Closed · S-DR860-21-NOFO-003 · CFDA 19.040 · Other

Rural Innovation and Pivoting Hackathon NOFO

Federal grant opportunity posted by U.S. Mission to the Dominican Republic, cataloged on Grants.gov.

$5K-$30K
Award range
Closed
Status
June 14, 2021
Close date
6
Expected awards

The verdict

Rural Innovation and Pivoting Hackathon NOFO is a closed other listing from U.S. Mission to the Dominican Republic that offered $5,000 -- $30,000 across 6 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 27 other opportunities from U.S. Mission to the Dominican Republic.

$5K-$30K
award range
Closed
application status
6
expected awards
19.040
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

Rural Innovation and Pivoting Hackathon NOFO is closed (last close June 14, 2021). The parent program page for CFDA 19.040 is the reliable place to catch re-announcements. U.S. Mission to the Dominican Republic still indexes 27 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 June 14, 2021

Posted May 7 Closes Jun 14

Est. Total Funding

$30,000

Expected Awards

6

Instrument

Grant

Description

The Public Affairs Section (PAS) of the U.S. Embassy in Santo Domingo, U.S. Department of State, announces an open competition for individuals and organizations to submit applications to carry out an online hackathon for forty participants, including alumni of USG exchange programs, entrepreneurs, academia, and civil society, to develop innovative and/or technology-based ideas and solutions to help small and medium businesses in rural areas of the Dominican Republic mitigate the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, and create new sustainable opportunities to mitigate the impact of the pandemic on rural economies in the D.R. Proposals should include YLAI program resources including the online courses, the online network and YLAI fellows.The goal of this virtual program is to bring together entrepreneurs, students, and academia, to receive hands-on training on innovation and business pivoting and develop technology-based solutions that mitigate the impact of COVID-19 on small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in rural areas of the Dominican Republic. The participants will share ideas and form teams to work remotely and develop technological solutions that empower rural entrepreneurs and rural development. The program should provide spaces for the participants to connect, learn best practices on rural business development, promote health and safety measures against COVID-19, and to receive training on business innovation and pivoting. The working teams will develop technology-based solutions that help businesses pivot their strategy and approach or create new opportunities for economic growth and development in their communities. These proposals should promote the Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative resources such as the online courses and the YLAI network. At the end of the program, the teams should pitch their projects to a panel composed by program facilitators and mentors, U.S. Embassy representatives, and business leaders, and compete for small seed funding of to kickstart their projects. These seed funds must amount to at least the ten percent (10%) of the program budget, and can be awarded to more than one proposal. A distribution and selection criteria for seed funds should be included the proposal.

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · S-DR860-21-NOFO-003

Grants.gov marks Rural Innovation and Pivoting Hackathon NOFO 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: Grant. Funding-activity code maps to Education (ED). This eligibility-code string dominates the U.S. Mission to the Dominican Republic book (11 peers, 39% of 28).

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

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What to do next

Rural Innovation and Pivoting Hackathon NOFO 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 the Dominican Republic lists 27 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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