are not one themselves, in the spirit of USAID's Implementation and Procurement Reform. Additionally, Applicants from any U.S. non-governmental or non-U.S. non-governmental organization that meet the above eligibility requirements may apply. For further details, please read SECTION III - ELIGIBILITY INFORMATION.
Grant Announcement Contact: Emmanuel Wilson and Robert Johnson Agreement Specialists
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