Closed · DOS-SAU-PD-2208 · CFDA 19.040 · Discretionary

eSports and Game Development Skills Training and Capacity Building

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

$30K-$45K
Award range
Closed
Status
September 14, 2022
Close date
1
Expected awards

The verdict

eSports and Game Development Skills Training and Capacity Building is a closed discretionary listing from U.S. Mission to Saudi Arabia that offered $30,000 -- $45,000 across 1 expected award. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 27 other opportunities from U.S. Mission to Saudi Arabia.

$30K-$45K
award range
Closed
application status
1
expected award
19.040
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

eSports and Game Development Skills Training… is closed (last close September 14, 2022). The parent program page for CFDA 19.040 is the reliable place to catch re-announcements. U.S. Mission to Saudi Arabia 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 September 14, 2022

Posted Aug 14 Closes Sep 14

Est. Total Funding

$45,000

Expected Awards

1

Instrument

Grant

Description

The U.S. Embassy in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia requests proposals for projects aimed at increasing the knowledge, skills, abilities, and networks of Saudi youth in game development and STEAM fields. This program should engage with Emerging Voices (EVs), particularly in the age group of 18-30 years, on key U.S. government priorities such as STEM education, gender equality, and English language learning, and to promote studying gaming related college majors in the United States and help develop an eSports culture in Saudi Arabia. Through this proposed initiative, the U.S. Mission to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia hopes to build capacity in STEAM and creative economy sectors among youth audiences, primarily through training from U.S. experts. The Mission also hopes to link Saudi game developers with counterparts in production and distribution to help build the infrastructure necessary to create and operate an independent Saudi gaming industry that leads the region and gains global attention. eSports and coding clubs would provide Saudi youth an opportunity to game for good and assume club leadership responsibilities as content developers, creative directors, tournament organizers, shout casters, marketing directors, stream producers, game designers and many more, offering opportunities to practice their crafts, expand their creative skills and improve their communication and leadership abilities. This immersive hands-on engagement would act as the precursor to help Saudi youth identify their future aspirations and interests that would connect them with gamers in the United States and expose them to the eSports culture of the U.S. Public Affairs invites local and American nonprofit organizations and educational institutions to submit proposals that provide skills training, capacity building, networking with U.S. businesses and education institutions, community building, and other educational and economic cooperation that supports Saudi youth working in game development, eSports, STEAM fields, and other creative economy fields.

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · DOS-SAU-PD-2208

Grants.gov marks eSports and Game Development Skills Training… 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 Saudi Arabia 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

Riyadh Grants Team

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What to do next

eSports and Game Development Skills Training… 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 Saudi Arabia 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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