Closed · DFOP0014020 · CFDA 19.500 · Discretionary

Catalyzing Job Creation for Women in Cybersecurity

Federal grant opportunity posted by Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, cataloged on Grants.gov.

$500K-$1M
Award range
Closed
Status
June 21, 2024
Close date
2
Expected awards

The verdict

Catalyzing Job Creation for Women in Cybersecurity is a closed discretionary listing from Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs that offered $500,000 -- $1,000,000 across 2 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 13 other opportunities from Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs.

$500K-$1M
award range
Closed
application status
2
expected awards
19.500
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

Catalyzing Job Creation for Women in Cybersec… is closed (last close June 21, 2024). Check the agency catalog for replacement NOFOs. Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs still indexes 13 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 21, 2024

Posted May 2 Closes Jun 21

Expected Awards

2

Instrument

Cooperative Agreement

Cost Sharing

Required

Description

The Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, Office of Assistance Coordination (NEA/AC) seeks to elevate a key untapped labor market to address increasing threats in cyberspace: Women. Women’s inclusion in cybersecurity addresses two challenges in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region: 1) greater capacity for the private sector to combat cyber threats, and 2) increased job opportunities for women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) who face logistical and societal constraints to employment. Enhancing the MENA region’s private sector cybersecurity capacity supports the U.S. government’s goal to foster inclusive economic growth and increase women’s participation in STEM-related fields.

Small-business / for-profit corridor · DFOP0014020

Catalyzing Job Creation for Women in Cybersec… prints a for-profit / small-business applicant door (For-profit organizations other than small businesses). Treat the listing as business-facing unless the full Grants.gov announcement narrows it further. Applicant cost-sharing is required on the Grants.gov extract. Instrument: Cooperative Agreement. Funding-activity code maps to Employment, Labor and Training (ELT). 1 other Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs listings share this eligibility-code string (7% of 14).

Code 22
For-profit organizations other than small businesses

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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