U.S. Mission Iraq EducationUSA Roadshow

The U.S. Mission Iraq EducationUSA Roadshow is a federal discretionary grant opportunity administered by the U.S. Department of State through the U.S. Mission to Iraq. The opportunity is identified by Funding Opportunity Number OFOP0003594 and is associated with Assistance Listing 19.021, Investing in People in The Middle East and North Africa. The funding activity category is Education, and the funding instrument is a grant. The opportunity was posted on August 12, 2026. The U.S. Mission to Iraq expects to make one award under this funding opportunity, with estimated total program funding of $200,000. The purpose of the EducationUSA AI Roadshow is to bring U.S. higher education experts to Iraq and showcase U.S. artificial intelligence programs. The initiative is intended to attract international students to U.S. educational opportunities while building partnerships between universities. The program also seeks to support trade with key technology companies. According to the announcement, this academic engagement supports U.S. foreign policy objectives in a region influenced by competing global powers and promotes U.S. standards related to ethical artificial intelligence, data privacy, and intellectual property protection. The anticipated award is between $185,000 and $200,000, with an award floor of $185,000 and an award ceiling of $200,000. Estimated total program funding is $200,000, and one award is expected. Cost sharing or matching is not required. The provided synopsis does not state additional restrictions on expenditures, indirect costs, subawards, or a specific period of performance. Applicants should therefore consult the full opportunity announcement available through the referenced MyGrants opportunity for any detailed budget, allowable-cost, performance-period, or program implementation requirements not contained in the Grants.gov synopsis. Eligible applicants include U.S. and foreign not-for-profit organizations, including think tanks and civil society or non-governmental organizations. Public and private educational institutions are also eligible, as are Public International Organizations and governmental institutions. In addition to fitting an eligible organizational type, applicants must have demonstrated experience developing and administering similar programs. Applicants must also have the capacity to operate in Iraq or maintain active partnerships with organizations operating in Iraq. These requirements make relevant program experience and demonstrated operational capacity in Iraq important eligibility conditions. The Grants.gov record provides an Apply function and links applicants to the opportunity in MyGrants for additional information. The supplied synopsis does not identify a required letter of intent, concept paper, pre-proposal, notice of intent, or other pre-application gating requirement. It also does not provide a list of required proposal narratives, forms, attachments, evaluation criteria, or scoring weights. Applicants should rely on the full announcement in MyGrants for submission requirements that are not reproduced in the synopsis. The source material does not provide enough information to estimate application preparation time reliably. The opportunity was posted on August 12, 2026, and the current and original closing date for applications is September 11, 2026. No recurring, annual, biennial, quarterly, rolling, or other repeating application cycle is stated, so the opportunity is treated as a non-recurring funding opportunity based on the supplied information. No award notification date or performance period is stated in the synopsis. Applicants experiencing difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically may contact the U.S. Mission to Iraq at baghdadpdgrants@state.gov. No individual grantor contact name or telephone number is provided in the supplied source.

Demonstrate experience developing and administering similar programs and clearly establish capacity to operate in Iraq or active partnerships with organizations operating there. Align the proposed approach with U.S. higher education AI programs, international student attraction, university partnerships, ethical AI, data privacy, and intellectual property protection.