Project Grant AID118G1100001

The Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded a $275,320 project grant to CEC Artslink Inc. under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) federal grant program. The grant will support ART PROSPECT, a project bringing together U.S. and Russian artists to explore their respective nations' complicated histories through two intensive creative residencies in Georgia and Kyrgyzstan from October 2022 to December 2023. The project aims to advance U.S. foreign policy goals...

The Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded a $195,452 project grant to Latvijas Transatlantiska Organizacija (doing business as Lato) to support implementation of The Riga Conference. This leading high-level security forum in the Baltic/Nordic region was funded under the Public Diplomacy Programs CFDA #19.040. The Public Diplomacy Programs aim to support U.S. foreign policy goals through informing and influencing foreign publics. The Riga Conference grant aligns with...

The Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded a $118,272.40 Project Grant under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) federal grant program to Miscellaneous Foreign Awardees for a project taking place in Russia from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2023. The grant will fund efforts to strengthen people-to-people ties by sharing knowledge about the cultures and ways of life of indigenous peoples, specifically the Ojibwe in Minnesota and Karelians in Karelia. The...

The Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded a $322,200 cooperative agreement to Forum For Cultural Engagement, Inc. from October 1, 2022 through March 31, 2024 to provide technical and logistical support for U.S. arts and cultural programming with Russian audiences. 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. Funding...

The Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded a $299,999.75 cooperative agreement to the Eurasia Foundation to support a 12-month English Language Exchanges Support Program. The program will engage teachers and alumni of the Access and Advance programs across Russia to participate in U.S.-based exchange activities from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2023. This award is being provided through the Department of State's Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) to...

The Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded $286,165 under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) federal grant to A.s.e. Global Bridges, Inc. from October 1, 2022 to December 31, 2023. The project grant funding will support the Sports for All Program, which will engage U.S. experts to share best practices with the goal of using sports as a platform to expand inclusive youth environments in Russia. Specifically, American leaders in diversity, inclusion, and...

The Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded $206,039 under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) federal grant to Lyrica Classic Entertainment Inc. to deliver the Spread New Music to the World program in Russia from October 1, 2022 to May 31, 2023. The program will unite nations through music by providing opportunities to experience new American sacred music and celebrate the 150th anniversary of composer Sergei Rachmaninoff. The Public Diplomacy Programs aim to...

The Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded a $161,175.06 cooperative agreement to American Councils For International Education: Actr/Accels, Inc. to organize 25 virtual fellowship placements in the United States for administrators of regional business accelerators and incubators. The award is being carried out under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) federal grant program to support the achievement of U.S. foreign policy goals and objectives through...

The Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded a $421,125 Project Grant to A.s.e. Global Bridges, Inc. under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) federal grant program. The grant will support the Bridges to Shared Future program, which will use dance as a means to foster dialogue between youth in the U.S. and Russia. The program aims to promote mutual understanding at a time when anti-U.S. sentiment is proliferating in Eurasia. A.s.e. Global Bridges, Inc. will...

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, January...