Project Grant OT0122GO00001
- The Open Technology Fund received a $53.5 million project grant award from the U.S. Agency for Global Media on May 28, 2021 to support planning and operations expenses related to international broadcasting in Eastern Europe. The funding will support the grantee's work under the Agency's International Broadcasting Independent Grantee Organizations program (CFDA #90.500), which aims to promote freedom and democracy through multimedia communication of accurate news and information about the U.S....
- The US Agency for Global Media awarded a $167,796,576 project grant to Middle East Broadcasting Networks, Inc., doing business as Middle East Broadcasting, on November 30, 2021. The grant funding will support planning and operations expenses related to international broadcasting in the Middle East under the agency's International Broadcasting Independent Grantee Organizations program (CFDA #90.500). The program aims to promote freedom and democracy and enhance understanding through multimedia...
- The US Agency for Global Media awarded a $207.3 million Project Grant to RFE/RL Inc., doing business as Radio Free Europe, on November 19, 2021. The grant funding will support planning and operations expenses related to international broadcasting in Eastern Europe. Specifically, Radio Free Europe will utilize the funding to promote freedom and democracy and enhance understanding through multimedia communication of accurate, objective, and balanced news, information, and other programming about...
- The U.S. Agency for Global Media awarded Radio Free Asia a $96.3 million project grant on December 1, 2021 under the International Broadcasting Independent Grantee Organizations program (CFDA 90.500). The grant will support planning and operations expenses related to international broadcasting in Asia. Specifically, Radio Free Asia will use the funding to promote freedom and democracy and enhance understanding through multimedia communication of accurate, objective, and balanced news,...
- The Tor Project Inc. will receive $1.2 million under a Project Grant award from the Department of State Bureau of Democracy Human Rights and Labor. The funding is part of the International Programs to Support Democracy, Human Rights and Labor program (CFDA 19.345) and will support ensuring human rights defenders, journalists, activists and other marginalized people have a safe, secure experience on the Tor network. Specifically, the Tor Project will reduce malicious relay activity and improve...
- The Department of State Bureau of Democracy Human Rights and Labor awarded a $1 million Project Grant to Global Partners Digital LIMITED to counter internet fragmentation and enable an open, interoperable, reliable, and secure internet that promotes and protects human rights in the target country. The award period is from September 30, 2022 to September 30, 2024 under the International Programs to Support Democracy, Human Rights and Labor federal grant program (CFDA 19.345). This program funds...
- The Department of State Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor awarded a $1 million Project Grant to The Tor Project Inc. under the International Programs to Support Democracy, Human Rights and Labor federal grant program (CFDA 19.345). The two-year award will support The Tor Project's efforts to promote rapid response to emergent global censorship events to ensure that internet censorship is well documented and rapidly addressed, protecting individuals' access to open information...
- The Department of State Bureau of Democracy Human Rights and Labor awarded a $700,000 Project Grant to the DT Institute under the International Programs to Support Democracy, Human Rights and Labor federal grant program (CFDA 19.345). The grant will fund a project to increase access to censored content and use advanced end-to-end encryption technologies to enhance the digital safety and privacy of at-risk users and communities in internet repressive countries. The project aims to open...
- The Georgia Tech Research Corporation will receive $1.2 million from the Department of State Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor under the International Programs to Support Democracy, Human Rights and Labor federal grant program (CFDA 19.345) to provide improved geographic granularity of internet shutdowns and greater visibility into internet throttling as a form of censorship. The project aims to enhance the global internet freedom community's understanding of these issues from...
- The Department of State Bureau of Democracy Human Rights and Labor awarded a $1,000,000 Project Grant to Internews Network through the International Programs to Support Democracy, Human Rights and Labor federal grant program (CFDA 19.345) to make critical open source safety tools more stable, secure, and user friendly. The grant, awarded September 30, 2022 and set to be completed by March 31, 2024, will invest in improved sustainability for six tool teams at risk of failure due to lack of...
The Open Technology Fund received a $61,405,706 project grant award from the U.S. Agency for Global Media on July 21, 2022. The grant funding will support planning and operations expenses related to international broadcasting in the Middle East under the Agency's International Broadcasting Independent Grantee Organizations program (CFDA #90.500). This program aims to promote freedom and democracy overseas through accurate, objective multimedia communication and programming about the United States and world. Specifically, the Open Technology Fund will utilize the grant funding to deliver international broadcasting services and content to audiences in the Middle East aligned with the program's goals of enhancing understanding and promoting freedom through open exchange of information.
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