Closed · PDS-APS-FY26-01 · CFDA 19.040 · Discretionary

U.S-Nigeria Creative, Digital, & Innovation Economy Initiative

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

$20K-$60K
Award range
Closed
Status
August 20, 2026
Close date
10
Expected awards

The verdict

U.S-Nigeria Creative, Digital, & Innovation Economy Initiative is a closed discretionary listing from U.S. Mission to Nigeria that offered $20,000 -- $60,000 across 10 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 51 other opportunities from U.S. Mission to Nigeria.

$20K-$60K
award range
Closed
application status
10
expected awards
19.040
CFDA program

Recently closed NOFO

This listing closed on August 20, 2026. Watch CFDA 19.040 (USAID International Development Grants) for the next funding cycle. Historical award band was $20,000 -- $60,000.

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

Deadline tracker

Application window closed

Closed August 20, 2026

Posted Jul 22 Closes Aug 20

Est. Total Funding

$500,000

Expected Awards

10

Instrument

Grant

Cost Sharing

Required

Description

The U.S. Department of State’s U.S. Consulate General Lagos announces an open competition to implement a program to increase two-way trade and investment between the United States and Nigeria by building commercial relationships, professional knowledge, legal infrastructure, and institutional connections that enable U.S. companies and Nigerian creative/digital professionals to partner and grow together. This Annual Program Statement (APS) is issued under the Consulate's commercial diplomacy mandate to generate measurable economic benefit for U.S. companies, support U.S. jobs, and expand market opportunities for Nigerian creative and innovation economy professionals across seven priority themes: (1) Intellectual Property Infrastructure; (2) Exchange Alumni Network Activation; (3) Streaming, Digital Rights, and Platform Monetization; (4) Co-Production and Market Access — Film, Music, Fashion; (5) U.S. Education Access and Tech Credentialing; (6) Gaming, Sports Business, and Emerging Tech; and (7) Content Creation for U.S. Social Media Platforms and AI Tools. Target audiences include Nigerian creative and tech professionals; entrepreneurs; exchange program alumni; university faculty; and U.S. companies in streaming, entertainment law, fashion, venture capital, and AI seeking Nigerian partnerships and talent. This program strengthens U.S.-Nigeria commercial ties, positions U.S. companies to benefit from Nigeria's dynamic creative economy, and leverages public diplomacy assets in southern Nigeria, including 8,000 exchange alumni and 15 American Spaces as instruments of economic engagement generating opportunity on both sides of the Atlantic.

Campus–civic applicant bridge · 4 doors

U.S-Nigeria Creative 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. Applicant cost-sharing is required on the Grants.gov extract. Instrument: Grant. Funding-activity code maps to Other (O). Inside U.S. Mission to Nigeria's indexed book this exact eligibility-code string is unique to this listing.

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.

Official Listing on Grants.gov

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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

Lagos PD Grants Management Team

What to do next

U.S-Nigeria Creative 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 Nigeria lists 51 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.

Disclaimer: This information is sourced from Grants.gov and SAM.gov and is for informational purposes only. Opportunity details, deadlines, and eligibility requirements change frequently. Always verify current information directly on Grants.gov before applying. PlainGrants is not affiliated with any federal agency.

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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