Opportunity Information: Apply for PAS SINGAPORE FY23 002
The Academy for Women Entrepreneurs (AWE) Open Cooperative Agreement 2023 is a U.S. Department of State funding opportunity run by the U.S. Embassy in Singapore (Public Affairs Section) to support the design and delivery of a six-month entrepreneurship program for about 30 emerging women entrepreneurs in Singapore. The core goal is to help participants gain practical business knowledge, stronger professional networks, and better access to resources that can help them launch new ventures or scale businesses they have started recently. The program is positioned as a partnership with the Embassy, meaning the awardee should expect close coordination and ongoing involvement from Embassy staff throughout planning and delivery. The legal authority for the program is the U.S. Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948 (Smith-Mundt Act), and the activity aligns with employment, labor, and training (CFDA 19.040).
Funding is provided through a cooperative agreement, with the Embassy intending to make one award up to $25,000. The anticipated project period is roughly September 1, 2023 through March 31, 2024, pending funding availability. The competition was posted April 17, 2023, with an original closing date of May 30, 2023. Because this is a cooperative agreement rather than a simple grant, the selected organization should plan for an active working relationship with the Embassy, including coordination on recruitment, scheduling, speaker selection, and ensuring the program maintains a clear American connection.
Eligibility is centered on Singapore-based capacity and leadership. The Embassy specifically invites proposals from established Singaporean associations, organized civil-society organizations, and academic institutions that can credibly run a structured entrepreneurship program. U.S. organizations, third-country entities, or non-Singaporean nationals are not eligible to receive an award on their own, but they may participate if they partner with a Singaporean entity that serves as the eligible lead. While the listing notes eligibility as "unrestricted" at a high level, the narrative clarifies that the implementing lead must be Singaporean, with any international participation occurring through partnership arrangements.
Program design must blend an online business fundamentals curriculum with locally facilitated learning that is interactive and tailored to the Singapore context. Participants will complete content from DreamBuilder and/or 100 Million Learners, an online curriculum provided by the U.S. Department of State through the University of Arizona. The awardee is expected to build facilitated training sessions around that online content, not simply assign modules. In practice, this means running guided discussions, applied exercises, coaching-style sessions, and other hands-on learning that extends beyond the digital materials and helps participants translate concepts into their own business plans, operations, marketing, finance, and growth strategies. The awardee must either directly facilitate both the virtual and in-person components or engage facilitators with relevant experience in education, entrepreneurship, and training.
A major emphasis of this AWE round is improving the technology capabilities of participants when feasible. The program is meant to be especially valuable for entrepreneurs who would benefit from stronger technical skills or exposure to tech-enabled business practices, and it encourages linkages with American technology experts and companies. In coordination with the Embassy, the awardee is expected to incorporate site visits, guest speakers, workshops, and networking sessions that build practical capability in areas such as digital tools, e-commerce, marketing technology, product development, or other tech-related elements relevant to early-stage and scaling businesses.
The target participant group is Singaporean women ages 23 to 45 who are either preparing to launch a business or have launched within the last five years and are now trying to grow. Recruitment must be done through a competitive application process open across Singapore, rather than a closed or invitation-only cohort. The awardee is responsible for developing a clear recruitment and selection plan, including transparent eligibility guidelines and a fair process for reviewing applications and selecting the cohort. The schedule should be built with participants in mind, acknowledging that many will be managing jobs, families, or existing businesses while taking part in the program.
Logistically, the awardee is expected to manage end-to-end implementation details for both online and in-person elements. Activities may be hosted at multiple locations across Singapore, chosen by the awardee in consultation with the Embassy. The awardee handles communications with participants, coordinates and pays for venues, and covers equipment and other operational needs tied to delivering virtual sessions, in-person talks, and workshops. In addition to training delivery, the awardee is responsible for monitoring and evaluation, including designing and administering pre- and post-program surveys, tracking participation and progress during the program, and conducting a post-program evaluation to assess outcomes and lessons learned.
A consistent requirement across the program is a strong American focus. While the online curriculum already connects participants to a U.S.-supported training platform, the Embassy also expects the awardee to incorporate American perspectives and expertise through complementary lectures and workshops. The Embassy will work with the awardee to identify and recruit local American business experts and professors based in Singapore and/or experts from Singapore branches of American companies. The Embassy also intends to feature a substantial share of female role models among these speakers. The awardee is responsible for integrating these experts in a way that fits the flow of the curriculum and strengthens practical learning for the cohort.
In short, this opportunity funds one Singapore-led partner to run a structured, six-month AWE cohort that mixes U.S.-provided online entrepreneurship training with interactive facilitation, local contextualization, and in-person engagement, with special attention to tech capability building and sustained networking. The deliverables go beyond hosting classes; the awardee is expected to recruit and select a competitive cohort, run a high-touch learning experience, coordinate speakers and visits with an American angle, handle all on-the-ground logistics, and document results through clear monitoring and evaluation.Apply for PAS SINGAPORE FY23 002
- The Department of State, U.S. Mission to Singapore in the employment, labor and training sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Academy for Women Entrepreneurs” Open Cooperative Agreement 2023" 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 Apr 17, 2023.
- Applicants must submit their applications by May 30, 2023. (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 $25,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility.
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