Cooperative Agreement SSF75023CA0068

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of African Affairs, under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) federal grant program, provides $200,000 to address the gap in research collaborations and partnerships between Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) in the U.S. and institutions in South Africa. The award supports a student-faculty exchange program to facilitate cultural, educational, and scientific exchanges that promote mutual...

The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs awarded a $100,000 Project Grant (CFDA 19.022 - Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs Appropriation Overseas Grants) to the Alumni Exchange Association, a non-profit organization based in Zimbabwe. The grant is intended to facilitate the Southern Africa Regional Alumni Summit, a cultural and educational exchange program, with a performance period of September 30, 2024 to June 30, 2025. The grant supports activities...

The Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs awarded a $110,327 cooperative agreement to Global Ties South Africa to manage logistics for Fulbright grantees under the Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs Appropriation Overseas Grants program (CFDA 19.022). Global Ties South Africa will provide logistical support services for Fulbright Foreign Student and Fulbright South African Research Scholar Program grantees in South Africa from May 2022 through March 2024. As part...

The purpose of this $400,000 cooperative agreement awarded by the Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (DOS/ECA) to Creative Associates International Inc. under the parent Educational Exchange, American Studies Institute federal grant program was to implement a United States-Algeria School Linkages Program in Algeria from December 31, 2007 to December 31, 2008. The US-Algeria School Linkages Program was a virtual exchange program that aimed to establish partnerships...

The Department of State Bureau of African Affairs awarded a $249,640 cooperative agreement to Miscellaneous Foreign Awardees to develop, market, manage, implement, and monitor a small grants program that will fund 100 alumni projects. The award was made under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) federal grant program to support the achievement of U.S. foreign policy goals and objectives through informing and influencing foreign publics. The cooperative agreement recipient will deliver a...

The Department of State Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs awarded a $228,524 cooperative agreement to National Alumni Network to provide alumni outreach and collaboration with alumni across Kazakhstan from July 8, 2022 to June 30, 2023. This award was made under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) to support the achievement of U.S. foreign policy goals and objectives through informing and influencing foreign publics and by expanding and strengthening the relationship between...

The Department of State Bureau of African Affairs awarded a $109,360 project grant under the Public Diplomacy Programs federal grant program (CFDA 19.040) to conduct workshops in the Eastern Cape region of South Africa. The workshops, taking place from October 2021 through January 2023, will address the underlying causes of sexual- and gender-based violence by drawing on expertise from the U.S. and South Africa. The Public Diplomacy Programs aim to inform and influence foreign publics to advance...

The Department of State Bureau of African Affairs awarded a $105,736 project grant to Found Sound Nation Inc. under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) federal grant program. The grant will fund a project to visit South Africa from September 2021 through October 2022 to document and highlight the shared and distinct experiences of America and South Africa's struggles against racial injustices through music and filmmaking. Specifically, the awardee and its collaborators will use music and...

The Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs awarded a $19,591,110.00 Cooperative Agreement to the International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX) to administer and implement the FY24 Mandela Washington Fellowship. Under this program, IREX will recruit and select 700 young African leaders, aged 25-35, to travel to the United States for six-week academic and leadership institutes on topics such as leadership in business, civic engagement, and public management. The...

The Youth Tamdoult Association for Culture and Development was awarded a $222,300 Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) federal grant program. The purpose of the award is to implement a series of alumni capacity building and networking events under the brand "Alumni Connect" in Morocco. The grant has a performance period from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2026 and includes a...