This Cooperative Agreement award from the Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs provides $608,356 to support the International Center for Journalists' (ICFJ) FY 2022 Professional Fellows Program. The total funding amount includes $537,856 for the period through December 31, 2024. The award will support ICFJ's delivery of professional development training and cultural exchange services for international journalists and media professionals. These services are part of the...
This $118,871.39 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs, under the Public Diplomacy Programs for Afghanistan and Pakistan (CFDA 19.501) federal grant program, will fund a two-part training program to empower Pakistani women journalists. The training aims to help these journalists overcome professional development barriers they face due to gender. The award was made on September 29, 2024 and has a completion date of February 27,...
The Organisation Pour LE Developpement Socio-Culturel De Petit-Goave Odscp will provide logistic coordination for two journalism trainings in Haiti with $255,983.20 in funding from the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs under the Public Diplomacy Programs federal grant program (CFDA 19.040). The grant award period is from July 21, 2022 through May 31, 2023 to support training for a total of 24 reporters and media directors from Haiti. The Public Diplomacy Programs...
This $4,724,000 Project Grant, awarded by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement (CFDA 19.705 Trans-National Crime program), supports independent media in Central America in conducting investigations and evaluations that will increase their ability to uncover crime and corruption. The grant recipient, the Institute for War and Peace Reporting-US (IWPR-US), is a non-profit organization focused on media development, civil society strengthening, and...
This federal Project Grant award of $100,000 was provided by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of African Affairs under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) to offer a unique opportunity for early-career and mid-career journalists in Ghana to elevate their craft beyond daily tasks. The award period is from October 1, 2024 to February 27, 2025. The grant recipient is Miscellaneous Foreign Awardees, a for-profit organization registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) that...
This $500,000 Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) grant, is intended to balance and diversify the Central Asian media landscape. The key objectives are to increase access to licensed American content for Central Asian audiences and enhance the skills of local media content producers. The award recipient, International Research and Exchanges Board Inc. (IREX), is a global...
The Department of State Bureau of African Affairs awarded a $140,000 project grant to New Narratives, Inc. under the Public Diplomacy Programs federal grant program (CFDA 19.040) to address fundamental challenges facing independent journalism in Liberia. The grant-funded project will provide Liberian journalists with financial resources, training in basic journalism skills and knowledge, and support for operating in a threatening environment through capacity building efforts ending July 31,...
This Project Grant award, provided by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040), aims to engage vernacular journalists from five Indian languages in order to enhance their ability to identify and counter disinformation in their respective newsrooms. The total funding amount for this award is $174,681.04, with a performance period from September 30, 2024 to March 4, 2025. The grant recipient is Pacific Forum...
The U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, awarded a $104,138 Project Grant under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) to Instituto Cultural Dominico-Americano (ICDA), a private non-profit educational institution in the Dominican Republic. The grant funding supports a project to empower youth, teachers, and exchange alumni in the Dominican Republic, fostering engagement with U.S. State Department programs and utilizing American Spaces. The project aims to...
This Cooperative Agreement award, funded by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs (CFDA 19.600), supports the Sustaining Arab Fact-Based Independent Reporting (SAFIR) project. The $950,000 award, effective from October 1, 2024 to February 28, 2025, will be implemented by Internews Network, a non-profit organization specializing in media development, information access, and digital rights globally. The project aims to enhance the capacity of independent media outlets and...