Closed · PDS-NEWZEALAND-2026-02 · CFDA 19.040 · Mandatory

U.S. Mission Public Diplomacy Grants Program – Cook Islands & Niue

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

$10K-$50K
Award range
Closed
Status
July 15, 2026
Close date
5
Expected awards

The verdict

U.S. Mission Public Diplomacy Grants Program – Cook Islands & Niue is a closed mandatory listing from U.S. Mission to New Zealand that offered $10,000 -- $50,000 across 5 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 40 other opportunities from U.S. Mission to New Zealand.

$10K-$50K
award range
Closed
application status
5
expected awards
19.040
CFDA program

Recently closed NOFO

This listing closed on July 15, 2026. Watch CFDA 19.040 (USAID International Development Grants) for the next funding cycle. Historical award band was $10,000 -- $50,000.

According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.

Deadline tracker

Application window closed

Closed July 15, 2026

Posted Apr 22 Closes Jul 15

Est. Total Funding

$350,000

Expected Awards

5

Instrument

Grant

Description

The U.S. Department of State’s U.S. Mission New Zealand announces an open competition to implement a program to advance U.S.-Cook Islands and U.S.-Niue maritime cooperation, economic and cultural ties. The program is intended to support local solutions and build local capacity to: 1. Increase economic linkages with the United States 2. Promote long-term economic prosperity through natural resource management 3. Reduce threats against the United States and the Pacific region. Projects are encouraged to include a plan to build capacity and technical expertise among local communities and organizations. Projects may address one or more of the following areas, but are not strictly limited to the following topics: · Increasing economic linkages with the United States through exchange, education, work, and trade promotion programs; · Promoting long-term prosperity by incorporating best practices for natural resource management; · Advancing U.S.-Cook Islands and U.S.-Niue cooperation to enhance safety, especially in digital media, information technology, emergency preparedness, artificial intelligence, maritime, health, and other related sectors. Projects may propose activities targeted through this solicitation in the following countries: Cook Islands and Niue.

Campus–civic applicant bridge · 4 doors

U.S. Mission Public Diplomacy Grants Program… bridges educational institutions with civic applicant types (4 doors: Public / state-controlled institutions of higher education; Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs); Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs); Private institutions of higher education). Expect campus and public/nonprofit operators in the same printed set. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Grant. Funding-activity codes span Business and Commerce · Disaster Prevention and Relief · Education · Energy / Infrastructure · Humanities · Natural Resources · Regional Development · Science and Technology / R&D (BC;DPR;ED;EIC;HU;NR;RD;ST). This eligibility-code string dominates the U.S. Mission to New Zealand book (17 peers, 41% of 41).

Code 06
Public / state-controlled institutions of higher education
Code 12
Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs)
Code 13
Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs)
Code 20
Private institutions of higher education

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

Tracey Zemanek Resource Management Specialist Phone 6444626122

What to do next

U.S. Mission Public Diplomacy Grants Program… 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 New Zealand lists 40 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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Data sourced from the SAM.gov Assistance Listings and Grants.gov. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainGrants