Prosperity through Partnership: Catalyzing U.S.-Algerian Collaboration in Innovation, Commerce and English Language

About this funding opportunity

1. Executive Summary

The U.S. Department of State’s Embassy Algiers is launching a competitive program to catalyze innovation and commerce between the United States and Algeria and advance key U.S. foreign policy priorities. The initiative aims to strengthen commercial ties, expand market access for American companies, and promote American business models and technology, particularly in entrepreneurship and artificial intelligence as well as English language development. Target audiences include Algerian students and young leaders (ages 18-35), entrepreneurs, and mid-career professionals, with a focus on building partnerships between U.S. and Algerian institutions and improving knowledge relevant to U.S. business and technology standards.

The Embassy may play an active role in guiding and monitoring the program, while recipients will manage implementation and outreach. Competitive proposals should support a priority program area (see below) and should include a connection with American expert/s, organization/s, institution/s or private sector companies that will promote increased cooperation between the people of the United States and Algeria even after the program has finished.

A. ELIGIBILITY

1. Eligible Applicants

The Public Affairs Section encourages applications from U.S. and Algeria and any other

country for projects that would have any significant bonds with the priority programs

Areas and will be implemented in Algeria.

· Registered not-for-profit organizations, including think tanks and civil society/nongovernmental organizations with programming experience. Public and private educational institutions

· Individuals: Specialized professional individuals

· Public International Organizations and Governmental institutions

· Non-profit or governmental educational institutions

· Governmental institutions

· Social enterprises: public or private.

· Museums

· Press and media: Including public and private traditional media outlets.

· Entities specialized in the project fields.

For-profit entities, even those that may fall into the categories listed above, are not eligible to apply for this NOFO. Organizations may sub-contract with other entities, but only one, non-profit, non-governmental entity can be the prime recipient of the award. When sub-contracting with other entities, the responsibilities of each entity must be clearly defined in the proposal. For more information on the difference between sub-contract and sub-recipient, please refer to 2 CFR 200.331.

2. Cost Sharing or Matching

Cost sharing or matching is encouraged, but not required for this funding opportunity.

3. Other Eligibility Requirements

All organizations must have a Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) issued via SAM.gov as well as a valid registration in SAM.gov. Please see Section E.3 for more information. Individuals are not required to have a UEI or be registered in SAM.gov.

Optional: Applicants are only allowed to submit one proposal per organization. If more than one proposal is submitted from an organization, all proposals from that institution will be considered ineligible for funding under this funding opportunity.

4. This opportunity will not support:

· Projects relating to partisan political activity;

· Charitable or development activities; including direct social services such as medical, psychological, and/or humanitarian support

· Construction projects;

· Projects that support specific religious activities;

· Fund-raising campaigns;

· Lobbying for specific legislation or programs

· Scientific research or surveys;

· Commercial projects;

· Projects intended primarily for the growth or institutional development of the organization;

· Projects that duplicate existing projects; or

· Illegal activities

B. PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

1. Project Background, Goals, and Objectives

The Public Diplomacy Section invites proposals for programs that support one of the following U.S. Embassy priority program areas listed below.

Examples…

Topic areas: General and Cross-cutting R&D, Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), Education and Training, Workforce Development, Social Innovation and Community Development.

Funding amount

This other provides $5K-$100K in funding, up to $100K per award.

Deadline

Applications are due Aug 08, 2026. Confirm the exact closing time on the official program page before applying.

Who can apply

This opportunity is open to the following applicant types:

• NGOs

Eligibility

The program did not publish a separate eligibility statement. See the official opportunity page for the full eligibility criteria.

Agency

Prosperity through Partnership: Catalyzing U.S.-Algerian Collaboration in Innovation, Commerce and English Language is administered by U.S. Mission to Algeria (DZA), listed via Grants.gov.