Young Pacific Leaders Conference and Regional Workshops
- Posted
- July 17, 2025
- Closed
- August 15, 2025
- Award ceiling
- $100,000
- Award floor
- $50,000
- Program funding
- $400,000
- Expected awards
- 4
- Cost sharing
- No
- Instrument
- Cooperative Agreement
- Assistance listing
- 19.040
- Category
- Regional Development
- Archives
- September 14, 2025
Program funding history
Awards made under Assistance Listing 19.040 across FY2025–FY2027, from public federal spending records.
- FY2025 obligated
- −$16.6M
- FY2026 obligated
- $13.6M
- FY2027 (to date) obligated
- $0
- Awards in window
- 3,426
A negative year is a net de-obligation: downward adjustments to earlier awards exceeded new obligations in that year.
Top recipients: Georgetown University, American Councils for International Education: Actr/accels, Inc., Meridian International Center, Individual Recipient, Inquirefirst
Source: USAspending.gov · refreshed October 2026 · Program page: awards, recipients and the opportunities under this listing →
Synopsis
The U.S. Embassy New Zealand Public Diplomacy Section (PDS) of the U.S. Department of State announces an open competition for organizations to submit applications to carry out a program to develop and implement 1-4 of the following Young Pacific Leaders (YPL) Conference and Regional Workshops on each of the following topics:
1. YPL Annual Conference in New Caledonia or a Melanesian country for about $100,000, focusing on multilateral policy discussions that bolster U.S. security alliances with the Pacific contributing to a safer, stronger and more prosperous Pacific region.
2. YPL Regional Workshop on Security of Food Supply in Kiribati or a YPL country for about $100,000, focusing on commercial fishing, land and ocean-based resource management, and maritime domain awareness contributing to a stronger Pacific region.
3. YPL Regional Workshop on Digital Media Technology in Australia or New Zealand for about $100,000, focusing on digital reporting skills, exploring storytelling formats, building news revenue models, and growing digital reporting skills contributing to a safer Pacific region.
4. YPL Regional Workshop on Health Security in a YPL country for about $100,000, focusing on protecting national security and public safety interests contributing to a safer Pacific region.
Who can apply
- 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
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- Private institutions of higher education
The official record
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