Entrepreneurship Programs
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Entrepreneurship Programs: The U.S. Embassy is seeking program proposals between 12-24 months to foster a culture of entrepreneurship in Pakistan and to connect U.S. and Pakistani entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurship can create jobs, boost incomes, spur innovation, and expand economic opportunity. Proposals would provide training and mentoring to current and potential entrepreneurs, share and institutionalize lessons learned from successful entrepreneurs, and highlight and connect successful U.S. and Pakistani entrepreneurs. Programs Goals: 1. Foster Entrepreneurship and Innovation: Create programs committed to promoting entrepreneurship and innovation, with an emphasis on scalable, high-growth potential startup ventures, which help contribute to job creation and economic growth in Pakistan. 2. Increase People-to-People Ties Between the United States and Pakistan: Proposals should develop stronger ties between the people of the United States and Pakistan, through shared information, experiences, exchanges, and expertise. 3. Strengthen Local Capacity: Proposals should help organizations pilot programs; expand and replicate entrepreneurial activities and programs that will catalyze the growth of successful businesses, industries, and communities; enhance intellectual property rights; encourage academic and business sector reforms; and increase trade and knowledge of how to access both local and international markets.
| Federal Grant Title: | Entrepreneurship Programs |
| Federal Agency Name: | US Mission to Pakistan |
| Grant Categories: | Other |
| Type of Opportunity: | Discretionary |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | SCAISB-14-AW-004-SCA-011314 |
| Type of Funding: | Cooperative Agreement, Grant |
| CFDA Numbers: | 19.501 |
| CFDA Descriptions: | Public Diplomacy Programs for Afghanistan and Pakistan |
| Current Application Deadline: | Apr 1, 2014 |
| Original Application Deadline: | Apr 1, 2014 |
| Posted Date: | Jan 13, 2014 |
| Creation Date: | Jan 13, 2014 |
| Archive Date: | May 1, 2014 |
| Total Program Funding: | |
| Maximum Federal Grant Award: | $500,000 |
| Minimum Federal Grant Award: | none |
| Expected Number of Awards: | |
| Cost Sharing or Matching: | No |
- Category Explanation
- Public Diplomacy
- Applicants Eligible for this Grant
- Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
- Additional Information on Eligibility
- The U.S. Embassy Islamabad Public Affairs Section encourages applications from U.S. and Pakistani registered not-for-profit, civil society/non-governmental organizations, and educational institutions with at least two years of programming experience. This experience should be documented in the organization’s proposal.
- Grant Announcement Contact
- Katherine Malarkey, Grants Manager, Public Affairs Section, U.S. Embassy Islamabad
Inquiries and submissions
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