Closed · PAS-RIYADH-FY23-01 · CFDA 19.040 · Discretionary

“SYLEP 2.0” Open Cooperative Agreement 2022

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

$50K-$60K
Award range
Closed
Status
December 26, 2022
Close date
1
Expected awards

The verdict

“SYLEP 2.0” Open Cooperative Agreement 2022 is a closed discretionary listing from U.S. Mission to Saudi Arabia that offered $50,000 -- $60,000 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.

$50K-$60K
award range
Closed
application status
1
expected award
19.040
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

“SYLEP 2.0” Open Cooperative Agreement 2022 is closed (last close December 26, 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 December 26, 2022

Posted Dec 4 Closes Dec 26

Expected Awards

1

Instrument

Cooperative Agreement

Description

The new Saudi Young Leaders Exchange Program (“SYLEP 2.0”) will leverage the success of previous iterations of SYLEP under an amended format that emphasizes in-country training for a cohort of emerging Saudi leaders, both before and after their exchange program to the United States. The SYLEP 2.0 cohort will be comprised of 20 emerging Saudi leaders (approximately 24 – 30 years old) who are active in the fields of (i) environmentalism/combatting climate change and (ii) social entrepreneurship. Note that the U.S. Embassy will be solely responsible for recruiting SYLEP 2.0 participants and for all aspects of their U.S. exchange program. The awardee under this cooperative agreement will be responsible for the program’s in-country component: organizing and implementing a series of in-person and virtual workshops that impart critical skills to the cohort and allow them to leverage their U.S. experience in developing community-based projects. SYLEP 2.0’s in-country component will consist of a series of virtual and in-person workshops for the cohort that will take place between February and June 2023. These sessions would be designed to build cohort cohesion; strengthen relations between the U.S. Embassy and participants; and impart the critical thinking, leadership, public speaking, project management, innovation, and dialogue skills necessary to become global leaders. It should include a strong American component via the participation of at least one visiting U.S. speaker/trainer and two virtual U.S. trainers. The SYLEP 2.0 cohorts would participate in an exchange program to the United States (separately organized and separately by the U.S. Embassy). Following their return to Saudi Arabia, the awardee would convene a session on brainstorming and developing capstone projects, and a final in-country workshop in fall 2023 for all participants to present capstone community projects deriving from their training and experiences in the United States in the form of a pitch competition.

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · PAS-RIYADH-FY23-01

Grants.gov marks “SYLEP 2.0” Open Cooperative Agreement 2022 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: Cooperative Agreement. 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

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What to do next

“SYLEP 2.0” Open Cooperative Agreement 2022 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

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