Closed · RFI-306-18-00001 · CFDA 98.001 · Discretionary

USAID/Afghanistan Support for Higher Education

Federal grant opportunity posted by Afghanistan USAID-Kabul, cataloged on Grants.gov.

$1-$1
Award range
Closed
Status
June 10, 2018
Close date
1
Expected awards

The verdict

USAID/Afghanistan Support for Higher Education is a closed discretionary listing from Afghanistan USAID-Kabul that offered $1 -- $1 across 1 expected award. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 23 other opportunities from Afghanistan USAID-Kabul.

$1-$1
award range
Closed
application status
1
expected award
98.001
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

USAID/Afghanistan Support for Higher Education is closed (last close June 10, 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 10, 2018

Posted May 15 Closes Jun 10

Expected Awards

1

Instrument

Other

Cost Sharing

Required

Description

As part of its learning agenda and market research, USAID/Afghanistan wants to know what ways we can build upon existing programs to stimulate and improve the access to, quality, and management of higher education in Afghanistan. The purpose of USAID’s support to Afghan higher education has been to introduce opportunities for the improvement of the workforce (employable graduates) through market-driven degree programs, development of leadership and soft skills among students and faculty, and to support the Ministry of Higher Education and public universities to provide quality university-level instruction, to advance their organizational development, and to conduct policy reform at the system level. Given what has been learned from these investments, this RFI focuses on how such achievements can be sustained and what else is required (i.e., possible new or different interventions). This is outlined further with the chart included in the RFI, which compares the activities of existing investments with illustrative new or additional interventions. USAID wants to hear from respondents whether the illustrative interventions will help to improve the delivery and impact of higher education in Afghanistan. Each activity corresponds to one of three priority focus areas for USAID: access, quality, and management. As part of the input, submissions can build on current activities or propose alternative or additional activities. In addition, USAID also wants to know if other pertinent elements are missing from the dialogue on improving higher education, and would like to hear from the public and their ideas on the following topics described in the RFI.

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · RFI-306-18-00001

Grants.gov marks USAID/Afghanistan Support for Higher Education with a catch-all / unrestricted eligibility code (Unrestricted / see official listing). Read the official announcement text for the real applicant filter — the code alone is not a door list. Applicant cost-sharing is required on the Grants.gov extract. Instrument: Other. Funding-activity code maps to Education (ED). This eligibility-code string dominates the Afghanistan USAID-Kabul book (14 peers, 58% of 24).

Code 99
Unrestricted / see official listing

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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Agency Contact

Maria Elena Burgos Assistance Specialist

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