Opportunity ID: 357638
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | PORTLOUIS-AWE-FY25-01 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Academy of Women Entrepreneurs Mauritius 2025 |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Grant |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Other (see text field entitled “Explanation of Other Category of Funding Activity” for clarification) |
| Category Explanation: | ECA |
| Expected Number of Awards: | – |
| Assistance Listings: | 19.040 — Public Diplomacy Programs |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 2 |
| Posted Date: | Dec 11, 2024 |
| Last Updated Date: | Dec 11, 2024 |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Feb 03, 2025 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Feb 03, 2025 |
| Archive Date: | Mar 05, 2025 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | – |
| Award Ceiling: | $25,000 |
| Award Floor: | $17,000 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | Registered not-for-profit organizations, including think tanks and civil society/non-governmental organizations with programming experienceNon-profit or governmental educational institutions. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | U.S. Mission to Mauritius |
| Description: |
A. PROGRAM DESCRIPTION The U.S. Embassy in Port Louis, Mauritius announces an open competition for non-profit organizations to submit applications to lead a program for women entrepreneurs through the U.S. State Department’s Academy for Women Entrepreneurs (AWE) program in Mauritius. Please follow all instructions below. Program Objectives: The U.S. State Department’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) established the Academy for Women Entrepreneurs (AWE) an exchange program in 2019 to empower women with the professional skills, networks, and access they need to launch or scale successful businesses. Implemented in nearly 100 countries since 2019, AWE has empowered an estimated 25,000 women entrepreneurs around the world with the professional business skills they need to reach their full economic potential. The AWE program was implemented in 2021 in Mauritius. As a U.S. government exchange program, AWE connects women with U.S.-style learning and expertise to advance business acumen and build stronger ties among women entrepreneurs in different markets. The AWE program partners with Arizona State University’s Thunderbird School of Global Management (ASU) and the Freeport-McMoRan Foundation, the creators of DreamBuilder, a no-cost online learning platform that teaches AWE participants the fundamentals of business from a U.S. perspective. In 2023, the Department and ASU established a new five-year, public-private partnership to also offer AWE participants advanced courses through the Francis and Dionne Najafi 100 Million Learners Global Initiative. In addition, by networking with local business leaders and U.S. Exchange Alumni, the AWE program includes localized content specific to entrepreneurs’ needs. ECA’s Office of Academic Programs manages the AWE program and supports U.S. Missions worldwide to leverage the power of local U.S.-government Exchange Alumni networks to serve as facilitators, guest speakers, and mentors for the AWE program. Learn more at https://eca.state.gov/awe. The project will include the following objectives: • Develop a program aimed at increasing entrepreneurial capacity of AWE beneficiaries that will integrate the DreamBuilder (dreambuilder.org) online course or the Najafi 100 Million Learners Global Initiative as one of its key components. The program will encompass facilitated viewing sessions that will provide the participants an opportunity to discuss the topics and to network. The modules may be augmented to localize the context, and to accommodate the topics of guest speaker talks. • Identify a facilitator(s) to lead discussions, help localize the principles taught and engage in speed mentoring, influencer talks, pitch competitions or trade fairs for women to apply business skills in real-time. • Create an educational cohort and recruit 25-35 women aged 25 or older to engage in U.S.-style online education with guided facilitation. The awardee will promote the call for participants through traditional and/or social media platforms and organizational networks that would maximize the number of women reached. In consultation with the awarding agency, the awardee will determine additional selection criteria beyond the basic eligibility parameters and devise an application form. The awardee will review and pre-select program participants and in close collaboration with the U.S. Embassy will organize and conduct final interviews to select the participants. • Foster networks that support participants’ access to peer-to-peer mentorship, business partners, and scaling opportunities with business in the region.
The project has the following goal: Provide the selected women entrepreneurs with the skills, resources, and networks needed to start and scale successful businesses. Participants and Audiences: The target audience for this project are Mauritian, Rodriguan and Seychellois women, aged 25 and older who have recently started a business and have about a year experience selling their product or service. Participants should have basic computer skills and have minimal previous business training. B. FEDERAL AWARD INFORMATION Length of performance period: 1 year Number of awards anticipated: 1 award Award Floor: $17,000 Award Ceiling: $25,000 Type of Funding: FY25 Smith Mundt Public Diplomacy Funds Anticipated program start date: May 2025 This notice is subject to availability of funding. |
| Link to Additional Information: | – |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Public Affairs Officer
Email:portlouis_pas@state.gov |
Version History
| Version | Modification Description | Updated Date |
|---|---|---|
| Edited grantor contact details | Dec 11, 2024 | |
| Dec 11, 2024 |
DISPLAYING: Synopsis 2
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | PORTLOUIS-AWE-FY25-01 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Academy of Women Entrepreneurs Mauritius 2025 |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Grant |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Other (see text field entitled “Explanation of Other Category of Funding Activity” for clarification) |
| Category Explanation: | ECA |
| Expected Number of Awards: | – |
| Assistance Listings: | 19.040 — Public Diplomacy Programs |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 2 |
| Posted Date: | Dec 11, 2024 |
| Last Updated Date: | Dec 11, 2024 |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Feb 03, 2025 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Feb 03, 2025 |
| Archive Date: | Mar 05, 2025 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | – |
| Award Ceiling: | $25,000 |
| Award Floor: | $17,000 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | Registered not-for-profit organizations, including think tanks and civil society/non-governmental organizations with programming experienceNon-profit or governmental educational institutions. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | U.S. Mission to Mauritius |
| Description: |
A. PROGRAM DESCRIPTION The U.S. Embassy in Port Louis, Mauritius announces an open competition for non-profit organizations to submit applications to lead a program for women entrepreneurs through the U.S. State Department’s Academy for Women Entrepreneurs (AWE) program in Mauritius. Please follow all instructions below. Program Objectives: The U.S. State Department’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) established the Academy for Women Entrepreneurs (AWE) an exchange program in 2019 to empower women with the professional skills, networks, and access they need to launch or scale successful businesses. Implemented in nearly 100 countries since 2019, AWE has empowered an estimated 25,000 women entrepreneurs around the world with the professional business skills they need to reach their full economic potential. The AWE program was implemented in 2021 in Mauritius. As a U.S. government exchange program, AWE connects women with U.S.-style learning and expertise to advance business acumen and build stronger ties among women entrepreneurs in different markets. The AWE program partners with Arizona State University’s Thunderbird School of Global Management (ASU) and the Freeport-McMoRan Foundation, the creators of DreamBuilder, a no-cost online learning platform that teaches AWE participants the fundamentals of business from a U.S. perspective. In 2023, the Department and ASU established a new five-year, public-private partnership to also offer AWE participants advanced courses through the Francis and Dionne Najafi 100 Million Learners Global Initiative. In addition, by networking with local business leaders and U.S. Exchange Alumni, the AWE program includes localized content specific to entrepreneurs’ needs. ECA’s Office of Academic Programs manages the AWE program and supports U.S. Missions worldwide to leverage the power of local U.S.-government Exchange Alumni networks to serve as facilitators, guest speakers, and mentors for the AWE program. Learn more at https://eca.state.gov/awe. The project will include the following objectives: • Develop a program aimed at increasing entrepreneurial capacity of AWE beneficiaries that will integrate the DreamBuilder (dreambuilder.org) online course or the Najafi 100 Million Learners Global Initiative as one of its key components. The program will encompass facilitated viewing sessions that will provide the participants an opportunity to discuss the topics and to network. The modules may be augmented to localize the context, and to accommodate the topics of guest speaker talks. • Identify a facilitator(s) to lead discussions, help localize the principles taught and engage in speed mentoring, influencer talks, pitch competitions or trade fairs for women to apply business skills in real-time. • Create an educational cohort and recruit 25-35 women aged 25 or older to engage in U.S.-style online education with guided facilitation. The awardee will promote the call for participants through traditional and/or social media platforms and organizational networks that would maximize the number of women reached. In consultation with the awarding agency, the awardee will determine additional selection criteria beyond the basic eligibility parameters and devise an application form. The awardee will review and pre-select program participants and in close collaboration with the U.S. Embassy will organize and conduct final interviews to select the participants. • Foster networks that support participants’ access to peer-to-peer mentorship, business partners, and scaling opportunities with business in the region.
The project has the following goal: Provide the selected women entrepreneurs with the skills, resources, and networks needed to start and scale successful businesses. Participants and Audiences: The target audience for this project are Mauritian, Rodriguan and Seychellois women, aged 25 and older who have recently started a business and have about a year experience selling their product or service. Participants should have basic computer skills and have minimal previous business training. B. FEDERAL AWARD INFORMATION Length of performance period: 1 year Number of awards anticipated: 1 award Award Floor: $17,000 Award Ceiling: $25,000 Type of Funding: FY25 Smith Mundt Public Diplomacy Funds Anticipated program start date: May 2025 This notice is subject to availability of funding. |
| Link to Additional Information: | – |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Public Affairs Officer
Email:portlouis_pas@state.gov |
DISPLAYING: Synopsis 1
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | PORTLOUIS-AWE-FY25-01 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Academy of Women Entrepreneurs Mauritius 2025 |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Grant |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Other (see text field entitled “Explanation of Other Category of Funding Activity” for clarification) |
| Category Explanation: | ECA |
| Expected Number of Awards: | – |
| Assistance Listings: | 19.040 — Public Diplomacy Programs |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | Dec 11, 2024 |
| Last Updated Date: | Dec 11, 2024 |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | – |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Feb 03, 2025 |
| Archive Date: | Mar 05, 2025 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | – |
| Award Ceiling: | $25,000 |
| Award Floor: | $17,000 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | Registered not-for-profit organizations, including think tanks and civil society/non-governmental organizations with programming experience
Non-profit or governmental educational institutions. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | U.S. Mission to Mauritius |
| Description: |
A. PROGRAM DESCRIPTION The U.S. Embassy in Port Louis, Mauritius announces an open competition for non-profit organizations to submit applications to lead a program for women entrepreneurs through the U.S. State Department’s Academy for Women Entrepreneurs (AWE) program in Mauritius. Please follow all instructions below. Program Objectives: The U.S. State Department’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) established the Academy for Women Entrepreneurs (AWE) an exchange program in 2019 to empower women with the professional skills, networks, and access they need to launch or scale successful businesses. Implemented in nearly 100 countries since 2019, AWE has empowered an estimated 25,000 women entrepreneurs around the world with the professional business skills they need to reach their full economic potential. The AWE program was implemented in 2021 in Mauritius. As a U.S. government exchange program, AWE connects women with U.S.-style learning and expertise to advance business acumen and build stronger ties among women entrepreneurs in different markets. The AWE program partners with Arizona State University’s Thunderbird School of Global Management (ASU) and the Freeport-McMoRan Foundation, the creators of DreamBuilder, a no-cost online learning platform that teaches AWE participants the fundamentals of business from a U.S. perspective. In 2023, the Department and ASU established a new five-year, public-private partnership to also offer AWE participants advanced courses through the Francis and Dionne Najafi 100 Million Learners Global Initiative. In addition, by networking with local business leaders and U.S. Exchange Alumni, the AWE program includes localized content specific to entrepreneurs’ needs. ECA’s Office of Academic Programs manages the AWE program and supports U.S. Missions worldwide to leverage the power of local U.S.-government Exchange Alumni networks to serve as facilitators, guest speakers, and mentors for the AWE program. Learn more at https://eca.state.gov/awe. The project will include the following objectives: • Develop a program aimed at increasing entrepreneurial capacity of AWE beneficiaries that will integrate the DreamBuilder (dreambuilder.org) online course or the Najafi 100 Million Learners Global Initiative as one of its key components. The program will encompass facilitated viewing sessions that will provide the participants an opportunity to discuss the topics and to network. The modules may be augmented to localize the context, and to accommodate the topics of guest speaker talks. • Identify a facilitator(s) to lead discussions, help localize the principles taught and engage in speed mentoring, influencer talks, pitch competitions or trade fairs for women to apply business skills in real-time. • Create an educational cohort and recruit 25-35 women aged 25 or older to engage in U.S.-style online education with guided facilitation. The awardee will promote the call for participants through traditional and/or social media platforms and organizational networks that would maximize the number of women reached. In consultation with the awarding agency, the awardee will determine additional selection criteria beyond the basic eligibility parameters and devise an application form. The awardee will review and pre-select program participants and in close collaboration with the U.S. Embassy will organize and conduct final interviews to select the participants. • Foster networks that support participants’ access to peer-to-peer mentorship, business partners, and scaling opportunities with business in the region.
The project has the following goal: Provide the selected women entrepreneurs with the skills, resources, and networks needed to start and scale successful businesses. Participants and Audiences: The target audience for this project are Mauritian, Rodriguan and Seychellois women, aged 25 and older who have recently started a business and have about a year experience selling their product or service. Participants should have basic computer skills and have minimal previous business training. B. FEDERAL AWARD INFORMATION Length of performance period: 1 year Number of awards anticipated: 1 award Award Floor: $17,000 Award Ceiling: $25,000 Type of Funding: FY25 Smith Mundt Public Diplomacy Funds Anticipated program start date: May 2025 This notice is subject to availability of funding. |
| Link to Additional Information: | – |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Jonathan Koehler
Grantor Phone 2302024400 Email:portlouis_pas@state.gov |
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| Agency Contact Information: | Public Affairs Officer Email: portlouis_pas@state.gov |
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| Assistance Listing Number | Competition ID | Competition Title | Opportunity Package ID | Opening Date | Closing Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19.040 | PKG00289569 | Feb 03, 2025 | View |
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