Opportunity Information: Apply for PD SEOUL FY25 10
The Young Trilateral Leaders (YTL) Regional Workshop on Emerging Technologies (Funding Opportunity Number PD-SEOUL-FY25-10) is a U.S. Embassy Seoul public diplomacy grant opportunity to fund a 2026 regional workshop in South Korea, plus related virtual engagements, focused on critical and emerging technologies. It sits under the broader Young Trilateral Leaders Network, which was launched in the wake of the 2023 Camp David Trilateral Leaders Summit and the 2024 U.S.-ROK-Japan Trilateral Global Leadership Youth Summit. The central idea is to strengthen a lasting network of young leaders from the United States, the Republic of Korea, and Japan who can work together on major Indo-Pacific security, economic, and civic challenges, using technology as the core lens for collaboration.
The award will be made as a cooperative agreement, meaning the U.S. government will be actively involved in shaping and overseeing the program rather than simply funding it at arm's length. The total funding available is up to $75,000, with an expected single award, and the notice states funding is subject to availability. Applications are due by Tuesday, September 2, 2025 at 11:59 p.m. Korea time (GMT+9), and materials must be submitted by email to SeoulPDGrants@state.gov. The funding is issued under CFDA 19.040 (Public Diplomacy Programs) using FY25 Smith-Mundt public diplomacy funds.
Programmatically, applicants are expected to design an in-person workshop to be held in 2026 in a city outside the Seoul metropolitan area. The workshop is meant to convene Korean and Japanese youth alongside American peer experts to explore how leading U.S. technologies, expertise, and innovation can be used to bolster regional security, strengthen economic resilience, and support shared prosperity. In addition to the in-person component, proposals should include pre- and/or post-workshop virtual sessions that prepare participants with technical context, help them collaborate more effectively during the workshop itself, and keep relationships and joint work going afterward. The working language is English, and proposals that are essentially English-teaching programs are explicitly not eligible.
The opportunity is tightly focused on building trilateral cooperation while highlighting an American element. Proposals must clearly incorporate U.S. experts, organizations, or institutions, and they should also spell out the applicant's prior experience running comparable programs that operate across the United States, South Korea, and Japan. The stated objectives include advancing understanding of U.S. leadership in critical and emerging technologies, encouraging peer-to-peer and policy-relevant dialogue among participants, and reinforcing the shared values that the program connects to regional security and prosperity. The grant is also framed as a way to showcase American innovation and expertise and to support U.S. technology exports by strengthening awareness and collaboration in areas that matter to Indo-Pacific competitiveness and resilience.
In terms of content, the Embassy highlights several potential topic areas, while leaving room for applicants to propose additional emerging-technology themes. Suggested areas include artificial intelligence and its impact on democratic institutions and education systems, quantum computing, semiconductors, games and immersive technologies as spaces for collaboration, new technologies that encourage youth civic participation, and space exploration. The expected outcomes are practical and relationship-driven: improved participant understanding of U.S. technological leadership and its relevance to Indo-Pacific security and economic resilience, stronger professional and personal ties among young people across the three countries, and continued collaboration and knowledge-sharing after the workshop ends.
The participant pool is defined as college students and young professionals ages 20 to 35 from South Korea, Japan, and the United States, with demonstrated interest or background in critical/emerging technologies and the ability to work fluently in English in a trilateral setting. A specific constraint applies to U.S. participants: they must be residing in South Korea or Japan at the time of the program. The number of participants is not fixed in the notice and should be proposed in a way that realistically fits the $75,000 budget, with the applicant accounting for travel, lodging, and other necessary program costs.
Because this is a cooperative agreement, the U.S. Embassy Seoul, working in coordination with the U.S. Embassy Tokyo, will play a hands-on role throughout planning and delivery. Their involvement includes helping shape the design of both virtual and in-person content (including speaker recommendations and session formats), reviewing and approving recruitment and selection materials and the final participant list, providing remarks and support during the in-person convening, coordinating with other regional youth initiatives such as YSEALI, YPL, and YSALI to explore participant contributions, collaborating on follow-on activity design and monitoring, and promoting the program through Embassy communications channels.
Eligible applicants include not-for-profit organizations (including think tanks and NGOs/civil society groups), public and private educational institutions, public international organizations, and governmental institutions. The source data also lists eligibility categories such as nonprofits with or without 501(c)(3) status (other than institutions of higher education), private institutions of higher education, and other eligible entities. Optional proposal and budget templates are available for applicants to use, but they are not mandatory.Apply for PD SEOUL FY25 10
- The U.S. Mission to South Korea in the other sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Young Trilateral Leaders (YTL) Regional Workshop on Emerging Technologies" 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 2025-08-13.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2025-09-02. (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 $75,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: 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, Private institutions of higher education, Others.
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