FederalOpenFixed dateBureau of African Affairs

U.S.-Africa Strategic Investment Program

Award ceiling
$5,000,000 – $50,000,000
Closes
May 31, 2027
Last verified
2026-10-22

Awards $5,000,000 – $50,000,000 per recipient for for profit organizations other than small businesses, nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the irs, other than institutions of higher education, nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the irs, other than institutions of higher education, others (see text field entitled "additional information on eligibility" for clarification), private institutions of higher education, public and state controlled institutions of higher education, small businesses, closing May 31, 2027.

For profit organizations other than small businessesNonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher educationNonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher educationOthers (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)Private institutions of higher educationPublic and State controlled institutions of higher educationSmall businessesBusiness & Commerce

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U.S.-Africa Strategic Investment Program awards $5,000,000 – $50,000,000 per recipient, open to for profit organizations other than small businesses, nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the irs, other than institutions of higher education, nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with…

Record fields
Program pool (total)
$500,000,000
Total across all awards in this programme. Not an amount any single applicant can receive.
Award ceiling (per project)
$50,000,000
Award floor
$5,000,000
Typical award
Not confirmed
Deadline
May 31, 2027
Deadline type
Fixed date
Opens
Aug 19, 2026
Status
Open
Eligible entities
For profit organizations other than small businesses · Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education · Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education · Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification) · Private institutions of higher education · Public and State controlled institutions of higher education · Small businesses
Geography
Not stated
Matching funds
No
Disbursement
Not confirmed
Application effort
Not confirmed
Use of funds
Critical Minerals Investment · Commercial Diplomacy Acceleration
Currency
USD

How much money is available?

Two different figures govern a programme and they are not interchangeable. The programme pool is what the funder has allocated across every award it will make this cycle. The award ceiling is the most one applicant can be granted.

Program pool (total)Across all awards this cycle
$500,000,000
Award ceiling (per project)The most one applicant can receive
$50,000,000

Who can apply?

level
Derived from the source that published this record
entity
For profit organizations other than small businesses, Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification), Private institutions of higher education, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Small businesses
Source field: entity types
industry
Source field: industries
use
Commercial Diplomacy Acceleration, Critical Minerals Investment
Source field: use of funds
size limit

Not confirmed

Source field: applicant size limit
clause text

Public International Organizations are also eligible to apply. See APS for full eligibility criteria.

We store the structured fields above. Clause-by-clause text from the guidelines is not connected for this record.

When does it close?

May 31, 2027221 daysDeadline type Fixed date

What can the money be used for?

2 categorys
The source’s own spending categories, and what is not parsed.
Critical Minerals InvestmentCommercial Diplomacy Acceleration

These categories come from the source's own classification. A line-item cost table, where the programme publishes one, lives in the guidelines and is not parsed for this record.

How hard is the application?

1 field
Effort, match requirement and reimbursement, as the source stated them.
Application effort
Not confirmed
Disbursement
Not confirmed
Matching funds
No

Who has received this funding?

35 awards
Awards on file for this programme, counted rather than modelled.

35 prior awards on file for this programme, largest first. Every row comes from the funder's own award listing; nothing here is estimated.

RecipientStateAmountFiscal year
AFRICAN LEGAL SUPPORT FACILITYNot stated$4,937,2622023
UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ORGANISATIONNot stated$2,170,3002024
THE MITRE CORPORATIONNot stated$1,249,9972026
CENTER FOR ADVANCED DEFENSE STUDIES, INC. (THE)Not stated$1,183,8002024
INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR JOURNALISTS INCNot stated$986,5002024
NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRSNot stated$986,5002024
MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEESNot stated$943,0632022
DAI GLOBAL LLCNot stated$837,6512022
MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEESNot stated$494,9502025
WILDAID, INC.Not stated$493,2272024
WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETYNot stated$381,9542025
PERIPHERAL VISION INTERNATIONALNot stated$295,0002022
MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEESNot stated$249,8762023
THE GLOBAL INITIATIVE AGAINST TRANSNATIONAL ORGANIZED CRIMENot stated$246,6572023
LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$177,6652025
NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITYNot stated$168,0862025
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$154,1302025
OMCVNot stated$139,9972025
APESINot stated$100,0002025
ASSOCIACAO PROJECTOS BIODIVERSIDADENot stated$100,0002025
NIGER DELTA STAKEHOLDER INITIATIVE FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND EMPOWERMENTNot stated$100,0002025
GLOBAL IMPACT SOLUTIONS, INC.Not stated$98,6102024
COMITE INTERNATIONAL POUR L'AIDE D'URGENCE ET LE DEVELOPPEMENT (CIAUD)Not stated$90,9092024
ASSOCIACAO MOCAMBICANA DE CONSERVACAO DE FAUNA BRAVIA - AMCFBNot stated$80,0002024
Recipient name withheldNot stated$60,0002025
SEED SYSTEMS GROUP, INC.Not stated$50,0002024
UNICEFNot stated$50,0002025
VOXCROFT ANALYTICS INCNot stated$49,2132024
WATER JOURNALISTS AFRICA LIMITEDNot stated$45,0002024
ONG POUR LA PROTECTION DE LENVIRONNEMENT LA RECHERCHE ET LAPPUI AU DEVELOPPEMENTNot stated$40,5502024
Recipient name withheldNot stated$30,0002025
Recipient name withheldNot stated$30,0002025
HENRY NXUMALO FOUNDATIONNot stated$23,3822024
MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEESNot stated$2,7052019
STEMPOWER INCNot stated$02024

Recipient names as published by the California Grants Portal.

What comparable notices state

8 records
Stated ceilings on open records in the same industry.

Sample too small. 8 open records stored under Business & Commerce state an award ceiling, and no figures are shown below 10. Three records do not have a middle, and a median drawn from them would be read as a benchmark.

Who has won this programme before?

35 awards
Awards under the same assistance listing, not under this notice.

35 federal awards on file under assistance listing 19.989, the programme this notice is published under. These are not awards made under this notice — a listing covers every year the programme runs, and awards under an open notice do not exist yet.

Every award under this programme

Common questions

7 questions
Every answer is a stored field from this record. Questions the source did not answer are not asked.
How much can one applicant receive?
$5,000,000 – $50,000,000 per recipient.
How much funding is available in total?
$500,000,000 across the whole programme. This is the total the funder has allocated, not an amount any single applicant can receive.
When is the application deadline?
May 31, 2027.
Who is eligible to apply?
For profit organizations other than small businesses, Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification), Private institutions of higher education, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Small businesses.
What can the funding be used for?
Critical Minerals Investment, Commercial Diplomacy Acceleration, as classified by the source.
Is matching funding required?
No. The source states that no matching funds are required.
Has this programme funded anyone before?
35 prior awards are on file for this programme, made by Bureau of African Affairs. Recipients, amounts and fiscal years are listed on this page.

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Provenance
Source pagegrants.gov
Retrieved2026-10-22
MethodAutomated check
First seen2026-09-02
Assistance listing19.989

The official page governs. If the source and this record disagree, the source is correct — programmes change their terms between our checks, so confirm every figure above before you apply.