Cooperative Agreement SECAGD18CA0071

This federal Cooperative Agreement award, valued at $1,506,152.00, is funded by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs under the Academic Exchange Programs - Special Academic Exchange Programs (CFDA 19.011) grant program. The award provides opportunities for eight (8) U.S. undergraduate and graduate students from South Pacific nations to study in fields important for the region's future development. The grant is awarded to the Center for Cultural and...

This $13,560,800 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs supports the East-West Center's FY25 programming under the Cultural, Technical and Educational Centers program (CFDA 19.015). The East-West Center, a non-profit organization based in Honolulu, Hawaii, will use the funding to deliver a variety of cultural, educational, and professional exchange initiatives designed to promote mutual understanding between the United States and the...

The Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs awarded a $29,037,800 project grant to the East-West Center to support its separate appropriation for fiscal year 2022. The grant was awarded on November 23, 2021 under the Cultural, Technical and Educational Centers program (CFDA 19.015) to achieve the objectives specified by Congress of increasing mutual understanding between the peoples of Asia, the Pacific, and the United States. As authorized by the Fulbright-Hays Act, the...

The Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs awarded a $19.7 million Project Grant to the East-West Center under the Cultural, Technical and Educational Centers federal grant program (CFDA 19.015) to support the Center's separate appropriation for fiscal year 2021. The East-West Center will utilize the funding from February 9, 2021 through September 30, 2021 to achieve the program's objectives of increasing mutual understanding between the peoples of Asia, the Pacific,...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs at the U.S. Department of State, funded under the CFDA program "Public Diplomacy Programs" (19.040), provides $117,311.28 to the Center for Cultural and Technical Interchange Between East and West, Inc. (East-West Center) to enhance regional connections among journalists in the Indo-Pacific through a study tour and dialogue. The award, effective September 30, 2023, with a completion date of October...

This federal Project Grant award of $110,000.00 was provided by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) to the Center for Cultural and Technical Interchange Between East and West, Inc. (East-West Center) on September 13, 2024. The funding supports the second iteration of the ASEAN Reporters Tour, a program to build a network and sense of collective identity among regionally focused journalists from the member...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) grant, provides $210,000.00 to implement a trilateral program that enhances cooperation among women security experts from Korea, Japan, and the U.S. The program aims to advance shared security priorities and gender equity in the Indo-Pacific region. The awardee, the Center for Cultural and Technical Interchange Between East and West,...

This $250,000 Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs on September 30, 2023, supports Gravitas Pasifika, LLC in running a Young Pacific Leaders Conference to coincide with the Festival of Pacific Arts in Hawaii. The award also funds virtual activities and follow-on initiatives. This project aligns with the Department of State's CFDA 19.040 "Public Diplomacy Programs," which seeks to advance U.S. foreign policy goals,...

The U.S. Department of State, through its Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040), awarded a $2,650,000 Cooperative Agreement to the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) on September 30, 2024. The grant aims to establish a robust network to advance a connected, prosperous, secure, and resilient Indo-Pacific region by empowering young leaders to address shared challenges. UNO will deliver this program, titled "YSALI", over the 3-year period ending on September 30, 2027. As part of this...

The Department of State Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs awarded $228,000 under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) to support travel for U.S. researchers to attend the Regional PIURN Conference in July 2023 in New Zealand. Hosted by the University of the South Pacific and Cook Islands Research Center, the conference aims to inform and influence foreign publics through cultural exchange and expanding relationships between researchers. The funding will allow U.S. participants...