Closed · NEAAC-ACMEPI-17-002 · CFDA 19.500 · Discretionary

Promoting Womens Leadership and Gender Inclusive Policies in the Middle East and North Africa

Federal grant opportunity posted by Assistance Coordination, cataloged on Grants.gov.

$1.5M-$2.5M
Award range
Closed
Status
April 18, 2017
Close date
1
Expected awards

The verdict

Promoting Womens Leadership and Gender Inclusive Policies in the Middle East and North Africa is a closed discretionary listing from Assistance Coordination that offered $1,500,000 -- $2,500,000 across 1 expected award. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 114 other opportunities from Assistance Coordination.

$1.5M-$2.5M
award range
Closed
application status
1
expected award
19.500
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

Promoting Womens Leadership and Gender Inclus… is closed (last close April 18, 2017). Check the agency catalog for replacement NOFOs. Assistance Coordination still indexes 114 other opportunities here.

According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.

Deadline tracker

Application window closed

Closed April 18, 2017

Posted Mar 10 Closes Apr 18

Est. Total Funding

$2,500,000

Expected Awards

1

Instrument

Grant

Description

The Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs Office of Assistance Coordination (NEA/AC) announces a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) to promote womens leadership in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). NEA/AC seeks projects that will enable existing and rising women leaders in the MENA region to: Increase their knowledge of qualitative and quantitative analysis on pathways and obstacles to increasing womens rights and leadership that are conducted across the MENA region; apply acquired knowledge to increase womens leadership in policymaking and promote gender-inclusive policies; and engage with civil society actors and government representatives throughout the region to increase awareness of the significance of womens leadership in policy-making.

Market-open applicant set · includes for-profit door

The eligibility set for Promoting Womens Leadership and Gender Inclus… includes a for-profit door among 5 printed types (Public / state-controlled institutions of higher education; Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs); Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs); Private institutions of higher education; +1 more). Competitive traffic can include commercial applicants alongside other listed classes. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Grant. Funding-activity codes span Community Development · Education · Other (CD;ED;O). Only 4 other Assistance Coordination listings share this exact eligibility-code string (3% of 115).

Code 06
Public / state-controlled institutions of higher education
Code 12
Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs)
Code 13
Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs)
Code 20
Private institutions of higher education
Code 22
For-profit organizations other than small businesses

Codes are Grants.gov eligibility category values from the extract vintage 2026-08-10. Confirm the full eligibility statement on the official listing or the Grants.gov eligibility reference.

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What to do next

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