International

First Opportunity

• NOTE: This is a limited submission and UF can only submit one application.
• Sponsor: Department of State, U.S. Mission to France PDS
• Funding Opportunity Title: U.S. Mission to France PDS: Annual Program Statement 2024
• Key words: France, media literacy, climate change, shared democratic values and interests, misinformation
• Link to RFP: https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/352856
• Internal deadline: 04/08/24- submit project summary, budget, justification, and biosketches via Infoready portal: https://ufresearch.infoready4.com/#competitionDetail/1935659
• Agency Deadline: 04/29/2024
• Funding available: minimum of $5,000 to maximum of $24,999 for each award
• Period of performance: up to 12 months
• Program background: The U.S. Department of State provides funding for well-conceived programs that support U.S. Mission to France’s strategic priorities. Proposed programs should strengthen bilateral ties between the United States, promote increased understanding of the United States among the French public, and include a clear connection with the United States. All programs must include a U.S. element or a connection, which could include collaboration/cooperation with experts, private or public organizations, or institutions from the United States in a one of our priority field.
• Program Objectives:
  • Civic Education and Media Literacy: Activities that support involvement of young people in the civic life of their country and building a sense of shared values and responsibilities of citizenship, especially across ethnic, religious, and socio-economic divisions. Activities that build media literacy and resilience to misinformation.
  • Climate change and environmental sustainability: Activities that encourage understanding of climate change, promote civic activities supporting environmental sustainability, promote innovation and economic opportunity related to climate change, and demonstrate how America and France can work together to achieve our climate goals.
  • Shared Democratic Values and Interests: Non-partisan activities that promote the long history of the U.S.-France relationship and build people-to-people ties based on our shared history and democratic values, promoting human rights and bringing to the forefront issues facing minority and disenfranchised communities. This could include but is but not limited to commemorations of key historic events such as the 80th anniversary of the Liberation of France.

Second Opportunity

• Sponsor: Department of State, US Mission Pakistan Public Diplomacy Section
• Funding Opportunity Title: Annual Program Statement
• Key words: Pakistan, media freedom, journalism, climate change, civil society
• Link to RFP: https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/353087
• Agency Deadline: 06/30/2024
• Funding available: minimum of $20,000 to maximum of $150,000 per award
• Period of performance: 16 months or less
• Program background: PDS invites proposals for projects that strengthen people-to-people ties between the United States and Pakistan and increase understanding of the United States’ foreign policy, values, and culture through direct or virtual engagement. Competitive proposals should support a priority program area (see below). While not required, especially competitive proposals will include content or connections with American expert(s), organization(s), or institution(s) that will promote increased cooperation between the people of the United States, the U.S. Mission in Pakistan, and the people of Pakistan after the program concludes.
• Program Objectives:
  • Environmental Sustainability and Climate Resilience programs: Projects that increase public awareness of and engagement in environmental protection and climate change issues, and that promote policy development and innovation to combat climate change. This may include areas such as sustainable development, sustainable finance, renewable energy, eco-tourism, and other related fields.
  • Promotion of media freedom and journalism capacity building programs
  • Civil Society: Fostering an Engaged Citizenry

Posted: April 5, 2024
Category: Research Funding Opportunities
Tagged as: civil society, Climate change, France, Journalism, media freedom, media literacy, Misinformation, Pakistan, shared democratic values and interests