Closed · SFOP0007630 · CFDA 19.009 · Discretionary

FY 2021 Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders

Federal grant opportunity posted by Bureau Of Educational and Cultural Affairs, cataloged on Grants.gov.

up to $16.9M
Award range
Closed
Status
April 23, 2021
Close date
1
Expected awards

The verdict

FY 2021 Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders is a closed discretionary listing from Bureau Of Educational and Cultural Affairs that offered Up to $16,950,000 across 1 expected award. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 554 other opportunities from Bureau Of Educational and Cultural Affairs.

up to $16.9M
award range
Closed
application status
1
expected award
19.009
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

FY 2021 Mandela Washington Fellowship for You… is closed (last close April 23, 2021). The parent program page for CFDA 19.009 is the reliable place to catch re-announcements. Bureau Of Educational and Cultural Affairs still indexes 554 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 April 23, 2021

Posted Feb 22 Closes Apr 23

Expected Awards

1

Instrument

Cooperative Agreement

Description

The Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) of the U.S. Department of State is seeking proposal submissions for one cooperative agreement to design, implement, and oversee the Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders. Begun in 2014, the Mandela Washington Fellowship has enjoyed great success in its first seven years, building and sustaining a committed network of approximately 4,400 young African leaders across critical sectors to cement stronger ties between Sub-Saharan Africa and the United States and to prepare the African participants (Fellows) for leadership roles across the continent. The Mandela Washington Fellowship is the flagship program of the Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI), which aims to strengthen democratic institutions and good governance, spur economic growth and prosperity, and enhance peace and security across Africa and the United States.

Campus–civic applicant bridge · 4 doors

FY 2021 Mandela Washington Fellowship for You… 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); Private institutions of higher education; Others (see official listing text)). 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). This eligibility-code string dominates the Bureau Of Educational and Cultural Affairs book (508 peers, 92% of 555).

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
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.

Official Listing on Grants.gov

View full details, application forms, and submission instructions.

View on Grants.gov

Agency Contact

Hans Posey

What to do next

FY 2021 Mandela Washington Fellowship for You… is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.

  • Parent CFDA 19.009 may publish future NOFOs under the same assistance listing. Open program
  • Academic Exchange Programs indexes 1 Grants.gov listings in this extract. Program profile
  • Bureau Of Educational and Cultural Affairs lists 554 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.

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