Closed · AF-ARS-FY20-05 · CFDA 19.040 · Discretionary

AfrIdea: A Regional Idea-a-thon for Post-COVID Progress

Federal grant opportunity posted by Africa Regional Services, cataloged on Grants.gov.

$150K-$250K
Award range
Closed
Status
August 25, 2020
Close date
10
Expected awards

The verdict

AfrIdea: A Regional Idea-a-thon for Post-COVID Progress is a closed discretionary listing from Africa Regional Services that offered $150,000 -- $250,000 across 10 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 14 other opportunities from Africa Regional Services.

$150K-$250K
award range
Closed
application status
10
expected awards
19.040
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

AfrIdea: A Regional Idea-a-thon for Post-COVI… is closed (last close August 25, 2020). The parent program page for CFDA 19.040 is the reliable place to catch re-announcements. Africa Regional Services still indexes 14 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 August 25, 2020

Posted Jul 23 Closes Aug 25

Est. Total Funding

$250,000

Expected Awards

10

Instrument

Cooperative Agreement

Description

The Office of Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs (AF/PDPA), Africa Regional Services, of the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of African Affairs announces an open competition for organizations to submit applications to carry out a regional Idea-a-thon in May 2021, which would be previewed by a series of online trainings. The Idea-a-thon should create digital solutions to 1) address economic, health, and education sector challenges and 2) promote women’s leadership in peace and security post COVID-19. These challenges include youth unemployment and the youth bulge, gender discrimination and inequality, intercommunal and terrorist violence, malnutrition, and illiteracy. The program will be conducted in French. Please carefully follow all the instructions below. Priority Region: Mali, Guinea, Senegal, Togo, Proposals should bring together young entrepreneurs, social activists, software/web app developers, coders, and others in STEM fields (in collaboration with the U.S. Embassies in Guinea, Mali, Togo, Senegal, and other partners) to develop solutions to the most pressing economic, health, and educational challenges. Other partners could include U.S. and foreign government departments/agencies in participating countries, local and regional nonprofit organizations, incubators, private sector companies, think tanks, activists and thought leaders, and U.S. Government exchange program alumni. Proposals should clearly spell out how they will advance U.S. values, policies, culture, or content. The proposed idea-a-thon should take place May 17-21, 2021 in Conakry, Guinea.

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · AF-ARS-FY20-05

Grants.gov marks AfrIdea: A Regional Idea-a-thon for Post-COVI… with a catch-all / unrestricted eligibility code (Others (see official listing text)). Read the official announcement text for the real applicant filter — the code alone is not a door list. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Cooperative Agreement. Funding-activity code maps to Other (O). This eligibility-code string dominates the Africa Regional Services book (10 peers, 67% of 15).

Code 25
Others (see official listing text)

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

AFRICA REGIONAL SERVICES (ARS) Grantor Phone 0033143127026

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What to do next

AfrIdea: A Regional Idea-a-thon for Post-COVI… 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
  • Africa Regional Services lists 14 other indexed opportunities on PlainGrants. Agency catalog

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