Closed · K-NOFO-19-101 · CFDA 19.040 · Discretionary

Breaking the Glass Ceiling: Women’s Entrepreneurship as an Engine for Growth

Federal grant opportunity posted by U.S. Mission to India, cataloged on Grants.gov.

$55K-$60K
Award range
Closed
Status
February 20, 2019
Close date
-
Expected awards

The verdict

Breaking the Glass Ceiling: Women’s Entrepreneurship as an Engine for Growth is a closed discretionary listing from U.S. Mission to India that offered $55,000 -- $60,000. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 329 other opportunities from U.S. Mission to India.

$55K-$60K
award range
Closed
application status
19.040
CFDA program
329
other opportunities from U.S. Mission to India

Archived opportunity record

Breaking the Glass Ceiling: Women’s Entrepren… is closed (last close February 20, 2019). 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 February 20, 2019

Posted Dec 21 Closes Feb 20

Est. Total Funding

$60,000

Instrument

Grant

Description

The Public Affairs Section of the U.S. Consulate General in Kolkata (PAS Kolkata) in partnership with the Nexus Start-Up Incubator at the American Center in New Delhi seeks proposals for a project titled “Breaking the Glass Ceiling: Women’s Entrepreneurship as an Engine for Growth.” Promote U.S.-India Partnership by connecting female entrepreneurs with information and expertise that will empower women to become business people and leaders in their communities. This project is expected to advance this goal by: ● Promoting a spirit of innovation and entrepreneurship with a focus on women’s empowerment; ● Promoting U.S.-India partnership through exchange of information and expertise with a focus on entrepreneurship; and Creating women role models in order to encourage entrepreneurship as a first career choice among the youth population. Based on funding availability, the Recipient organization will implement a year-long project for 30-35 selected women entrepreneurs from east and northeast India in order to scale up their businesses, as well as promote women success stories in entrepreneurial fields traditionally dominated by men. The awardee should be able to select participants through a competitive process, provide mentor ship throughout the first online phase of training, and facilitate eligible participants through the second and third phases. (Please refer the full announcement available in related document Tab)

Campus–civic applicant bridge · 3 doors

Breaking the Glass Ceiling: Women’s Entrepren… 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.

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Parent Grant Program

CFDA 19.040

USAID International Development Grants

U.S. Department of State

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Agency Contact

Grant Applications Manager, U.S. Consulate, Kolkata

What to do next

Breaking the Glass Ceiling: Women’s Entrepren… 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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