General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | AWE-FY24-ARM-03 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | FY24 Academy for Women Entrepreneurship |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Cooperative AgreementGrant |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Other (see text field entitled “Explanation of Other Category of Funding Activity” for clarification) |
| Category Explanation: | The Academy for Women Entrepreneurs (AWE) provides applicants with resources to promote women’s social and economic empowerment. |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 1 |
| CFDA Number(s): | 19.022 — Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs Appropriation Overseas Grants |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | Oct 26, 2023 |
| Last Updated Date: | Oct 26, 2023 |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Nov 26, 2023 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Nov 26, 2023 |
| Archive Date: | Dec 26, 2023 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | |
| Award Ceiling: | $40,000 |
| Award Floor: | $0 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | • Individual alumni of all USG-funded or USG-sponsored exchange programs that are residents of Armenia • Armenian-registered not-for-profit organizations Please note that the applicants should demonstrate: – Strong engagement of USG alumni in AWE program design; – Willingness to collaborate with private and public-sector partners on cost-sharing – Commitment to begin programming by July 31, 2024. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | U.S. Mission to Armenia |
| Description: | The Academy for Women Entrepreneurs (AWE) provides applicants with resources to promote women’s social and economic empowerment through AWE. The U.S. Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) established the Academy for Women Entrepreneurs in 2019 to provide women with the knowledge, networks, and access they need to launch or scale successful businesses: https://eca.state.gov/awe. AWE is a flexible educational opportunity that combines localized coaching and mentoring with the online DreamBuilder platform, , created through a partnership with Arizona State University’s Thunderbird School for Global Management and the Freeport-McMoRan Foundation. Cohorts of approximately 30 women meet online and in-person to learn core business skills such as strategic planning, marketing, and finance, then discuss the material with local facilitators, business leaders, and U.S. exchange alumni mentors. AWE reinforces peer-to-peer learning, networking, and cohesion among the graduating classes of women entrepreneurs, while also driving local prosperity and business growth.
Please carefully follow all instructions below. The submission of the SOI is the first step in a two-step process. Applicants must first submit a concise (1-3 pages) statement of interest designed to clearly communicate program idea and objectives. This is not a full proposal. The purpose of the SOI process is to allow applicants to submit program ideas for evaluation prior to requiring the development of a full proposal application. Upon a merit review of eligible SOIs, selected applicants will be invited to expand on their program idea(s) by submitting a full proposal application. Full proposals will go through a second merit review before final funding decision are made.
Program Objectives:
· Provide resources for enterprising women, including those displaced from Nagorno- Karabakh, to engage in U.S-style online education with guided facilitation from USG exchange alumni, local business leaders, or other local partners. · Foster networks that support participants’ access to peer-to-peer mentors, business partners, and scaling opportunities with businesses in the region and in the United States. · Engage AWE alumni with volunteer, professional, and educational opportunities in ways to promote business expansion. Participants and Audiences: Please be specific when mentioning the target audience(s) of your proposed project, including demographic information and the approximate number of beneficiaries to be directly and indirectly impacted by project activities. |
| Link to Additional Information: | |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact: Lusine Mkrtchyan
Phone 0037410494211 |