Opportunity Information: Apply for 72030618RFA00017
The Promote Scholarship Endowment (PSE) is a USAID/Afghanistan grant opportunity designed to create a long-term, sustainable source of scholarship funding for qualified Afghan women pursuing higher education. Structured as a USD 50 million endowment, the program is meant to finance university and graduate-level scholarships over time rather than functioning as a one-off scholarship fund. The core purpose is to expand access to advanced education for Afghan women and, by doing so, strengthen women s empowerment and gender equity as a stated intermediate result within the USAID/Afghanistan strategic framework. By enabling more women to earn undergraduate and graduate credentials, the endowment is intended to help build a pipeline of women prepared to take on leadership and decision-making roles across both public and private sector institutions.
This opportunity sits within the broader Promote initiative, and it is specifically positioned as a component that complements other empowerment activities. The concept is to support women along a continuum: from entering and progressing through higher education to ultimately securing professional roles where they can exercise influence and contribute to Afghanistan s social and economic development. A key emphasis in the description is durability. Establishing an endowment is described as a way to preserve and extend empowerment gains by sustaining educational assistance over the long term, even beyond the typical timeframe of project-based funding.
From an administrative standpoint, the opportunity is listed as discretionary funding and will be awarded through a cooperative agreement, meaning the awarding agency expects to have substantial involvement during implementation compared to a more hands-off grant. The funding activity category is education, and the CFDA number provided is 98.001. USAID Afghanistan (USAID-Kabul) is the issuing agency. The solicitation is identified as Funding Opportunity Number 72030618RFA00017, created on April 25, 2018, with an original closing date of June 7, 2018.
Eligibility is limited to institutions of higher education, specifically public and state-controlled institutions and private institutions of higher education. The opportunity anticipates making a single award, with an award ceiling of USD 50,000,000, aligning with the endowment size described. Overall, the PSE is framed as a strategic investment in women s educational attainment that supports broader gender equity goals and helps produce a sustained cadre of highly educated Afghan women equipped for leadership and professional advancement.Apply for 72030618RFA00017
- The Agency for International Development, Afghanistan USAID-Kabul in the education sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Promote Scholarship Endowment" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 98.001.
- This funding opportunity was created on Apr 25, 2018.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jun 07, 2018. (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 $50,000,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education.
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