Grants to Empower Women and Youth in Saudi Arabia through Sports

Deadline: 1-Jun-22

The U.S. Embassy in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Public Affairs Section (PAS) of the U.S. Department of State is pleased to announce that limited funding is available through the Embassy’s Public Affairs grants program to support activities that promote U.S.-Saudi bilateral relations in the following priority area:

• Empowering women and youth in Saudi Arabia through sports.

Purpose

• The U.S. Embassy in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia requests proposals for projects aimed at empowering women and youth in Saudi Arabia through sports. While a wide range of project proposals will be considered, successful projects will incorporate many of the following elements:
  • A clearly defined project objective, with specific supporting goals and quantifiable project milestones.
  • A focus on sports programming that complements, rather than competes with, programs already active in Saudi Arabia by reaching currently underserved populations, working in areas where little training is currently offered, or addressing important topics underrepresented in current programs. For example, priority will be given to proposals that include participants from outside of the major cities (Riyadh, Jeddah, Dhahran/Damman) and/or that focus on sports disciplines such as (but not limited to) soccer, basketball, motorsports, American football, or other sports where Saudi women and youth are traditionally underrepresented.
  • The creation, strengthening, or expansion of women’s sports or sports federations a network that encourages and facilitates the transfer of skills and sharing of resources between members.
  • The expansion and the creation of a diverse group of certified referees and coaches in different sports disciplines with a priority on training and certifying women referees.
  • A mentorship program that aims to accelerate initial success in women/girl-focused Saudi sports federations by pairing them with related, successful sports federations in the United States in an organized and sustainable fashion.
  • A sustainable strategic plan to provide program participants with knowledge or skills of lasting value and application beyond the term of the project.
  • Use of traditional and innovative educational programs and networking tools in the pursuit of broader goals such as empowering women, economic development, job creation, understanding the value of diversity, sports business development, acquisition of sports leadership skills, etc.
  • An integrated project messaging/media plan designed to amplify the reach of key program messages to Saudi participants who do not participate in the program.
  • An innovative approach that highlights American expertise or U.S.-Saudi partnerships and creates/strengthens networks between Americans and Saudis.

Funding Information

• Award Ceiling: U.S. $125,000
• Award Floor: U.S. $50,000

Eligibility Criteria

• The U.S. Embassy in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s Public Affairs Section (PAS) encourages proposals from registered not-for-profit Saudi-based civil-society organizations, including think tanks, non-governmental organizations, and academic institutions or similar U.S.-based organizations with a partner organization based in Saudi Arabia with programming experience.
• The U.S. Embassy in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is committed to an anti-discrimination policy in all of its projects and activities and welcomes applications irrespective of race, ethnicity, color, creed, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or other status.
• For-profit or commercial entities are not eligible to apply. Individual applicants are not eligible to apply.

For more information, visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=339221