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.

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.

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: 2026-09-07

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.

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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

federal

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

Business & Commerce

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, 2027266 daysDeadline type Fixed date

What can the money be used for?

2 categorysThe 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 fieldEffort, match requirement and reimbursement, as the source stated them.

Application effort: Not confirmed
Disbursement: Not confirmed
Matching funds: No

What comparable notices state

6 recordsStated ceilings on open records in the same industry.

Sample too small. 6 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.

Common questions

6 questionsEvery 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.

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Provenance

Source pagegrants.gov

Retrieved2026-09-07

MethodAutomated check

First seen2026-09-02

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