Closed · PDS-NIAMEY-FY22-CORNER · CFDA 19.441 · Discretionary

Women Entrepreneurs Shark-Tank

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

$18K-$30K
Award range
Closed
Status
July 15, 2022
Close date
7
Expected awards

The verdict

Women Entrepreneurs Shark-Tank is a closed discretionary listing from U.S. Mission to Niger that offered $18,000 -- $29,800 across 7 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 30 other opportunities from U.S. Mission to Niger.

$18K-$30K
award range
Closed
application status
7
expected awards
19.441
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

Women Entrepreneurs Shark-Tank is closed (last close July 15, 2022). Check the agency catalog for replacement NOFOs. U.S. Mission to Niger still indexes 30 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 July 15, 2022

Posted May 5 Closes Jul 15

Est. Total Funding

$29,800

Expected Awards

7

Instrument

Grant

Description

The Public Diplomacy Section of U.S. Embassy Niamey of the U.S. Department of State announces an open competition for organizations to submit applications to develop and implement a nationwide program to support women entrepreneurs. This program will be designed to support women-owned businesses which often struggle to get access to capital, markets, and products and generally lack business training. The program will provide training and mentorship to women business owners from all eight regions of Niger and will also include a local shark tank followed by a nationwide shark tank event where finalists from will pitch their business to the public and on television. The top two or three from each training site will compete in a nationwide event in Niamey. Please follow all instructions below. This notice is subject to availability of funding.

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · PDS-NIAMEY-FY22-CORNER

Grants.gov marks Women Entrepreneurs Shark-Tank 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 Other (O). This eligibility-code string dominates the U.S. Mission to Niger book (26 peers, 84% of 31).

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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Agency Contact

NiameyPD@state.gov Phone 227 20723141

What to do next

Women Entrepreneurs Shark-Tank is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.

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