First Opportunity

• NOTE: This is a limited submission and UF can only submit one application.
• Sponsor: Department of State, U.S. EMBASSY COTONOU PUBLIC DIPLOMACY SECTION
• Funding Opportunity Title: U.S. Embassy Cotonou PDS Request for Statements of  Interest: Notice of Funding Opportunity
• Key words: Benin, investigative journalism
• Link to RFP: https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/353390
• Internal deadline: 04/25/24- submit project summary, budget, justification, and biosketches via Infoready portal: https://ufresearch.infoready4.com/#competitionDetail/1935659
• Agency Deadline: 05/30/2024
• Funding available: maximum of $ 15,000 for each award
• Period of performance: up to 12 monthsProgram background: The U.S. Embassy Cotonou Public Diplomacy Section (PDS) of the U.S. Department of State announces a Request for Statements of Interest (RSOI) from organizations interested in applying for funding for program proposals that strengthen ties between the peoples of the United States and Benin through cultural and exchange programming that highlights shared values and promotes bilateral cooperation.  PDS invites organizations interested in potential funding to submit SOI applications outlining program concepts that reflect this goal.
• Program Objectives: Investigative Journalism: Activities that link Beninese journalists to American journalists or media institutions, and/or empower community radios with best practices to handle an adversarial debate, and/or develop tools and skills to combat myths and disinformation and to verify information before sharing with the public in order to strengthen free press and journalism as an institution in Benin.  Target audience:  community radios, mid-career journalists.

Second Opportunity

• Sponsor: Department of State, U.S. EMBASSY BELMOPAN, PUBLIC AFFAIRS SECTION (PAS)
• Funding Opportunity Title: Annual Program Statement
• Key words: Belize, media training, media literacy, disinformation, journalism
• Link to RFP: https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/353181
• Agency Deadline: 05/31/2024 and 7/31/24
• Funding available: maximum of $10,000 per award
• Period of performance: 12 months or less
• Program background: PAS Belmopan invites proposals for projects that strengthen ties between the United States and Belize by highlighting shared values and promoting bilateral cooperation. Grant proposals must convey an American cultural element, support a priority program area (see below), or include a connection with American experts, organizations, or institutions in a specific field that will promote increased understanding of U.S. policy and perspectives.
• Program Objectives:
  • Academic and professional lectures, seminars, and speaker programs;
  • Strengthening civil society;
  • Media training and enhancing media literacy
  • Combating disinformation, supporting excellence in journalism

Posted: April 12, 2024
Category: Research Funding Opportunities
Tagged as: Belize, Benin, Disinformation, investigative journalism, Journalism, media literacy, media training