Kazakhstan Youth Leadership Camp 2025 | DOS KAZ AST PDS 25 001

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The Kazakhstan Youth Leadership Camp 2025 grant opportunity is a U.S. Embassy in Kazakhstan funding competition to support the design and delivery of a youth leadership camp to be held in summer 2026. The camp is intended to be a practical entrepreneurship and job skills-building program for young people in Kazakhstan who have a clear interest in the United States and U.S. culture. The participant group is capped at 50 youth and is specifically meant to draw from semi-finalists and alternates of U.S. Government youth exchange programs who could not ultimately participate because of annual participant limits, giving those motivated candidates another pathway to engage with U.S.-linked programming.

The program content is expected to emphasize U.S. best practices and "American excellence" through hands-on skill development that positions participants to become future leaders and partners for the United States. Proposed themes include U.S. entrepreneurship case studies, business best practices, pitching and persuasion, fundamentals of designing a business project, public speaking and presentation skills in English, and financial literacy. In addition to improving employability and entrepreneurial readiness, the camp is framed as a public diplomacy initiative that strengthens participants understanding of U.S. values and prepares them to contribute to U.S. economic interests in Kazakhstan, including by fostering connections and potential partnerships with American businesses.

Strong proposals will show how the camp will be delivered with credible U.S. engagement and sustained local impact. The Embassy encourages inviting U.S. speakers to serve as trainers and involving alumni of U.S. Government exchange programs as mentors, which helps connect participants to real-world experience and existing U.S.-Kazakhstan alumni networks. The opportunity also expects a post-camp component: the most active participants should have a chance to implement local entrepreneurship projects after the camp, extending learning into tangible community outcomes. Applicants are also asked to include a clear plan for networking and continued engagement among participants after the camp and beyond the formal end of the program, so the cohort continues collaborating, sharing opportunities, and reinforcing skills over time.

Proposals that effectively leverage existing U.S. Department of State resources in Kazakhstan are explicitly preferred. This includes integrating support or programming links with the Regional English Language Office (RELO), using American Space and makerspace resources in-country, and connecting participants to EducationUSA where relevant. In practice, this means competitive applications will likely describe concrete partnerships, joint activities, or resource-sharing arrangements rather than treating these assets as simple references.

From a funding and administrative standpoint, this is a discretionary opportunity funded through a cooperative agreement, meaning the U.S. Mission to Kazakhstan is likely to remain actively involved through coordination, approvals, or programmatic guidance during implementation. The opportunity is listed under the Education activity category with CFDA number 19.040. The award ceiling is $80,000, and the application deadline shown is July 31, 2025. Eligible applicants include not-for-profit organizations (including think tanks and NGOs), public and private educational institutions, public international organizations, and governmental institutions. The official opportunity identifiers are Funding Opportunity Title: Kazakhstan Youth Leadership Camp 2025 and Funding Opportunity Number: DOS KAZ AST PDS 25 001, issued by the U.S. Mission to Kazakhstan.

• The U.S. Mission to Kazakhstan in the education sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Kazakhstan Youth Leadership Camp 2025" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 19.040.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2025-06-13.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2025-07-31. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $80,000.00 in funding.
• Eligible applicants include: Others.

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