How much can one applicant receive?

$75,000 per recipient. The source states: “Single award of $75,000 to administer the Opportunity Funds program”.

How much funding is available in total?

$75,000 across the whole programme. This is the total the funder has allocated, not an amount any single applicant can receive.

Is matching funding required?

No. The source states that no matching funds are required. Cost sharing: false

OtherForecastedFixedU.S. Mission to Zimbabwe, Department of State

2020/2021 EducationUSA Graduate Opportunity Funds Program

Awards $75,000 per recipient for civil society/non-governmental organizations, individuals working at or with universities, not-for-profit organizations, other legal entity, private educational institutions, public educational institutions, think tanks, closing Not stated.

Official page

Civil society/non-governmental organizationsIndividuals working at or with universitiesNot-for-profit organizations Other Legal Entity Private educational institutions Public educational institutions Think tanks Education

In one sentence

2020/2021 EducationUSA Graduate Opportunity Funds Program awards $75,000 per recipient, open to civil society/non-governmental organizations, individuals working at or with universities, not-for-profit organizations, other legal entity, private educational institutions, public educational…

Record fields

Program pool (total): $75,000
Total across all awards in this programme. Not an amount any single applicant can receive.
Award ceiling (per project): $75,000
Single award of $75,000 to administer the Opportunity Funds program
Award floor: $75,000
Typical award: $75,000
Deadline: Not stated
Deadline type: fixed
Opens: Not stated
Status: Forecasted
Eligible entities: Civil society/non-governmental organizations · Individuals working at or with universities · Not-for-profit organizations · Other Legal Entity · Private educational institutions · Public educational institutions · Think tanks
Geography: Not stated
Matching funds: No
Disbursement: Not confirmed
Application effort: Not confirmed
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

$75,000

Award ceiling (per project)The most one applicant can receive

$75,000

Source wording: “Single award of $75,000 to administer the Opportunity Funds program”

Who can apply?

entity

Civil society/non-governmental organizations, Individuals working at or with universities, Not-for-profit organizations, Other Legal Entity, Private educational institutions, Public educational institutions, Think tanks

Source field: entity types

industry

Education

Source field: industries

use

Advising sessions, Application fees, International airfare, SEVIS fees, Settling-in allowance, Standardized test costs, Transcript evaluations, Visa fees

Source field: use of funds

size limit

Not stated

Source field: applicant size limit

clause text

Eligible organizations must be United States and Zimbabwean organizations. All organizations must have a unique entity identifier (DUNS number) and valid registration on SAM.gov

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

When does it close?

Not statedfixed deadline

Estimated application due date

What can the money be used for?

Standardized test costsApplication feesTranscript evaluationsAdvising sessionsVisa feesSEVIS feesInternational airfareSettling-in allowance

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?

Application effort: Not confirmed
Disbursement: Not confirmed
Matching funds: No
Cost sharing: false

Who has received this funding?

No award records yet

We hold no prior awards for this programme. That is a gap in what we have connected, not a finding that the programme has never funded anyone — check the official page, which may list past recipients.

Common questions

Every answer below is a stored field from this record. Questions the source did not answer are not asked.

How much can one applicant receive?: $75,000 per recipient. The source states: “Single award of $75,000 to administer the Opportunity Funds program”.
How much funding is available in total?: $75,000 across the whole programme. This is the total the funder has allocated, not an amount any single applicant can receive.
Who is eligible to apply?: Civil society/non-governmental organizations, Individuals working at or with universities, Not-for-profit organizations, Other Legal Entity, Private educational institutions, Public educational institutions, Think tanks.
What can the funding be used for?: Standardized test costs, Application fees, Transcript evaluations, Advising sessions, Visa fees, SEVIS fees, International airfare, Settling-in allowance, as classified by the source.
Is matching funding required?: No. The source states that no matching funds are required. Cost sharing: false

Provenance

Source pagegrants.gov

Retrieved2026-08-31

MethodAutomated check

First seen2026-08-31

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.