Cooperative Agreement SECAAE10CA072

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,...

The U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, awarded a $2,120,000 Cooperative Agreement to World Learning Inc. on September 6, 2024. The award, funded under the Academic Exchange Programs - Undergraduate Programs (CFDA 19.009), aims to build the capacity of accredited U.S. higher education institutions to expand their study abroad programming in support of U.S. foreign policy goals. The grant will support activities such as selecting and placing international...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award, issued by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, is provided under the Academic Exchange Programs - Scholars (CFDA 19.401) program. The purpose of this $1,265,076 award is to implement the Study of the U.S. Institutes for Secondary Educators program. The award supports the design and delivery of three five-week exchange programs for approximately 60 international secondary educators. The programs will include four...

The Foundation For International Understanding Through Students, Inc. (Fiuts) received a $112,189 cooperative agreement award from the Department of State Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs to provide summer intensive English courses for four weeks for ten defector students in South Korea. The funding supports the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) which aims to inform and influence foreign publics and expand relationships between people to support U.S. foreign policy goals....

The Project Grant award of $550,000 from the U.S. Department of State's Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) will support the "INSTITUTE FOR POLITICAL AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT (IPACE)" program delivered by World Learning Inc. from October 1, 2023 through September 30, 2024. The program aims to advance U.S. foreign policy goals, national interests, and national security by informing and influencing foreign publics and strengthening relationships between the U.S. and citizens of other...

The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs awarded a $143,772.78 project grant to the United States Studies Centre, an educational institution based in Australia, under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) on August 12, 2024. The grant supports the "AUKUS INNOVATION: TRILATERAL UNIVERSITY PARTNERSHIP FOR A NEW STRATEGIC AGE" project, which aims to deepen Australia's understanding of the United States through research, teaching, and public...

The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs awarded a $776,018 Project Grant to The Institute for National Security Studies (INSS), a non-profit think tank affiliated with Tel Aviv University, to identify and address key threats to U.S.-Israel relations. The grant, funded under the Investing in People in The Middle East and North Africa (CFDA 19.021) program, will support INSS in convening a task force to formulate actionable recommendations, which will then be shared...

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 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...

The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs has awarded a $249,983 Cooperative Agreement to Western Washington University (WWU) to run a Young Pacific Leaders Regional Workshop on Media Literacy and Journalism in Tonga. The project, funded under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040), will provide virtual activities and follow-on programming from September 30, 2023 through July 30, 2025. The goal is to support U.S. foreign policy objectives by informing and...