Closed · SFOP0008673 · CFDA 19.600 · Discretionary

Strengthening American-Style Higher Education in Iraq

Federal grant opportunity posted by Assistance Coordination, cataloged on Grants.gov.

$500K-$2.5M
Award range
Closed
Status
May 31, 2022
Close date
4
Expected awards

The verdict

Strengthening American-Style Higher Education in Iraq is a closed discretionary listing from Assistance Coordination that offered $500,000 -- $2,500,000 across 4 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 114 other opportunities from Assistance Coordination.

$500K-$2.5M
award range
Closed
application status
4
expected awards
19.600
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

Strengthening American-Style Higher Education… is closed (last close May 31, 2022). Check the agency catalog for replacement NOFOs. Assistance Coordination still indexes 114 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 31, 2022

Posted May 13 Closes May 31

Est. Total Funding

$11,000,000

Expected Awards

4

Instrument

Grant

Description

The Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, Office of Assistance Coordination (NEA/AC), seeks applications to strengthen American-style IHE in Iraq. With this announcement, NEA/AC seeks to support multiple awards with the objective of building and increasing the institutional capacity of IHE in Iraq. Proposals shall address ways to develop new and ongoing partnerships between IHEs in Iraq and higher education institutions in the United States. Particular focus should be given to building the capacity of IHE and educational systems in Iraq to meet American higher education standards. Proposals will be structured to establish sustainable partnerships which in the short-term produce meaningful institutional improvements and in the long-term help achieve formal accreditation by U.S. authorities. Additionally, projects will provide financial assistance to recruit and retain students who are representative of Iraq’s diverse ethnic, geographic, and religious communities.

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · SFOP0008673

Grants.gov marks Strengthening American-Style Higher Education… 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 Assistance Coordination book (69 peers, 60% of 115).

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

nea-grants@state.gov

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