The Department of State Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs awarded $380,655 under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) federal grant program to the Conference Of Defence Associations Institute to host three virtual and one in-person event discussing security threats impacting Canada and the United States. Specifically, the funding will support events on climate security, women, peace, and security, and the rise of China and instability in the Indo-Pacific region. The period of...
The Department of State Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs awarded $1,681,558 under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) to support American speakers, experts, delegations, collaborators and artists traveling to Montreal, Canada from September 14, 2022 to January 11, 2023. The funding will help strengthen ties between the digital ecosystems of the United States and Canada, and advance thinking on a desirable digital future. Printemps Numerique (doing business as Digital Spring) will...
The Department of State Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs awarded Toronto Metropolitan University $196,991 under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) federal grant to support two in-person exchange trips to Washington, D.C. in May 2022 and May 2023. The grant will fund participation of 30 Canadian fellows each year in the CanStudyUS program, which aims to provide non-partisan, open dialogue between interested young Canadian leaders and U.S. practitioners. The program seeks to help...
The Department of State Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs awarded $229,524 under the Public Diplomacy Programs federal grant to Fulbright Colombia, also known as Comision Para El Intercambio Educativo Entre LOS Estados Unidos De America Y Colombia Comision Fulbright. The funding supports the development of the Semilleros Fulbright program, a training and mentoring strategy that works with outstanding undergraduate students from underserved communities in Colombia. The program aims to...
The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs awarded a $157,000 Project Grant under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) to the Vancouver Chinatown Foundation For Community Revitalization. The grant will facilitate cross-border visits for the 2024 and 2025 iterations of the U.S.-Canada Chinatown Solidarity Summit. The purpose is to strengthen cross-border partnerships and collaborations among minority-owned small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and promote...
The U.S. Department of State, through its Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, awarded a $150,137.76 Cooperative Agreement to the Meridian International Center to "CONNECT U.S. EXPERTS WITH CANADIAN AUDIENCES AND INSTITUTIONS ON TOPICS OF STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE TO THE UNITED STATES THROUGH IN-PERSON AND VIRTUAL PROGRAMMING PLATFORMS." The award, with a performance period from Sep 27, 2024 to Sep 30, 2025, is funded under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) grant program, which...
The Department of State Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs awarded a $119,724 Project Grant to Comissao Fulbright Brasil through the Public Diplomacy Programs federal grant program (CFDA 19.040). The grant will support Brazilian institutions to enhance engineering undergraduate teaching in Brazil from September 30, 2021 through December 31, 2023. The Public Diplomacy Programs aim to inform and influence foreign publics to advance U.S. foreign policy and national security objectives. This award...
The Department of State Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs awarded a $101,154 Project Grant to Fulbright Colombia through the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) to promote inclusion, diversity, and equity and contribute to the personal and academic development of future leaders in Colombia. Fulbright Colombia will deliver programs and services from October 1, 2022 through November 1, 2022 to support the achievement of U.S. foreign policy goals of informing and influencing Colombian...
This $100,000 Project Grant was awarded by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs on October 1, 2024 to Comision Para El Intercambio Educativo Entre Uruguay Y Estados Unidos De America, a Uruguayan non-profit organization. The funding is to be used to ensure the well-being of candidates through robust stipends and allowances to keep pace with inflation and increasing costs of higher education in the U.S. This grant will support 10 selected grantees for the 2025...
The Department of State Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs awarded $185,685.80 under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) federal grant program to Fundacion De Las Americas Para El Desarrollo for a project grant beginning September 1, 2021 through July 1, 2022. The project grant funding will support opportunities for teenagers of African descent and/or Indigenous populations from underprivileged backgrounds in Ecuador to expand their horizons. Specifically, the funding will enable...