Project Grant HDTRA12310027

This Project Grant award, in the amount of $667,964.00, was provided by the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) to support the 2025 annual meeting for the GLOBE (Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment) program. The award will fund the 30th anniversary GLOBE annual meeting, which will take place from July 13-17, 2025 in Washington, D.C. The meeting will recognize GLOBE's history and milestones, while also providing opportunities for the GLOBE...

This National Science Foundation project grant award of $536,591 provides funding for the 27th Annual Globe Meeting from April 1, 2023 through September 30, 2024. The meeting will focus on open science and how the Globe Program's openly accessible database of over 233 million environmental measurements exemplifies the principles of open data accessibility, a priority of the sponsoring Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050). Sessions will explore mobilizing data collection beyond borders, expanding...

This $9,194,289 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (CFDA 19.402 - Professional and Cultural Exchange Programs - International Visitor Leadership Program) is intended to deepen understanding of U.S. public diplomacy, foreign policy, and the International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) across the Global Ties U.S. local network. The funding will strengthen the programming skills of the local Global Ties U.S. member network...

This Project Grant award of $120,910 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) will support a hybrid conference on "MEE HUBS: A Hybrid Conference in Microbial Ecology and Evolution" to be held from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2025. The conference will integrate microbiology, evolutionary ecology, physics, and mathematics to drive innovation in fundamental and applied research questions related to microbiomes. The project will develop a...

This $2,000,000.00 fixed amount Project Grant award from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) under the USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas (CFDA 98.001) program supports Colors of Connection Inc. to empower adolescent girls and young women in the impoverished urban areas of Goma, Nord Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The goal is to help these young people create more resilient, safe, and socially cohesive communities. The grant period runs from January...

The Center for Advancing Innovation, Inc. was awarded a $2.49 million project grant from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration under the BUILD TO SCALE federal grant program (CFDA 11.024) to launch the Global Health Innovation Challenge. Over three years, the Center will source and launch over 60 high-growth startups in the Washington D.C. metro area to address global health threats using technology. The startups will focus on preventing, diagnosing, treating and...

The Institute for Representative Government, Inc. (IRG) received a $340,500 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs to support the organization's FY21 Transatlantic Partnership Program (TPPP) under the Professional and Cultural Exchange Programs - Citizen Exchanges (CFDA 19.415) federal grant program. The TPPP funding will allow IRG to deliver citizen exchange activities from April 5, 2021 through September 30, 2022. These activities are...

The Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs awarded a $319,855 cooperative agreement to the Biji-Biji Initiative of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to design, implement, and oversee the 2022 Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative Summit in Brunei Darussalam. The summit, taking place under the federal Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs Appropriation Overseas Grants (CFDA 19.022), will gather alumni of the Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative to discuss a green recovery...

The US Agency for International Development Kenya awarded a $2 million cooperative agreement to the Consortium For Elections & Political Process Strengthening for the International Election Observation of Kenya's 2022 National Elections activity. The award was made on July 12, 2022 under the USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas program (CFDA 98.001) to support long-term economic growth and advance US foreign policy objectives. Through subawards, the Consortium will utilize the...

This $250,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) will support New York University (NYU) to curate the 8th Annual Angel Rising Investor Education Symposiums focused on demystifying and democratizing climate technology investments at COP 28 in the United Arab Emirates. The grant period runs from September 8, 2023, to February 29, 2024. The Public Diplomacy Programs aim to inform and influence...