Cooperative Agreement SECAAE08CA064

The Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded $349,880 to Love Politics under the Public Diplomacy Programs federal grant program (CFDA 19.040) to support the pilot project "Love Politics - A Nonpartisan Political Leadership Training Program for the Next Generation of Responsible Politicians." The project will provide political leadership training to participants through classes starting in January 2023, with applications accepted starting in fall 2022. The...

The Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs awarded a $1,265,076 Cooperative Agreement on September 1, 2024 through the Academic Exchange Programs - Scholars (CFDA 19.401) federal grant program. The purpose of this award is to implement the Study of the U.S. Institutes for Secondary Educators program. The program will support approximately 20 international secondary educators (e.g., administrators, curriculum developers, teachers) to participate in a five-week academic...

The Research Foundation for the State University of New York at Stony Brook will organize three virtual intensive institutes in 2023 and 2024 for young scholars in Eurasia under a $217,915 Project Grant from the Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs. Funded through the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040), the institutes aim to support U.S. foreign policy goals and inform foreign publics by expanding relationships between people. Set to take place in July 2023, January...

The Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs awarded a Project Grant of $1,080,020.00 to the American Council of Young Political Leaders (ACYPL), a non-profit organization, on August 30, 2023. The grant is provided under the Professional and Cultural Exchange Programs - Citizen Exchanges (CFDA 19.415) and supports ACYPL's program to promote ties between emerging foreign leaders in policymaking and politics and their American counterparts. The program aims to strengthen...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (SBE) program (CFDA 47.075) provides $118,007 to William Marsh Rice University to create a new initiative to engage, support, and promote the study of legislative politics across gender and sub-disciplinary divides. The initiative will host virtual events, seminars, and an annual in-person conference, maintain a website and listserve with over 550 members, and promote women's...

The Department of State Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs awarded $129,333 under the Public Diplomacy Programs federal grant to Doublethink Lab for a research project analyzing Chinese propaganda techniques regarding Xinjiang and Hong Kong. The project will use computational analysis to identify and expose how the People's Republic of China disseminates disinformation at scale, with the goal of delivering these findings between October 2021 and September 2023. The Public Diplomacy...

This $848,489 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs supports the American Council of Young Political Leaders (ACYPL) for its FY 2024 Traditional Public Private Partnership Program. The funding will be used to facilitate cultural exchange and public diplomacy programs that promote cross-cultural understanding, democratic values, and leadership development among young political professionals globally. The award is part of the...

This $1,651,000 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (CFDA 19.009 - Academic Exchange Programs - Undergraduate Programs) will fund the "Five Institutes for Student Leaders from the Western Hemisphere" program. The program will provide 100 participants from the Western Hemisphere with educational and cultural exchange experiences in the United States focused on civic engagement and democracy, entrepreneurship and...

The Department of State Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs awarded Toronto Metropolitan University $196,991 under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) federal grant to support two in-person exchange trips to Washington, D.C. in May 2022 and May 2023. The grant will fund participation of 30 Canadian fellows each year in the CanStudyUS program, which aims to provide non-partisan, open dialogue between interested young Canadian leaders and U.S. practitioners. The program seeks to help...

The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs awarded a $122,174.10 cooperative agreement to the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS) in Japan. The award, under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) grant, will fund a 3-day media study tour to South Korea for 8 Japanese journalists. The project will explore U.S.-Japan-South Korea security cooperation, with pre- and post-trip lectures, reporting presentations, and online webinars over an...