Project Grant SCS80025GR0001

This $159,000 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs supports the Asociacion Centro Cultural Costarricense-Norteamericano (CCCN), a non-profit educational organization in Costa Rica, to organize the 2025 National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) Conference, launch the 2025 Promising Youth Artists Program, create an Empowering Art Workshop, and participate in the Afrodescendent Parade. These activities are designed to advance...

The Department of State Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs awarded a $117,070 Project Grant to the Asociacion Centro Cultural Costarricense-Norteamericano through the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) to engage young audiences in Costa Rica through the coproduction of an original musical theatre play titled "Revolutionary Women." The play will tell the story of extraordinary U.S. and Costa Rican women from October 1, 2021 through December 31, 2021. The Public Diplomacy Programs...

The Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs awarded a $166,069.75 Project Grant to the Asociacion Centro Cultural Salvadoreno Americano (Centro Cultural) through the ECA – American Spaces federal grant program (CFDA 19.441). The grant will support Centro Cultural's implementation of strategic programs aligned with its mission priorities at the American Space Centro Cultural Salvadoreno Americano in El Salvador. Specifically, funding will provide for updates to the center's...

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 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...

<p>Through a $163,970 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs (CFDA 19.040 - Public Diplomacy Programs), Brenau University, Inc. will work with up to 75 women in Limon, Costa Rica. The focus of the project is the design and implementation of a business fundamentals curriculum, delivering workshops that lead to the creation of a business plan. The project will be carried out from August 11, 2023 to August 15, 2024.</p>

The US Agency for International Development Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance awarded a $600,000 cooperative agreement to the Foundation For Management Education In Central America doing business as Incae Foundation. The award is part of the Foreign Assistance to American Schools and Hospitals Abroad program (ASHA, CFDA #98.006) to support a construction project from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2025 in Costa Rica. The ASHA program aims to provide assistance to schools and libraries...

The Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs has awarded a $123,999 Cooperative Agreement (SCI80024CA0011) to Fundacion Instituto Chileno Norteamericano De Cultura De Santiago, a non-profit organization based in Santiago, Chile. The purpose of this award under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) is to lead and manage the American Spaces network engagement with emerging voices and established opinion leaders in Chile. The funding will support annual strategic planning, no-cost public...

The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs (CFDA 19.750) awarded a $250,000 Project Grant to Fundacion Accion Joven, a Costa Rica-based non-profit organization. The grant, effective July 1, 2024 through January 1, 2026, will support a collaborative project between Fundacion Accion Joven and the Juvenile Penal Care Department of the Costa Rican Ministry of Justice and Peace. The project aims to prevent and address youth violence and its impact in Costa Rica. As a...

This $100,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs (CFDA 19.040 - Public Diplomacy Programs) is intended to support the Fulbright Foreign Student Program for 2025. The grant will be used to provide robust stipends and allowances to 10 selected grantees from Uruguay to ensure their well-being and keep pace with inflation and the increasing costs of higher education in the U.S. The grant recipient, Comision Para El Intercambio Educativo Entre...