Federal International Development Grants

This funding opportunity supports partnerships between accredited universities in the U.S. and Côte d’Ivoire to promote academic exchange, joint research, and professional development initiatives that foster mutual understanding and sustainability.

The U.S. Mission to Ecuador through the Public Diplomacy Section (PDS), announces an open competition for organizations and individuals to submit proposals to implement projects with innovative approaches to counter irregular migration in Ecuador.

The Public Diplomacy Section of the Embassy of the United States in Paraguay is pleased to announce that funding is available through its Fiscal Year 2024 Public Diplomacy Grants Program. This is an Annual Program Statement, outlining our funding priorities, the strategic themes we focus on, and the procedures for submitting requests for funding. The PD section seeks to inform and share with audiences in Paraguay about the United States, its culture, society, government, legal, economic, and political systems, and values through programs focusing on the priority areas outlined in the full Annual Program Statement for FY 2024 document.

This funding opportunity supports U.S. government-sponsored exchange program alumni in Eswatini to implement innovative projects that strengthen U.S.-Eswatini ties and benefit local communities.

This funding opportunity provides financial support for organizations to create public engagement activities in Bangladesh that celebrate American values and culture in connection with the 250th anniversary of U.S. independence.

The U.S. Department of States Embassy Astana announces an open competition opportunity to implement a project that strengthens Kazakhstans media environment through the provision of legal support to journalists who may need assistance; legal-related training for journalists and media content creators, law students or practitioners; ethics and management training for journalists and media outlets; and educational initiatives targeting law enforcement to raise awareness about the rights of journalists. The project aims to promote professional journalism standards and ensure proper legal protections where needed, while supporting Kazakhstans efforts towards democracy and rule of law. Providing legal assistance is crucial in addressing the prevalent issue of journalists facing harassment and intimidation. This support helps safeguard press freedom, ensuring their ability to report freely and holding accountable those who seek to suppress their work. Priority will be given to projects that focus on and provide evidence of tangible, measurable results. Projects consisting solely of conferences or roundtable discussions, theoretical research or surveys, or the writing or publishing of books, are unlikely to be funded. The United States of America and the Republic of Kazakhstan collaborate extensively on bilateral and regional matters, including support for Kazakhstan's commitment to safeguarding media freedoms and elevating journalistic professionalism. Legal protection is foundational to a safe environment for journalism practice, ensuring the safety of journalists and their ability to fulfill their duties. Equally crucial is the need for journalists and content creators to be well-versed in their rights and responsibilities as outlined by the law. This knowledge extends to law students, practitioners, and law enforcement, fostering a holistic understanding of media law. In addition to safeguarding media freedoms, enhancing ethics and management practices helps ensure a robust and well-functioning media landscape. The objective is to not only level the media playing field for independent outlets, but also to empower them with the skills needed to navigate economic challenges, such as financial generation management and resilience during economic downturns. In line with these goals, the U.S. Embassy seeks to facilitate collaboration between various stakeholders by partnering with a qualified non-profit organization in implementing a program. This initiative aims to provide legal support as well as ethics and management training to journalists, content creators, law students, practitioners, and law enforcement in Kazakhstan, bridging the gap between legal expertise and the media landscape. Project Audience(s): The project should target journalists, media professionals, media content makers, law students and practitioners, and law enforcement agents throughout the country. The project should be able to provide services in Kazakh and Russian. Project Goal: Strengthen press freedom and independence in Kazakhstan by providing access to legal support services and training programs to media and legal professionals. Project Objectives: The program should support objective journalism and ethical journalism standards through the provision of timely, exhaustive, and comprehensive legal consultations to journalists, content creators, law students and practitioners, and media consultants. The program should be able to provide pro-bono legal support in cases when a journalist or a media outlet, requesting such support, were fulfilling their professional duties in accordance with international journalism standards and ethics, as well as the laws and regulations of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The program must include media rights and responsibilities trainings for journalists and content creators, law students and practitioners, and for law enforcement agencies. Proposals should outline strategies and activities aimed at empowering media entities to build strong and sustainable management practices. This may include initiatives focused on financial generation management, strategic planning, and resilience-building measures to navigate economic challenges and enhance the overall managerial competence of independent media organizations. The DREAM Initiative encompasses three key lines of effort to fortify independent media in Kazakhstan: Legal Support, Ethics and Management Training, and Media Transparency. These objectives align with the overarching goal of fostering objective journalism and ethical standards. Project proposals may address one or more of these objectives, or other objectives within the above policy priorities. Objective 1: Improve knowledge and awareness of legal rights and media laws among a minimum of 100 participants through a series of six training sessions. (Ensure at least half of the training sessions are conducted in Kazakh). Topics may include media laws, ethical journalism standards and management practices, journalist legal protections and emerging legal challenges. Objective 2: Advocate for enforcement of legislation that uphold international journalism standards and legal protections by providing media professionals access to timely legal support and consultation services. Objective 3: Improve the ability of independent media organizations, including media executives, editors, and journalists to implement effective management practices through capacity building training focused on organizational management, strategic planning, developing diversified revenue streams, and ethical journalism practices.

This funding opportunity supports organizations and individuals in Singapore to create projects that promote U.S. values and strengthen ties between the U.S. and Singapore through cultural, educational, and professional initiatives.

The U.S. Embassy in Ukraine of the U.S. Department of State announces an open competition for organizations to submit applications to carry out a program to support Ukrainian arts by fostering Ukrainian American collaborations and/or presenting American content in theatrical plays, musical and dance performances, and visual arts projects, such as exhibits. Please follow all instructions below. Priority Region: Ukraine. Program Objectives: Russias war against Ukraine targets not only its territory and people but also Ukraines very identity as a nation. Culture nurtures that identity, particularly the performing arts and visual art projects which gather Ukrainians together even during wartime. To support Ukrainian performing and visual arts in these challenging times of Russian aggression against Ukraine the U.S. Embassy Kyiv Public Diplomacy Section (PDS) invites Ukrainian registered non-profit, non-governmental organizations to apply for funding to support theatrical, music, dance or literary performances and visual arts projects that (a) present American content to Ukrainian audiences with or without American participation, (b) create new art through American-Ukrainian collaboration between organizations or individuals, or (c) establish programs supporting American mentoring for Ukrainian artists. The grant from the U.S. Embassy will cover costs associated with developing such projects and with concluding presentation or series of presentations of created works. The following types of programs are not eligible for funding: Projects in Film. Cultural festivals and conventions, including music and film festivals. Projects in creative industries. Programs relating to partisan political activity. Charitable events. Construction. Programs that support specific religious activities. Fund-raising campaigns. Lobbying for specific legislation or programs. Scientific research. Programs that duplicate existing programs Participants and Audiences: The project must be tailored towards Ukrainian audiences, and all project activities supported by the U.S. Embassy grant should take place in Ukraine and incorporate a substantive U.S. component. Projects tailored towards minorities, underserved groups and IDPs are encouraged. Taking into consideration current limitations related to bringing Americans to Ukraine, the project can include virtual interaction between participants and stakeholders. For additional information, please see attached.

This funding opportunity supports non-profit organizations, educational institutions, and individuals in Bulgaria and beyond to develop projects that strengthen U.S.-Bulgarian ties through public diplomacy initiatives in areas like education, culture, and technology.

This funding opportunity provides financial support to locally-led Nigerian organizations to implement projects that address key development priorities in health, education, economic growth, governance, and conflict mitigation.

The U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL) announces an open competition for organizations interested in submitting applications for a project that supports the meaningful political and civic participation of youth in the Solomon Islands.

U.S. Embassy Mexico City of the U.S. Department of State announces an open competition for organizations to submit applications to carry out a program to promote workforce development in the printed circuit board (PCB) industry through curriculum development for PCB focused courses at secondary and tertiary educational levels, certificate programs, vocational instruction, dual education, technical English language skills building, and full or partial support for internships in Taiwanese PCB manufacturing firms either in Taiwan or Mexico.

This funding opportunity provides financial support for U.S. and Japanese organizations, educational institutions, and individuals to develop projects that strengthen U.S.-Japan relations through cultural, educational, and strategic initiatives.

This funding opportunity provides financial support to organizations working to strengthen Moldova's ability to enforce international sanctions and improve compliance with strategic trade controls through capacity building and outreach initiatives.

This funding opportunity provides financial support for U.S. colleges and universities to design and deliver a training program on U.S. food safety regulations for nine Armenian participants from government, private sector, NGOs, and academia.

USAID/Vietnam intends to issue a Cooperative Agreement for USAID/Vietnam's Inclusion III-b activity. The anticipated period of performance is from September 1, 2023 to December 31, 2026. Attached is the activity's draft Program Description (PD). We invite your comments/feedback on this draft PD. Any responses should be submitted to Hoa Nguyen at hoanguyen@usaid.gov and Patrick Kollars at pkollars@usaid.gov no later than COB Hanoi time, February 9, 2023. All responses will be considered prior to finalizing the PD. Please note USAID will not respond to questions related to this RFI at this time. Please be advised that this is not a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) and does not constitute a commitment on the part of the U.S. Government to make an award. We anticipate releasing the NOFO in late February, 2023. We look forward to receiving your comments/feedback. Thank you for your time and interest in the activity.

This funding opportunity provides financial support for organizations working to prevent the spread of weapons of mass destruction and enhance global security through various non-proliferation initiatives.

This funding opportunity provides financial support to nonprofit organizations and educational institutions in the U.S. and Kazakhstan to strengthen ties through sports and digital skills development, particularly for young professionals outside major cities.

The U.S. Embassy announces an open competition for assistance awards through this Notice for one or a series of programs to support the Moldovan media sector. The objective of the project is to strengthen and develop the local production capacity of Moldovan media in the interests of providing a plurality of views, supporting editorial independence, and increasing the quality of domestically produced media in Moldova. It also aims to improve Moldovanss ability to critically assess mass media and social media, and to support qualified organizations that can increase the level of professionalism of Moldovan journalists and media outlets. Proposals may cover all types of media tools and channels social interaction and social media as well as mass media. Proposals are free to target any audience within Moldova, but should not be targeted at the whole of Moldova. Successful proposals will identify and target a specific subset of the population and should clearly explain why targeting that demographic group is important. The Embassy invites applicants to identify and extend existing good practices and to include in their proposals a discussion of how the proposal does not duplicate existing activities undertaken by other entities. The submission of the Statement of Interest (SoI) is the first step in a two-step process. Applicants must first submit a concise statement of interest designed to clearly communicate program idea and objectives using the Microsoft Forms link provided later in this document. This is not a full proposal. The purpose of the SOI process is to allow applicants to submit program ideas for evaluation prior to requiring the development of a full proposal application. Upon a merit review of eligible SOIs, selected applicants will be invited to expand on their program idea(s) by submitting a full proposal application. Full proposals will go through a second merit review before final funding decision are made. Program Objectives: This proposal plans to fund a diverse range of programs. Support independent news and information media outlets (broadcast, online, or print) that are committed to factual, objective and thorough reporting on issues relevant to Moldovas economic and political development; Develop the institutional capacity, competitiveness, and sustainability of independent media outlets; Support innovative approaches to using technology, including alternative delivery platforms, to more effectively inform Moldovan audiences on issues relevant to Moldovas economic and political development; Upgrade media outlets online presences, including improved security and resilience against hacking and other threats; Develop and strengthen media outlets on the regional and local level in the Republic of Moldova.

This initiative provides support to local organizations in Sokoto and Zamfara States, Nigeria, to improve economic opportunities, food security, and community resilience for vulnerable populations through collaborative and inclusive projects.