Closed · C-NOFO-21-100 · CFDA 19.040 · Discretionary

Indo-Pacific Academic Competition

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

$100K-$150K
Award range
Closed
Status
May 4, 2021
Close date
1
Expected awards

The verdict

Indo-Pacific Academic Competition is a closed discretionary listing from U.S. Mission to India that offered $100,000 -- $150,000 across 1 expected award. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 329 other opportunities from U.S. Mission to India.

$100K-$150K
award range
Closed
application status
1
expected award
19.040
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

Indo-Pacific Academic Competition is closed (last close May 4, 2021). 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 May 4, 2021

Posted Mar 5 Closes May 4

Est. Total Funding

$150,000

Expected Awards

1

Instrument

Grant

Description

· Within five months after the project start date: Develop a knowledge pool of resources for multiple rounds of the quiz, factoring in a variety of categories, types, and levels of questions and answers, including high-resolution images and multimedia content for visual clues. This will be evidenced by a review of such content developed by the awardee by a panel of experts. This content should be provided as a study guide for all participants. · Within six months of the project start date: Build general awareness about the Indo Pacific region among young adults (teams consisting of at least 100 university students from across India and another 100 from the region making a total of 200) by recruiting them to participate in an international, inter-university quiz competition focused on the region. This will be evidenced by the number of students across the Indo-Pacific enroll and participate in the preliminary rounds of the competition. · Within seven months of the project start date: Teams consisting of at least 50 students (30 from India and 20 from the region) will embark on a comprehensive and in-depth study of the Indo-Pacific, which will be evidenced by their active participation in the subsequent semi-final and final rounds of the quiz competition. · Within 10 months of the project start date: At least 100,000 predominantly youth audience members across the Indo-Pacific region would view the Indo Pacific as a cohesive region, through building general awareness about the present challenges and opportunities as well as the syncretic cultural heritage of the region. This will be evidenced by the responses to sample surveys posted on the visual media platform on which the program is broadcast and review of the social media engagements the program generates. Within 12 months of the project start date: Winners announced and publicity generated for the competition.

Campus–civic applicant bridge · 3 doors

Indo-Pacific Academic Competition 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

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Agency Contact

Grants Application Manager, U.S. Consulate, Chennai

What to do next

Indo-Pacific Academic Competition 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.

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