Closed · DOS-CT-201901 · CFDA 19.040 · Discretionary

Hackathons for SA: Digital Solutions for Real-World Challenges

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

$40K-$70K
Award range
Closed
Status
May 31, 2019
Close date
1
Expected awards

The verdict

Hackathons for SA: Digital Solutions for Real-World Challenges is a closed discretionary listing from U.S. Mission to South Africa that offered $40,000 -- $70,000 across 1 expected award. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 71 other opportunities from U.S. Mission to South Africa.

$40K-$70K
award range
Closed
application status
1
expected award
19.040
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

Hackathons for SA: Digital Solutions for Real… is closed (last close May 31, 2019). The parent program page for CFDA 19.040 is the reliable place to catch re-announcements. U.S. Mission to South Africa still indexes 71 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 May 31, 2019

Posted Mar 27 Closes May 31

Est. Total Funding

$70,000

Expected Awards

1

Instrument

Cooperative Agreement

Description

The U.S. Embassy in South Africa announces an open competition for organizations interested in implementing a series of four hackathons (two in Cape Town and two in Johannesburg) over a one-year period to: • Build technical, problem-solving, creative thinking, and collaborative skills among emerging software developers to strengthen their employability and help drive economic growth; • Create innovative digital solutions to key social, environmental, health, and economic challenges; • Strengthen people-to-people ties between the United States and South Africa through exchanges of information, experiences, and expertise. Please follow the instructions in the full notice. Please disregard the note on the forms page, “If you are applying for a grant, please complete and submit your application using Grants.gov Workspace.” Applications should be emailed to PretoriaGrants@state.gov.

Campus–civic applicant bridge · 4 doors

Hackathons for SA: Digital Solutions for Real… bridges educational institutions with civic applicant types (4 doors: Public / state-controlled institutions of higher education; Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs); Nonprofits without 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: Cooperative Agreement. Funding-activity code maps to Other (O). 17 other U.S. Mission to South Africa listings share this eligibility-code string (24% of 72).

Code 06
Public / state-controlled institutions of higher education
Code 12
Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs)
Code 13
Nonprofits without 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

Mark L Dobson PAS Management Specialist Phone 01127124314640

What to do next

Hackathons for SA: Digital Solutions for Real… 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 South Africa lists 71 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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Data sourced from the SAM.gov Assistance Listings and Grants.gov. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainGrants