Cooperative Agreement SGECPD18CA0041

The Department of State Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor awarded $987,654 to Media Diversity under the International Programs to Support Democracy, Human Rights and Labor federal grant program (CFDA 19.345) for the period of October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2025. The project aims to empower civil society organizations in North Africa and the Middle East to counter intolerance and discrimination targeting Jewish communities and other religious minorities through the use of...

This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD), under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research (CFDA 93.307) program, is funding research to evaluate culturally appropriate anti-smoking messages for high-risk Asian ethnic subgroups, including Korean, Vietnamese, and Filipino Americans. The research aims to assess the acceptability and effectiveness of targeting strategies, such as deep structure (content reflecting Asian cultural...

The Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded a $150,000 Project Grant to Komuniteti Mysliman I Shqiperise to build capacities and skills among young people to prevent and counter extremism and radicalization in Albania. The grant was awarded under the AEECA/ESF PD Programs (Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia/European Stability Initiative Public Diplomacy Programs) and will support related civil society and democracy building public diplomacy efforts from...

This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (CFDA 93.307 - Minority Health and Health Disparities Research) provides $808,314 to the University of Southern California to explore the roles of parental mental health and help-seeking behaviors in upstream suicide prevention for sexual minority youth. The key objectives are to: 1) compare four recruitment strategies to survey parents of sexual minority adolescents about their mental health and...

This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242), provides $1,029,739 to the University of Illinois to adapt and pilot-test an online group-based HIV prevention and mental health intervention for first-generation Arab immigrant sexual minority men in the U.S. The project, titled "Feasibility, Acceptability, and Preliminary Efficacy of an Adapted Group-Based and Online HIV Prevention...

This federal Project Grant award of $1,677,674 from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of the Director (CFDA 93.310 Trans-NIH Research Support) aims to elucidate how mental health during late adolescence and early adulthood (ages 18-24) is influenced by four types of LGBT-targeted policies: religious exemptions, gender-affirming healthcare bans, LGBT-restrictive school curricula, and LGBT-supportive school curricula. The project will use a multi-method approach, collecting survey...

The Department of State Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor awarded a $987,654 project grant to BBC Media Action under the International Programs to Support Democracy, Human Rights and Labor federal grant program (CFDA 19.345). The goal of the project is to combat discrimination and intolerance on the basis of religion by confronting online hate speech and promoting positive narratives of social inclusion in media designed and created by adolescent girls and young women in Myanmar. The...

The Department of State Bureau of Democracy Human Rights and Labor awarded a $1.2 million project grant to E-Collaborative For Civic Education Corporation under the International Programs to Support Democracy, Human Rights and Labor federal grant program (CFDA 19.345). The grant will fund efforts from August 2022 through September 2025 to increase respect for nonbelievers' freedom of belief in Iran through expanded empathy, understanding, and advocacy among the general public and religious and...

The Department of State Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor awarded $1.28 million to Rights Action Lab, Inc. under the International Programs to Support Democracy, Human Rights and Labor federal grant program (CFDA 19.345) for the period of September 30, 2022 through September 30, 2024. The project aims to increase the ability of Tibetans and other vulnerable communities to communicate, access information freely, and defend against targeted online attacks. It will provide tools to...

The Mazzoni Center received a $449,996 project grant award from the Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women under the Grants for Outreach and Services to Underserved Populations program (CFDA 16.889). The three-year award will support the Center's efforts to develop and implement outreach strategies targeted at adult or youth victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking from underserved populations. Specifically, grant funds will be used to strengthen...