Cooperative Agreement SAM10018CA0009

The Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded a $350,000 Cooperative Agreement under the AEECA/ESF PD Programs (CFDA 19.900) to the Albanian Center For Quality Journalism / Qendra Shqiptare Per Gazetari Cilesore, a non-profit media center in Albania. The award, with a performance period of October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2025, will support the Center's efforts to empower Albanian investigative journalism and nurture future journalists. The funding will be used to...

The Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded a $200,000 Project Grant to support independent news production and counter propaganda efforts in Moldova. The grant funding will support the project "PRO TV Capacity Development" under the AEECA/ESF PD Programs (Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia/European Security Fund Public Diplomacy Programs) between May 25, 2022 and June 30, 2023. The AEECA/ESF PD Programs, identified by CFDA #19.900, provide...

The Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded a $205,887 Project Grant to support the diversification of media content on the Nordnews.md webpage and establishment of the Nordnews.tv online platform in Moldova. Funded under the AEECA/ESF PD Programs (CFDA 19.900) to provide civil society and democracy building public diplomacy initiatives in Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia, this June 15, 2021 grant will support the delivery of these services through June 15, 2022....

The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs awarded a $145,000 Project Grant under the Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs Appropriation Overseas Grants (CFDA 19.022) program to Digital Communication Network Global (DCN Global), a non-profit organization and community development corporation. The grant, awarded on September 29, 2023, will support a program to empower Ukrainian refugees through digital technologies and digital storytelling. The program, to...

The Department of State Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement awarded a $950,000 three-year Project Grant to World Vision Inc. under the International Programs to Combat Human Trafficking (CFDA 19.019) program. The grant will support efforts to identify and protect victims of human trafficking in Armenia through developing standard operating procedures with local partners and training curricula. A sub-award of $50,000 was provided to the Association of Audio Visual Reporters to...

The Institute of Museum and Library Services awarded Bric Arts Media Bklyn Inc. a $100,000 project grant under the National Leadership Grants program to produce One Brooklyn TV in partnership with the New York City Department of Education. One Brooklyn TV will bring educational media content to over 550,000 households in Brooklyn, providing students access to remote curriculum and instructional videos regardless of internet access. Now in its second year, the program will focus on creating...

This Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities will fund a summer bridge program at Helena College in Montana called "A Bridge to Humanities Pathways in College: Using Film Production to Explore Local Culture and History." Over a two-year period ending in September 2023, the $144,719 in funding will support three summer programs where high school and at-risk college students research and produce documentary films on topics representing under-explored aspects of the...

This Project Grant award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Trans-NIH Research Support program (CFDA 93.310) provides $394,417 to The Leland Stanford Junior University to conduct a social media counter-marketing campaign to improve diet quality among young adults (ages 18-29). The key objectives of the project are to: 1) Optimize a counter-marketing campaign that leverages young adults' values and attitudes to encourage healthier food choices, 2) Test whether the counter-marketing...

The Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded a $1,572,616 Project Grant to support the purchase of digital equipment for public interest content production targeting domestic minority audiences in Latvia. The grant supports the achievement of U.S. public diplomacy goals under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) to inform and influence foreign publics through expanding relationships between people. Funding will support the purchase of digital equipment from...

The Department of State Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs awarded a $224,365 project grant under the Public Diplomacy Programs federal grant program (CFDA 19.040) to the Khayat Culture And Learning Foundation. The grant will support training youth in Lebanon in investigative journalism and production of documentaries for television addressing issues such as violent extremism, corruption, human rights, misinformation, gender challenges, and youth problems. The training and documentary productions...