Project Grant AID611G1500002

This Cooperative Agreement award of $159,000.00 from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs (CFDA 19.040 Public Diplomacy Programs) supports the Asociacion Centro Cultural Costarricense-Norteamericano (CCCN), a non-profit educational institution in Costa Rica, to organize the 2025 National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) Conference, launch the 2025 Promising Youth Artists Program, create an Empowering Art Workshop, and participate in the Afrodescendent...

The Department of State Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs awarded $245,000 under the Investing in People in The Middle East and North Africa federal grant program (CFDA 19.021) to Games For Change, Inc. to launch an inaugural G4C Summit. The Summit will bring together 150 attendees in Spring 2022 at the Yas Media Technology Campus in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates to strengthen business-to-business ties between the U.S. and UAE in the games industry. The event aims to build a community of practice...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) Project Grant award of $295,591 to the University of Kentucky Research Foundation will develop a deep graph neural network-based foundation model to quantify and predict place-based innovation (PBI) factors. The key products and services to be delivered include: Modeling the time and capital requirements for PBI product development and commercialization. Assessing the impacts of...

The Atlantic Council will provide a mini MBA experience for 40 Saudi women entrepreneurs through $349,259 from the Department of State Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs. Funded under the Investing in People in The Middle East and North Africa program (CFDA 19.021), the Atlantic Council proposes workshops, mentoring, and educational modules to expand connections developed during an initial phase of the Ignite program. This cooperative agreement will support cultural, educational, and information...

The Department of State Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs awarded Nation Builders Conference Inc. a $150,000 Project Grant under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) federal grant program. The grant will fund a one-year leadership and entrepreneurship development program delivered in two tracks for high school students in Alexandria, Cairo, and Luxor, Egypt. The program aims to support the achievement of U.S. foreign policy goals through informing and expanding relationships between the U.S....

This Cooperative Agreement award of $182,883 from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (CFDA 19.022 - Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs Appropriation Overseas Grants) provides funding for a three-day NextGen TechCamp in Kazakhstan. The program will focus on 50-60 alumni from the TechWomen and TechGirls U.S. government-sponsored exchange programs, with a specific emphasis on developing women's leadership in STEM fields. The National Alumni Network,...

The Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded a $214,500 Project Grant to support the 2022 Riga Conference in Latvia. The grant was awarded under the Public Diplomacy Programs CFDA #19.040 to advance U.S. foreign policy goals through informing and influencing foreign publics. Funding will support the Riga Conference from October 3, 2022 through December 31, 2022. As the leading high-level international security forum in the Baltic-Nordic region, the conference is...

The Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs awarded a $350,000 Cooperative Agreement to Cultural Vistas, Inc. to manage all aspects of the Young Pacific Leaders Conference in 2025. This award is funded under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) federal grant program, which supports U.S. foreign policy goals by facilitating cultural, educational, professional, and scientific exchanges between the United States and other countries. Through this Cooperative Agreement, Cultural Vistas, a...

This $299,894 project grant was awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.070) federal grant program. The 2-year project, titled "Harmony in Hacking: Orchestrating Cryptography with Elements of Music," is being conducted by California State University San Marcos Corp. The project aims to develop an innovative "Harmony Hacks" hackathon model to engage over 100 high school girls in computing activities...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award of $550,000.00, provided by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs under the Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs Appropriation Overseas Grants (CFDA 19.022) program, will fund a 4-day summit for 150 YSEALI (Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative) alumni from Southeast Asia. The summit will focus on leadership development, regional collaboration, and networking. The award was made to Persatuan Gaya Hidup...