Closed · C-NOFO-17-103 · CFDA 19.040 · Discretionary
South India YouthSpeak Summit
Federal grant opportunity posted by U.S. Mission to India, cataloged on Grants.gov.
- $40K-$50K
- Award range
- Closed
- Status
- August 31, 2017
- Close date
- 1
- Expected awards
The verdict
South India YouthSpeak Summit is a closed discretionary listing from U.S. Mission to India that offered $40,000 -- $50,000 across 1 expected award. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 329 other opportunities from U.S. Mission to India.
- $40K-$50K
- award range
- Closed
- application status
- 1
- expected award
- 19.040
- CFDA program
Archived opportunity record
South India YouthSpeak Summit is closed (last close August 31, 2017). The parent program page for CFDA 19.040 is the reliable place to catch re-announcements. U.S. Mission to India still indexes 329 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 August 31, 2017
Est. Total Funding
$50,000
Expected Awards
1
Instrument
Grant
Description
Repost: To provide physical, digital, and media platforms for young people across South India to identify and discuss issues of importance and brainstorm solutions. More than half of India’s 1.2 billion people are under the age of 25 and their ideas and aspirations will shape the country’s future. Young people in the United States and India embody this sense of progress and possibility. In recent times, the world, including the United States and India, has witnessed a spate of youth-led movements highlighting freedom of expression, equality, and justice. Empowered by technology, these young people are connecting and collaborating like never before, and their messages are resonating around the world and capturing public attention. The Public Affairs Section of the U.S. Consulate General in Chennai (PAS Chennai) seeks proposals for a project entitled “The South India YouthSpeak Summit.” The project, a two-day youth summit, will offer a platform for youth voices between the ages of 18-30 from the Chennai consular district (Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka, Puducherry, and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands) using various mediums including but not limited to debates, poetry slams, short performances (music, dance, theater, arts), speeches, etc. The YouthSpeak Summit will bring together 300–500 young people with approximately 15 current and former young achievers from India and the United States, who will lead the discussions and activities. Indian and American activists, writers, athletes, artists, business leaders, academics, community leaders, scientists, politicians, social entrepreneurs, and others will be invited to the summit to share their stories. The programs will be conducted in English as well as Tamil, Kannada, and Malayalam. Social media and other digital technology will be used to bring in a larger Indian audience and many of the U.S. speakers. (Please refer to the full announcement available on grants.gov)
Campus–civic applicant bridge · 3 doors
South India YouthSpeak Summit bridges educational institutions with civic applicant types (3 doors: Public / state-controlled institutions of higher education; Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs); Private institutions of higher education). Expect campus and public/nonprofit operators in the same printed set. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Grant. Funding-activity code maps to Education (ED). This eligibility-code string dominates the U.S. Mission to India book (241 peers, 73% of 330).
- Code 06
- Public / state-controlled institutions of higher education
- Code 12
- Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs)
- Code 20
- Private institutions of higher education
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.
Official Listing on Grants.gov
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Parent Grant Program
USAID International Development Grants
U.S. Department of State
Agency Contact
U.S. Consulate General, Chennai
What to do next
South India YouthSpeak Summit is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.
- Parent CFDA 19.040 may publish future NOFOs under the same assistance listing. Open program
- USAID International Development Grants indexes 47 Grants.gov listings in this extract. Program profile
- U.S. Mission to India lists 329 other indexed opportunities on PlainGrants. Agency catalog
Opportunity deadlines and eligibility change on Grants.gov; PlainGrants mirrors the extract and is not the submission system.
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