Cooperative Agreement SLMAQM20CA2048

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences program totaling $724,656 will support the creation of two original global datasets on concentration camp systems from 1896 to 2018. The University of Arizona will produce the datasets under a two-year period ending in July 2024. The first dataset will catalog approximately 150 systems of concentration camps used in over 90 countries during the specified time frame. The second dataset will provide...

The International Center for the Study of Violent Extremism (ICSVE) will deliver training and resources to address hate crimes through a $400,000 project grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance. The grant was awarded on October 1, 2022 under the Community-Based Approaches to Advancing Justice program (CFDA 16.047). Over a three-year period concluding September 30, 2025, ICSVE will train law enforcement, community stakeholders, and victim...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of African Affairs (CFDA 19.979 - Regional Peace and Security) is intended to "ENHANCE THE ABILITIES OF RELIGIOUS LEADERS TO COUNTER EXTREMIST DISCOURSE WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY STRENGTHENING COMMUNITY MECHANISMS FOR PEACEFUL COEXISTENCE" in Togo. The $110,000 award was granted to Miscellaneous Foreign Awardees, a for-profit organization, to deliver these services from September 30, 2024, through October 31, 2025. The...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences program totaling $198,693 will fund research conceptualizing, measuring, and analyzing religious fundamentalism. The University of Maryland, College Park will conduct a full-scale survey of over 3,300 adults from contrasting religious groups to evaluate similarities and differences in fundamentalist beliefs and attitudes. Researchers will develop a standardized fundamentalism scale to gauge...

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 Center for Religion and Diplomacy Inc., doing business as the International Center for Religion and Diplomacy, was awarded a $1.5 million project grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency on September 18, 2022. The grant funding will support work under FEMA's Financial Assistance for Targeted Violence and Terrorism Prevention Grant Program (CFDA 97.132). The grant aims to deliver services aligned with the six objectives of the TVTP Grant Program, including increasing community...

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...

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 a $987,654 Project Grant to The Asia Foundation under the International Programs to Support Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (CFDA 19.345) federal grant program. The goal of the Project Grant is to support equal protection for religious minorities in Bangladesh by reducing intercommunal tensions and inequalities among religious communities. The Asia Foundation will deliver targeted programs and services from September...

The Department of State Bureau of Democracy Human Rights and Labor awarded a $750,000 Project Grant to Outreach Aid To The Americas Inc. under the International Programs to Support Democracy, Human Rights and Labor federal grant program (CFDA 19.345). The grant will support independent faith leaders to monitor and conduct advocacy around violations of freedom of religion and belief from September 15, 2022 through March 31, 2024. The program location is 1173 Delaware St, Denver, CO 80204 where...