Project Grant P274A200008

This $249,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs supports the expansion and operation of American Spaces in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, as well as celebrating 75 years of U.S.-Cambodia relations. The award recipient is Pannasastra University of Cambodia, a private, foreign-owned educational institution that manages American Spaces and EducationUSA advising centers in the country. The funding will enable the university to continue...

The Department of State Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs awarded a $600,000 cooperative agreement to The Asia Foundation to support implementation of the Cambodia YSEALI Summit 2022 under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) federal grant program. The Asia Foundation will plan and organize the Cambodia YSEALI Summit in December 2023 to advance the program's goals of informing and influencing foreign publics and expanding relationships between people to support U.S. foreign...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) under the Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas (CFDA 98.001) program provides $2,025,409 in funding to the East-West Management Institute Inc. to implement the "Civil Society Resilience (CSR) Activity" in Cambodia. The project aims to strengthen the legal and enabling environment for civil society organizations (CSOs) and civil society networks in the country. Key activities include...

The Center for Strategic and International Studies, Inc. (CSIS) received a $100,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of State Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs to conduct the Next Generation Exchange Program. The goal of this program is to identify and cultivate the next generation of experts, supporters, and leaders of the U.S.-ROK alliance. It will be carried out in South Korea between September 30, 2022 and September 29, 2023. The funding supports the Public Diplomacy...

The Center for Strategic and International Studies Inc. (CSIS) received a $110,540 project grant award from the U.S. Agency for International Development Regional Development Mission for Asia (USAID) under the USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas (FAPO) federal grant program. The grant funded research and analysis on opportunities to strengthen development cooperation between the United States and Laos from September 2021 through March 2022. As part of the FAPO program's goal of...

The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs awarded a $600,000 Cooperative Agreement under the East Asia and Pacific Grants Program (CFDA 19.124) to Kenan Foundation Asia, a Thailand-based non-profit organization. The "Empowering Youth for Sustainable Tourism Futures" project aims to empower 100 young leaders from five Mekong countries to lead innovative and community-based sustainable tourism initiatives and businesses. The award period runs from...

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded a $219,996 Project Grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163) to the Center for Cultural and Technical Interchange Between East and West, Inc. (East-West Center) in Honolulu, Hawaii. The award period runs from October 1, 2024 to December 31, 2025. The grant will fund a project titled "CONTEMPORARY ASIAS: PLURALITIES BEYOND AREAS" which will explore recent changes in the production,...

The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs awarded a $429,993.70 Cooperative Agreement to the Conservation International Foundation to develop the 4th Mekong Research Symposium (MRS). The award, funded under the Environmental and Scientific Partnerships and Programs (CFDA 19.017) grant program, supports the organization's work to facilitate the research symposium in Cambodia from October 1, 2024 to May 30, 2025. The Mekong Research...

This $100,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) is intended to establish the Center of Excellence for English Language Teaching Capacity Building at the National University of Mongolia. The grant, with a performance period from September 30, 2024 to September 30, 2025, will be administered by the non-profit organization American Councils for International Education: ACTR / ACCELS,...

The Department of State Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs awarded a $250,000 Project Grant to Kenan Foundation Asia, doing business as Kenan Institute Asia, to bring youth leaders from the ASEAN region and Timor-Leste to Thailand for a multi-day workshop centered on environmental issues. The grant was awarded on September 15, 2022 under the Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs Appropriation Overseas Grants program (CFDA 19.022) to support the Bureau of Educational and Cultural...