Opportunity Information: Apply for SFOP0008982
The U.S. Department of State, through its Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs (SCA), issued this discretionary grant opportunity to support programs that strengthen the long-term economic empowerment of vulnerable adolescent girls in India. The core idea is to build a platform that helps girls move into clear career pathways, with a strong emphasis on STEM fields and/or entrepreneurship, while also leaving room for related workforce-oriented pathways. Rather than funding a single stand-alone training program, the opportunity is framed around building durable connections between the private sector in India and the United States, aligning employers, implementers, and funders around practical routes into education, skills development, and employment.
A central requirement is co-creation with the private sector and philanthropic foundations, meaning applicants are expected to design the program in close partnership with companies and other non-government actors. The Department of State explicitly links the effort to the U.S.-India Alliance for Women s Economic Empowerment, a public-private partnership that aims to increase women s workforce participation, entrepreneurship, and access to education that improves career prospects in India. In practice, the grant is meant to reinforce and complement that broader alliance by concentrating on adolescents and by organizing stakeholders into a coordinated approach that can continue beyond the grant period.
The program also ties directly to U.S. policy priorities, specifically the U.S. National Gender Strategy focused on advancing women s economic security. That emphasis shows up in the expectation that proposed activities should not only expose girls to opportunities, but also create a credible pipeline to longer-term economic stability and workforce participation. The funding seeks approaches that connect training and mentorship to real labor market demand, support transitions into internships or entry-level roles, and foster entrepreneurship pathways that can realistically lead to income generation and sustained participation in the economy.
A defining feature of the proposed work is the development of a consortium. Applicants are expected to help bring together corporations, civil society organizations, foundations, and/or social enterprises into a collaborative structure that advances programs and investments for adolescent girls in India. The consortium concept implies shared ownership, pooled expertise, and coordinated commitments such as mentorship, curriculum support, internships, job placement, scholarships, seed funding, or other tangible contributions. The proposal needs to show a clear linkage between consortium activities and the end goals of long-term economic security and increased workforce participation for the target population.
From an administrative standpoint, the opportunity is listed under Funding Opportunity Number SFOP0008982 and is funded as a grant within the Income Security and Social Services activity category (CFDA 19.108). The agency anticipated making one award, with an award ceiling of USD 246,913. The opportunity was published on May 18, 2022, with an original closing date of July 17, 2022. Eligibility, as stated in the source data, includes for-profit organizations other than small businesses, indicating the program was open to certain private-sector entities in addition to other potential partners that might participate through the consortium model.
Overall, this grant is best understood as support for an organizing and partnership-building effort that produces concrete career pathway outcomes for vulnerable adolescent girls in India, especially in STEM and entrepreneurship, while embedding that work in a larger U.S.-India public-private framework focused on women s economic empowerment.Apply for SFOP0008982
- The Department of State, Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs in the income security and social services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Supporting Adolescent Girls’ Economic Advancement (or Security) in India" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 19.108.
- This funding opportunity was created on May 18, 2022.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jul 17, 2022. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $246,913.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: For profit organizations other than small businesses.
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