Closed · PD-TIJUANA-NOGALES-HERMOSILLO-FY2026-01 · CFDA 19.040 · Discretionary

Building Skills, Strengthening Communities, and Advancing Innovation in Northwest Mexico

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

$10K-$20K
Award range
Closed
Status
August 27, 2026
Close date
4
Expected awards

The verdict

Building Skills, Strengthening Communities, and Advancing Innovation in Northwest Mexico is a closed discretionary listing from U.S. Mission to Mexico that offered $10,000 -- $20,000 across 4 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 30 other opportunities from U.S. Mission to Mexico.

$10K-$20K
award range
Closed
application status
4
expected awards
19.040
CFDA program

Recently closed NOFO

This listing closed on August 27, 2026. Watch CFDA 19.040 (USAID International Development Grants) for the next funding cycle. Historical award band was $10,000 -- $20,000.

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 27, 2026

Posted Jul 28 Closes Aug 27

Est. Total Funding

$50,000

Expected Awards

4

Instrument

Grant

Description

The Public Diplomacy Sections of the U.S. Consulates General Tijuana, Nogales, and Hermosillo announce an open competition for programs that strengthen workforce readiness, promote safe border communities, and support a transparent and innovative information ecosystem in northwest Mexico. This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) seeks merit-based proposals that equip Mexican educators, youth, and media professionals with practical skills needed to succeed in a dynamic, binational environment. Through U.S. Federal assistance for programs and projects that support economic development and internal and external security, this NOFO promotes the foreign policy, better understanding, and general welfare of the United States. Implementers are required to inform, emphasize, and be sure participants are aware of the funding source and these purposes during implementation. Competitive proposals must address one of four objectives: (1) improve English language teaching capacity to better prepare students for participation in the binational economy; (2) advance STEM education through innovative, hands-on training that leverages U.S. technology, expertise, and institutional partnerships; (3) promote youth development and safer communities through sports diplomacy programs that build leadership, teamwork, and drug-free lifestyles; or (4) strengthen journalists' capacity to responsibly use artificial intelligence and digital tools to enhance reporting, promote accountability, and counter false narratives.Successful proposals will demonstrate practical skills-building, strong partnerships with U.S. institutions, measurable outputs and outcomes, and sustainability plans. Programs should reach participants based on merit and reinforce U.S. interests in security, prosperity, and accurate information flow.

Campus–civic applicant bridge · 5 doors

Building Skills 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: Grant. Funding-activity codes span Community Development · Education · Income Security and Social Services · Regional Development · Science and Technology / R&D (CD;ED;IS;RD;ST). Inside U.S. Mission to Mexico'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
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

Israel Moroyoqui Grants Officer Representative U.S. Consulate General Tijuana Phone +52 (664) 370 3720

More from U.S. Mission to Mexico

Closed Closed August 10, 2026

Annual Program Statement for Public Diplomacy Mission Mexico - FY26

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What to do next

Building Skills 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 Mexico lists 30 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