2027 YSEALI ScamShield Regional Workshop
🏛 U.S. Mission to ASEAN
✓ Free, no account · Source: Grants.gov · Last verified Jul 27, 2026
Can you apply?
This grant is for organizations and institutions developing the YSEALI ScamShield Regional Workshop in Cambodia. Eligible applicants include nonprofits, think tanks, NGOs, educational institutions, individuals, public international organizations, and government institutions. The workshop gathers 60 YSEALI alumni and 11 mentors from ASEAN countries for training on countering online financial scams. Activities include expert panels, site visits, and action planning to detect and disrupt criminal financial networks in Southeast Asia.
The geographic focus is ASEAN countries, particularly Cambodia, with participants from all 11 ASEAN member states. This is a cooperative agreement to organize and oversee a four-day regional workshop.
Not the right fit? Find grants for your organization in 5 questions →
Program description
The Public Diplomacy Sections (PDS) of the U.S. Mission to ASEAN and U.S. Embassy Phnom Penh announce an open competition for applications to develop, organize, and oversee the Young Southeast Asian Leader Initiative (YSEALI) ScamShield Regional Workshop in Cambodia. Following the success of the YSEALI CyberSafe workshop in January 2026, this next workshop on countering online scams will reveal how criminal scam groups use illicit financial flows as they victimize Americans and Southeast Asians, and it will teach young leaders to detect, disrupt, and dismantle criminal financial networks. The workshop will gather approximately 60 YSEALI exchange alumni and up to 11 YSEALI CyberSafe alumni mentors from all 11 ASEAN countries for four days of expert panel discussions, site visits, and workshops where they will design action plans for detecting, disrupting, and dismantling the financial flows of scam groups in Southeast Asia. Participants will deploy the skills and network they develop at the workshop, working together across borders to counter criminal scam groups, disrupt illicit financial flows, and help protect the people of Southeast Asia and America. Please follow all instructions below.
More details are on the U.S. Mission to ASEAN website.
Who can apply
Eligible applicants
How to apply
Application links
Key dates & requirements
Required documents
- Application narrative
- Budget and budget narrative
- Organizational background/capacity statement
- Evidence of experience with regional convening or international workshops
- Letters of support from ASEAN contacts or YSEALI program partners
Program contact
- 👤 Immanuella Suganda Grantor
- 📧 sugandai@state.gov
- 📞 08111549105
Funding track record
Recent awards under CFDA 19.452 from the last 3 years — real organizations that won funding through this same program.
Top 10 Largest Recent Awards
-
$3,800,000
-
$1,300,000
-
$62,896
-
$26,120
-
$21,650
-
$18,500
-
$11,970
-
$11,600
-
$9,991
-
$0
Source: USAspending.gov — federal spending transparency. Data covers last 3 years.
Funding history
Annual funding for this program — Federal obligations (CFDA 19.452). How funding has trended year over year.
| 2024 | $1,000,000 | |
| 2025 | $1,300,000 | |
| 2026 est. | $1,300,000 |
FAQ
Who can apply for this grant?
Nonprofits, NGOs, think tanks, public/private educational institutions, individuals, public international organizations, and government institutions are eligible. You must be able to develop and organize the workshop in Cambodia.
What is the funding amount and timeline?
Awards range from $200,000 to $300,000. The deadline is August 24, 2026. No cost-sharing is required.
What activities does this grant support?
This funds developing and overseeing a four-day regional workshop for 60 YSEALI alumni and mentors. Activities include expert panels, site visits, and designing action plans to counter online financial scams.
Who are the workshop participants?
Approximately 60 YSEALI exchange alumni and up to 11 YSEALI CyberSafe mentors from all 11 ASEAN countries will participate in the workshop.
What is the funding mechanism?
This is a cooperative agreement, meaning the funding agency will have substantial involvement in implementing the workshop alongside the grantee.
💡 Tips for applicants
- Demonstrate experience organizing large international workshops or convenings. Show past success managing 50+ participant events across multiple countries.
- Detail your connections to YSEALI alumni networks and ASEAN countries. Strong ties to existing participant pools strengthen competitiveness.
- Include a realistic budget that covers venue, travel for 70+ participants from 11 countries, expert speakers, and logistics for four days in Cambodia.
- Emphasize how the workshop will create actionable plans for participants to implement post-event. Show how outcomes will persist beyond the workshop.
- Clarify your organization's role in managing a cooperative agreement. Explain capacity to work closely with U.S. Mission to ASEAN staff throughout implementation.
⚠️ Common mistakes
Underestimating logistics costs for international participants from 11 countries. Failing to demonstrate prior experience with YSEALI or ASEAN regional programming. Not clearly explaining how the cooperative agreement structure will work with U.S. Mission oversight.
Similar grants
- OPEN The 2027 YSEALI Regional Workshop: Securing Supply Chains — U.S. Mission to Indonesia
- OPEN Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (YSEALI) Summit 2027 — U.S. Mission to Singapore
- OPEN Escape The Hack: Countering Cyber Scams with an Immersive Experience for Everyday Indonesians — U.S. Mission to Indonesia
- CLOSED Call for Proposals – Workshops to Stop the Spread of mis/disinformation — U.S. Mission to Cambodia
- CLOSING SOON Vietnam CyberSafe Hacks 2026 — U.S. Mission to Vietnam