Funding Opportunity Number: ECA-ECAPE-14-005
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Funding Instrument Type: Cooperative Agreement
Category of Funding Activity: Other (see text field entitled "Explanation of Other Category of Funding Activity" for clarification)
Eligible Applicants: Public and State controlled institutions of higher education | Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education | Private institutions of higher education | Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Agency Name: DOS-ECA
Closing Date: 2014-05-30
Award Ceiling: $350,000

Description: This exchange program will bring 25-30 emerging women leaders from the entrepreneurship field including the business, academia, media, and private and nonprofit sectors throughout the Middle East and North Africa to the United States for approximately two weeks of leadership training, mentoring and networking.  The program will include a Washington, D.  C.  -based program, a week-long training institute at an educational institution in Boston, MA, and a mentoring component in New York City.  After the U.  S.  -based activities, ECA anticipates that a private sector partner will organize a Middle East-based summit for program participants and others.  The cooperative agreement will not exceed $350,000 in total funding.  This is currently envisioned as a pilot program.  Pending successful implementation of the program, the establishment of a successful partnership with participating organizations and the availability of funds in subsequent fiscal years, the Bure
au reserves the right to renew this award for two additional fiscal years before openly competing it again.
Link: www.grants.gov/view-opportunity.html?opp…