The Department of State Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs awarded a $271,350 project grant to Fulbright Canada through the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) federal grant program. Fulbright Canada will empower indigenous youth in Canada through scholarships and leadership training programs. The grant period runs from September 2021 through August 2022. Fulbright Canada will deliver scholarships and leadership development opportunities to indigenous youth in Canada, in alignment with the...
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 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 U.S. Department of State, through its Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040), has awarded a $200,000 Cooperative Agreement to International HBCU Xchange Inc. The purpose of this award is to address the gap in research collaborations and partnerships between Historically Black Institutions in the U.S. and South Africa, through a student-faculty exchange program. The performance period for this award is from October 1, 2024, to February 28, 2025. This federal grant program supports the...
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 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...
This $1,651,000 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (CFDA 19.009 - Academic Exchange Programs - Undergraduate Programs) will fund the "Five Institutes for Student Leaders from the Western Hemisphere" program. The program will provide 100 participants from the Western Hemisphere with educational and cultural exchange experiences in the United States focused on civic engagement and democracy, entrepreneurship and...
The University of Windsor was awarded a $106,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) on October 3, 2023. The grant will fund the delivery of a virtual "Entrepreneurship SpeakHer Series", hosting two in-person networking events with American women keynote speakers, and connecting Canadian women entrepreneurs to American mentors through networking. The project aims to foster...
The Department of State Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs awarded a $100,860 cooperative agreement to the Vancouver Chinatown Foundation For Community Revitalization to provide a platform for American and Canadian Chinatown business and cultural leaders, as well as public safety experts, to exchange ideas on preserving Chinatowns and building economic networks among U.S. and Canadian counterparts. This award falls under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) federal grant program and...
The Department of State Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs awarded a $266,000 cooperative agreement to Comisión Fulbright to support a 6-7 week program in the United States for undergraduate students from Argentina during the Argentine summer and U.S. winter. The award falls under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) federal grant program and will provide educational exchange opportunities for Argentine students from September 2022 through April 2023. As part of its mission to inform...