Closed · 72030618RFA00017 · CFDA 98.001 · Discretionary
Promote Scholarship Endowment
Federal grant opportunity posted by Afghanistan USAID-Kabul, cataloged on Grants.gov.
- $50M-$50M
- Award range
- Closed
- Status
- June 7, 2018
- Close date
- 1
- Expected awards
The verdict
Promote Scholarship Endowment is a closed discretionary listing from Afghanistan USAID-Kabul that offered $50,000,000 -- $50,000,000 across 1 expected award. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 23 other opportunities from Afghanistan USAID-Kabul.
- $50M-$50M
- award range
- Closed
- application status
- 1
- expected award
- 98.001
- CFDA program
Archived opportunity record
Promote Scholarship Endowment is closed (last close June 7, 2018). Check the agency catalog for replacement NOFOs. Afghanistan USAID-Kabul still indexes 23 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 June 7, 2018
Est. Total Funding
$50,000,000
Expected Awards
1
Instrument
Cooperative Agreement
Description
The Promote Scholarship Endowment (PSE) provides a USD 50 million endowment to fund higher education scholarships for qualified Afghan women. The endowment enhances women’s empowerment and gender equity, an Intermediate Result in the current USAID/Afghanistan strategic framework, by assisting Afghan women in obtaining a university or graduate education, better enabling them to serve in positions of influence in the public and private sectors. The endowment merges with other Promote components to create a full suite of empowerment activities, supporting women from the beginning of their higher education through attaining a professional position. Establishing the endowment also preserves empowerment successes by sustaining long-term educational assistance. Please see amendment 01.
Multi-door applicant board · 2 Grants.gov types
Grants.gov prints 2 distinct applicant types for Promote Scholarship Endowment (Public / state-controlled institutions of higher education; Private institutions of higher education). Filter fit against the official announcement before drafting. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Cooperative Agreement. Funding-activity code maps to Education (ED). Inside Afghanistan USAID-Kabul's indexed book this exact eligibility-code string is unique to this listing.
- Code 06
- Public / state-controlled institutions of higher education
- 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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Agency Contact
Idrees Raheem A&A Specialist
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What to do next
Promote Scholarship Endowment is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.
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