Closed · PDS-NEWZEALAND-2026-03 · CFDA 19.040 · Mandatory

Young Pacific Leaders Solutions Labs

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

$100K-$250K
Award range
Closed
Status
June 30, 2026
Close date
5
Expected awards

The verdict

Young Pacific Leaders Solutions Labs is a closed mandatory listing from U.S. Mission to New Zealand that offered $100,000 -- $250,000 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.

$100K-$250K
award range
Closed
application status
5
expected awards
19.040
CFDA program

Recently closed NOFO

This listing closed on June 30, 2026. Watch CFDA 19.040 (USAID International Development Grants) for the next funding cycle. Historical award band was $100,000 -- $250,000.

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

Deadline tracker

Application window closed

Closed June 30, 2026

Posted May 17 Closes Jun 30

Est. Total Funding

$1,000,000

Expected Awards

5

Instrument

Cooperative Agreement

Description

The U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of East Asia and Pacific Affairs (EAP) and U.S. Consulate General Auckland announce an open competition to implement Young Pacific Leaders (YPL) Solutions Labs, a series of workshops centered around the following U.S. foreign policy priorities in the Pacific region: · Unlocking Investment in the Pacific · Advancing the American Decade of Sports for Pacific Economic Impact · Pursuing Peace in the Pacific with Faith Communities · Promoting Digital Freedom and Open Information Environments Applicants may apply to host one, more, or all of the YPL workshops in the series with the average cost of one workshop being roughly $100,000 to $250,000. Since 2013, the YPL program has cultivated the target audience and participants of emerging Pacific Island Country (PICs) leaders ages 20-40 into advocates for U.S. policy in a region of increasing strategic importance. Since YPL’s inception YPL alumni have delivered on U.S. priorities across the region. The YPL Solutions Labs will be a series throughout 2026-2028 to catalyze advocacy and action on U.S. priorities. The YPL Solutions Labs will build on past YPL programs that advanced U.S. foreign policy priorities in the Pacific region, namely previous conferences, workshops, exchanges, YPL alumni-led projects, community service activities, and digital engagement.

Campus–civic applicant bridge · 5 doors

Young Pacific Leaders Solutions Labs bridges educational institutions with civic applicant types (5 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; +1 more). Expect campus and public/nonprofit operators in the same printed set. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Cooperative Agreement. Funding-activity codes span Business and Commerce · Humanities · Regional Development (BC;HU;RD). 7 other U.S. Mission to New Zealand listings share this eligibility-code string (17% 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
Code 21
Individuals

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

Young Pacific Leaders Solutions Labs 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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