Closed · C-NOFO-19-102 · CFDA 19.040 · Discretionary

Volunteer for India: Creating a Young Citizens’ Volunteer Action Corps

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

$40K-$50K
Award range
Closed
Status
February 20, 2019
Close date
-
Expected awards

The verdict

Volunteer for India: Creating a Young Citizens’ Volunteer Action Corps is a closed discretionary listing from U.S. Mission to India that offered $40,000 -- $50,000. 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
19.040
CFDA program
329
other opportunities from U.S. Mission to India

Archived opportunity record

Volunteer for India: Creating a Young Citizen… 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

$50,000

Instrument

Grant

Description

The Public Affairs Section of the U.S. Consulate General Chennai (PAS Chennai) is soliciting proposals for a project entitled “Volunteer for India: Creating a Young Citizens’ Volunteer Action Corps”. Based on funding availability, the Recipient organization will conduct a three-day leadership training workshop in Chennai, and monitor subsequent post-workshop training initiatives across India, with focus on best practices from successful youth volunteer programs in the United States and India. In consultation with PAS Chennai, the grantee will plan and implement a three-day workshop for 30 youth leaders from across India, including (a) the development of a training curriculum taught through a user-friendly manual in English and select regional languages; (b) identifying the participants; (c) selecting moderators, experts, trainers, and speakers; (d) developing the training modules and activities; (e) promoting the workshop via English and regional language outlets; and (f) arranging the venue, AV, accommodation, transportation, meals, and other logistics. The project will include the participation of a U.S. expert on volunteerism and will include a digital component that features speakers/experts from neighboring countries. The project will draw on U.S. government program alumni and seek to enlist private sector corporate social responsibility (CSR), and other resources. The overall goal of the project is to promote organizational skills building, critical thinking, communication skills for community outreach, and more effective civic participation by program participants with the development of a sustainable India youth volunteer corps in service of U.S.-India goals. During the workshop, participants will have an opportunity to discuss specific challenges within their communities and brainstorm solutions. Each of the 30 participants will subsequently receive seed funding of $500 from the grantee to facilitate a Volunteer for India orientation program and training session for at least 50 individuals within their respective communities to be conducted within two months of the workshop. The grantee will be responsible for disbursing and monitoring these 30 seed funded programs. (Please refer to the full announcement available under related documents tab.)

Campus–civic applicant bridge · 3 doors

Volunteer for India: Creating a Young Citizen… 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

View full details, application forms, and submission instructions.

View on Grants.gov

Parent Grant Program

CFDA 19.040

USAID International Development Grants

U.S. Department of State

View program →

Agency Contact

Grant Applications Manager, U.S. Consulate, Chennai

What to do next

Volunteer for India: Creating a Young Citizen… 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.

Disclaimer: This information is sourced from Grants.gov and SAM.gov and is for informational purposes only. Opportunity details, deadlines, and eligibility requirements change frequently. Always verify current information directly on Grants.gov before applying. PlainGrants is not affiliated with any federal agency.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from the SAM.gov Assistance Listings and Grants.gov. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainGrants