The Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs awarded a $149,203 project grant to Fundacion Centro Colombo Americano, doing business as Centro Colombo Americano Bogota, to implement American Spaces activities from May 3, 2021 to May 30, 2022. Under the Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs Appropriation Overseas Grants program (CFDA 19.022), the awardee will deliver programs and services to support the purpose of the bureau's appropriation for direct assistance awards...
This federal Project Grant award of $217,229.00, provided by the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) grant program, supports the Centro Colombo Americano, a foreign-owned non-profit organization in Colombia. The grant aims to enhance English language proficiency for 40 Colombian students, with a goal that 70% (28 students) will achieve a low-intermediate English level (A2-B1) by the end of the 2-year program in December 2026. The award...
The U.S. Department of State, through its 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, provided under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) federal grant program, aims to expand access for Afro-Colombian and indigenous minority university students to professional development opportunities. This includes intensive English language instruction,...
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...
The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs awarded a $230,000 Project Grant under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) to Partners of the Americas, Inc. to "EXPANDING COLOMBIA-U.S. HIGHER EDUCATION CLIMATE COOPERATION AND INCLUSIVE EDUCATION EXCHANGES THROUGH 100K STRONG AMERICAS." The grant, with a performance period from September 16, 2024 to January 31, 2025, supports initiatives to facilitate cultural, educational, and scientific exchanges between...
The Department of State Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs awarded a $600,000 Project Grant to Centro Colombo Americano De Medellin to provide continuity to the Martin Luther King Jr. Scholarship Program in Colombia from September 30, 2021 through December 31, 2023. The grant is being administered under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) to support the achievement of U.S. foreign policy goals through educational and cultural exchange programs that strengthen relationships between...
This $400,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs funds the implementation of two cohorts of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Fellowship Program (MLK Program) at the Centro Colombo Americano De Medellin in Colombia. The MLK Program provides Afro-Colombian and indigenous university students with intensive English language instruction, mentoring, academic advising, and workshops on U.S. culture, history, and values. The program aims to develop...
The Department of State Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs awarded a $672,500 Project Grant to support public diplomacy programs in Colombia. The grant was awarded on January 15, 2023 with a completion date of February 10, 2023 under the Public Diplomacy Programs CFDA #19.040. The grant funding will support the achievement of U.S. foreign policy goals and objectives in Colombia by informing and influencing foreign publics. It will also help to expand and strengthen relationships between the...
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...
This $263,319 Project Grant, awarded by the Inter-American Foundation (IAF) under the IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA 85.750), supports the organization Fundacion Dreaming Colombia in facilitating dialogues among actors of the armed conflict in Colombia, including social and environmental leaders, survivors, and others affected by violence. The grant funding enables Dreaming Colombia to promote reconciliation and personal transformation through an intensive psychological...