Project Grant SCS80025GR0002

The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs awarded a $248,730 Project Grant under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) to Fundacion Para La Sostenibilidad Y La Equidad (doing business as Aliarse), a non-profit organization based in San Jose, Costa Rica. The purpose of the grant is to launch the College Horizons Outreach Program (CHOP) in the Puntarenas province of Costa Rica, serving 40 indigenous students in 2024. The program aims to provide the students with...

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 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 Educational and Cultural Affairs awarded a $123,999 Cooperative Agreement (SCI80024CA0011) to Fundacion Instituto Chileno Norteamericano De Cultura De Santiago, a Chilean non-profit organization, to lead and manage the Chile American Spaces (AS) network engagement with emerging voices and established opinion leaders through annual strategic planning, no-cost public programming on American Spaces pillars and shared priorities, and content distribution....

The Department of State Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs awarded a $137,000 cooperative agreement to Alianza Cultural Uruguay Estados Unidos De America (doing business as Alianza Uruguay Estados Unidos) to organize programs supporting Uruguay's efforts to diversify its economy from September 30, 2022 through December 31, 2023. The award was made under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) to inform and influence foreign publics and expand relationships between the United States and...

This federal Project Grant award, funded by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040), provides $116,202 to Centro Colombo Americano De Medellin, a nonprofit educational organization based in Medellin, Colombia. The grant aims to support 60 students, with goals that 70% (42 students) achieve a low-intermediate English proficiency level and 60% (36 students) report participation in cultural exchange activities. The...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs will provide $257,874 to Fundacion Centro Cultural Colombo Americano De Cali, doing business as Centro Cultural Colombo Americano De Cali, to expand the College Horizons Outreach Program (CHOP) within Cali and Buga, Colombia. CHOP provides high-quality English instruction, mentoring, academic advising, and workshops on U.S. culture and values to high-achieving Afro-Colombian students. The award,...

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

The Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs awarded a $112,914 Project Grant to Alianza Cultural Uruguay Estados Unidos De America through the ECA – American Spaces program (CFDA 19.441). The grant funding will support 260 new and existing English and STEM course scholarships at the Binational Center in Uruguay from May 2021 through August 2022. As authorized by the Fulbright-Hays Act, the American Spaces program provides free and open access to U.S. resources and...