Cooperative Agreement 72011120CA00002

The Department of State Bureau of Democracy Human Rights and Labor awarded a $2.5 million cooperative agreement to the Democracy Works Foundation to build the capacity of Angolan civil society to champion democratic governance and contribute to credible local government elections from September 2022 through September 2024. Under the International Programs to Support Democracy, Human Rights and Labor federal grant program (CFDA 19.345), the Foundation will provide training and technical...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs provides $247,200 to strengthen civil society organizations in Albania. Funded under the CFDA program "AEECA/ESF PD Programs" which supports civil society and democracy building in Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia, the award aims to make Albanian CSOs more effective, efficient and influential actors through December 2023. The awardee, a miscellaneous foreign entity, will work with...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) provides $167,292 to the Concord Consortium Inc., a non-profit research and development organization, to establish a sustainable open-source ecosystem supporting the Common Online Data Analysis Platform (CODAP). The primary goal is to enhance data science education in K-12 schools by solidifying and expanding the reach of CODAP - a user-friendly,...

This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865) provides $689,752 to The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) to conduct an experimental study on a model for supporting policymakers' use of scientific evidence to protect children. The study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of the Research-to-Policy Collaboration (RPC) model in improving...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (CFDA #47.076 - STEM Education) provides $1,514,073.00 to The Regents of the University of Colorado to investigate how to support middle grades teachers in integrating data exploration and sensemaking practices into their science instruction. The project develops an instructional framework called "Data Puzzles" that uses real-world climate science data and web-based data analysis tools to help students build data literacy...

The Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded a $202,623 cooperative agreement to Co-Plan Instituti Per Zhvillimin E Habitatit of Albania under the AEECA/ESF PD Programs (CFDA 19.900) to cultivate and boost the internal capacities of local civil society organizations and young activists in Albania. The project aims to support beneficiaries to monitor, analyze, and undertake concrete steps to advance democracy and civil society between January 1, 2022 and December 31,...

The Department of State Bureau of Democracy Human Rights and Labor awarded a $1.9 million Project Grant to the Centre For Peace And Development Initiatives (CPDI) through the International Programs to Support Democracy, Human Rights and Labor federal grant program (CFDA 19.345). The grant will fund efforts to strengthen the ability of civil society organizations, journalists, social media activists and citizens to promote efficient, transparent, responsive and accountable local governments in...

The Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded a $353,425 cooperative agreement to Instituti Per Demokraci DHE Ndermjetsim under the AEECA/ESF PD Programs (CFDA 19.900) on April 1, 2022. The agreement aims to empower local communities in Albania for strengthening resilience and preventing radicalization leading to violent extremism through multi-sector engagement. The AEECA/ESF PD Programs provide $353k in funding to support civil society and democracy building public...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) will support the development of a novel plugin for the Common Online Data Analysis Platform (CODAP) to visualize data privacy concepts for teaching, as well as create associated learning modules for integrating into privacy curricula. The $500,000 project will also empirically investigate the use of storytelling visualization techniques to improve pedagogical practices for teaching data...

The Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded $472,454 under the AEECA/ESF PD Programs (CFDA 19.900) federal grant program to Obrazovni Centar ZA Demokratiju I Ljudska Prava Civitas in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The July 20, 2021 award will support the awardee's comprehensive and innovative civic education program operating in both Bosnian entities through June 30, 2023. The program aims to educate Bosnia's youth about basic democratic concepts by developing their civic...