Project Grant SCO20016GR126

This federal Project Grant award, provided by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) grant program, will support the implementation of two cohorts of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Fellowship Program (MLK Program) at Centro Colombo Americano De Medellin, a nonprofit educational organization in Medellin, Colombia. The $400,000 grant, awarded on January 1, 2026 with a completion date of December 31, 2027, will fund...

The U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, awarded a $470,000 Project Grant to Centro Colombo Americano De Medellin, a nonprofit educational organization in Medellin, Colombia. The grant, funded through the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040), aims to expand access for Afro-Colombian and indigenous minority university students to professional development opportunities. The program provides intensive English language instruction, mentoring, academic advising, and...

The U.S. Department of State, through its Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, awarded a $150,000 Project Grant (CFDA 19.040 - Public Diplomacy Programs) to Centro Colombo Americano De Medellin, a nonprofit educational organization in Medellin, Colombia. The grant funding will provide 40 Afro-descendant and indigenous university students in Colombia with two years of intensive English language training, leadership development, cultural immersion, and community service activities. This program...

The Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs of the U.S. Department of State awarded a $116,202 Project Grant to the Centro Colombo Americano De Medellin, a nonprofit educational organization in Medellin, Colombia. The grant is funded through the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) and aims to support the achievement of U.S. foreign policy goals and advance national interests by facilitating cultural, educational, and professional exchanges between the U.S. and Colombia. The grant project will...

This five-year, $238,500 project grant from the US Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture's Higher Education National Needs Graduate Fellowship Grants program aims to increase diversity among agricultural graduates. The University of Florida will recruit and provide enhanced training to underrepresented minority fellows pursuing advanced degrees related to agriculture. Specifically, the university will employ a validated research-based strategy to recruit talented...

This $194,869 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs will provide a 2.5-year English and leadership program for indigenous and Afro-Ecuadorian youth. The program, administered by the Ecuadorian non-profit organization Fundacion De Las Americas Para El Desarrollo Partners Of The Americas (Fudela), aims to help the participants continue their education, gain more professional opportunities, and become agents of positive change in their...

The Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs of the U.S. Department of State awarded a $257,874 Project Grant under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) to the Fundacion Centro Cultural Colombo Americano De Cali (Centro Cultural Colombo Americano De Cali) to expand the College Horizons Outreach Program (CHOP) within Cali and Buga, Colombia. The CHOP program provides high-quality English instruction, mentoring, academic advising, and workshops on U.S. culture and values to high-achieving...

This federal Project Grant award from the United States Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA-NIFA) under the Higher Education - Multicultural Scholars Grant Program (CFDA 10.220) provides $213,532 to the Division of Agriculture of the University of Arkansas to expand diversity and support underrepresented minority (URM) first-generation transfer students in the Bumpers College at the UA-Fayetteville. The 5-year program, titled "Arkansas...

The Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture awarded Montana State University a $238,500 project grant under the Higher Education National Needs Graduate Fellowship Grants program (CFDA 10.210). The university will implement the Accessible Leadership Learning through Interdisciplinary Unified Mentoring program to train Ph.D. students in both plant science and data science over a five-year period ending June 2026. Fellows recruited from underrepresented groups in...

This $200,000 five-year Project Grant from the US Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture's Higher Education - Multicultural Scholars Grant Program aims to increase participation of Latinx students from migrant and seasonal farmworking backgrounds in food, agriculture, natural resources and human sciences careers. Oregon State University will provide scholarships and academic support services to Latinx students with family histories in migrant or seasonal...