Project Grant SCO20025GR0011

This $150,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs (CFDA 19.040 Public Diplomacy Programs) will provide 40 Afro-descendant and indigenous university students in Colombia with two years of intensive English language training and leadership development, complemented by cultural immersion and community service activities. The grant recipient, Centro Colombo Americano De Medellin, is a nonprofit educational organization focused on cultural...

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...

The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs 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 Colombia. The CHOP program provides high-quality English instruction, mentoring, academic advising, and workshops on U.S. culture and values to high-achieving Afro-Colombian...

This $116,202 Project Grant awarded on September 29, 2024 by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs supports the Centro Colombo Americano De Medellin, a nonprofit educational organization in Medellin, Colombia. The grant funding will be used to implement the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) initiative, which aims to achieve U.S. foreign policy goals by informing and influencing foreign publics and expanding bilateral relationships through cultural,...

The Universidad De Antioquia received a $119,566 project grant award from the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs to promote U.S.-Colombia shared values through the creation of the first Multiliteracies English Center at the university. The grant was awarded on April 15, 2022 under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) to support the achievement of U.S. foreign policy goals and objectives through informing and influencing foreign publics. The English center will...

This federal Project Grant award for $217,229.00 was provided by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) grant program. The funding supports the Centro Colombo Americano, a foreign-owned non-profit organization in Colombia, to implement a program that aims to improve English language proficiency for 40 students. By the end of the program, the goal is for 70% (28 students) to achieve a "low intermediate English...

The U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, awarded a $230,000 Project Grant to Partners of the Americas, Inc. under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) on September 16, 2024. The grant funding will support "EXPANDING COLOMBIA-U.S. HIGHER EDUCATION CLIMATE COOPERATION AND INCLUSIVE EDUCATION EXCHANGES THROUGH 100K STRONG AMERICAS" over a period ending on January 31, 2025. Partners of the Americas, a non-profit organization with expertise in international...

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 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...

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...