Opportunity Information: Apply for AFNIA 21 02
The U.S. Embassy Niamey PAS Annual Program Statement (Funding Opportunity Number AFNIA 21 02) is a discretionary small-grants program run by the U.S. Department of State, U.S. Mission to Niger (CFDA 19.040). It offers grant funding intended primarily as seed money to help launch or pilot public diplomacy projects in Niger, with the expectation that early U.S. support will help attract additional backing from other stakeholders and allow successful ideas to scale beyond the initial grant period. The opportunity was released on January 25, 2021, with an original closing date of August 31, 2021. The program anticipated making around 20 awards, with a maximum award ceiling of $10,000 per grant.
A central feature of this opportunity is the emphasis on partnership, cost-sharing, and sustainability. Applicants are encouraged to design proposals that do not rely solely on U.S. government funding, but instead actively bring in local civil society organizations and the private sector, especially the Nigerien business community, to extend reach and deepen impact. Strong proposals are expected to show credible plans for how activities, benefits, or institutions created through the grant will continue after the U.S.-funded period ends, whether through local ownership, revenue models, institutional integration, follow-on funding, or other realistic continuation strategies.
All proposed programs must include a clear American component. That can be an American cultural element or a substantive connection to U.S. experts, U.S. organizations, or U.S. institutions in a relevant field. The goal of this requirement is to strengthen mutual understanding and to promote better awareness of U.S. policy and perspectives through people-to-people ties, professional engagement, and credible U.S.-linked content embedded in the project design.
To be eligible and competitive, each project must align with at least one of the program’s priority thematic areas. These include countering violent extremism (and related counterterrorism-oriented prevention work), Muslim engagement with an emphasis on inter- and intra-religious dialogue, women’s empowerment, youth engagement, education with a particular interest in English-language education, economic development such as entrepreneurship and economic empowerment, journalism development including efforts to counter misinformation and disinformation, and natural resource management including waste management. Projects can address more than one theme as long as the focus remains clear and the activities are coherent.
The target audience for activities must be Nigerien, and the embassy highlights several priority groups it most wants to reach. These include women and youth, businesspeople and entrepreneurs, academics and institutions such as universities and think tanks (including students), journalists, and civil society activists. In practical terms, proposals are best positioned when they can show how they will engage one or more of these audiences in a meaningful way, produce measurable public diplomacy outcomes, and create durable local networks or capabilities that last after the grant ends.Apply for AFNIA 21 02
- The Department of State, U.S. Mission to Niger in the other (see text field entitled explanation of other category of funding activity for clarification) sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "U.S. Embassy Niamey PAS Annual Program Statement" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 19.040.
- This funding opportunity was created on Jan 25, 2021.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Aug 31, 2021. (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 $10,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 20 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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