Closed · PD-KIGALI-FY24-05 · CFDA 19.040 · Discretionary

Academy for Women Entrepreneurs (AWE)

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

$25K-$33K
Award range
Closed
Status
August 30, 2024
Close date
1
Expected awards

The verdict

Academy for Women Entrepreneurs (AWE) is a closed discretionary listing from U.S. Mission to Rwanda that offered $25,000 -- $32,500 across 1 expected award. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 23 other opportunities from U.S. Mission to Rwanda.

$25K-$33K
award range
Closed
application status
1
expected award
19.040
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

Academy for Women Entrepreneurs (AWE) is closed (last close August 30, 2024). The parent program page for CFDA 19.040 is the reliable place to catch re-announcements. U.S. Mission to Rwanda still indexes 23 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 August 30, 2024

Posted Jun 27 Closes Aug 30

Est. Total Funding

$32,500

Expected Awards

1

Instrument

Cooperative Agreement

Description

A. PROGRAM DESCRIPTION The U.S. Embassy Kigali Public Diplomacy Section of the U.S. Department of State announces an open competition for organizations to submit applications to organize and implement the Academy for Women Entrepreneurs Program, which will include facilitating a course on Global Entrepreneurship & Sustainable Business and planning and hosting a regional AWE conference. Please follow all instructions below. Program Objectives: The first program element is to facilitate the traditional DreamBuilder program, which brings together a cohort of 30 women who meet online and in-person to learn core business skills such as strategic planning, marketing, and finance, then discuss the material with local facilitators, business leaders, and U.S. exchange alumni mentors. The DreamBuilder program should run for a period of six months, one facilitation session per week for 13 weeks, followed by three months of mentoring. The content for the training is offered at no-cost through the DreamBuilder online platform. The second program element is facilitating a course that is part of the Najafi 100 Million Learners Global Initiative, which will seek 15 participants who’s businesses are at more advanced level. The course should run for six months using the curriculum of the “Global Entrepreneurship & Sustainable Business” course. The third program element is organizing and hosting an AWE conference in Rwanda, designed to be a full two-day program targeting 80 AWE alumnae. The program will have the following objectives: Objective 1 – Ensure that more women have the skills, capabilities, and resources to fully participate in the economy. Objective 2 – Promote women's social and economic empowerment. Objective 3 – Continue to build on past AWE cohorts to strengthen the entrepreneurial eco-system in Rwanda for women. Participants and Audiences: For the DreamBuilder program, selection criteria will be based on having a small business or business idea. The target audience will be 30 women aged 25-45 who are starting businesses or have just started one and want to learn how to grow it. For the Global Entrepreneurship & Sustainable Business course, participant selection criteria should be based on type of business, maturity of business, and education level of applicants. This course targets women aged 25 to 45 who have strong computer and internet skills. A bachelor’s degree is required. For the conference, selection criteria should be based on graduation from an AWE program, include a mix of participants from prior AWE cohorts, and have the availability to participant for two full days.

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · PD-KIGALI-FY24-05

Grants.gov marks Academy for Women Entrepreneurs (AWE) 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 Rwanda book (20 peers, 83% of 24).

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

Kigali Public Diplomacy Grantor

What to do next

Academy for Women Entrepreneurs (AWE) 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 Rwanda lists 23 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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