Project Grant SDA20023GR0014

The Department of State Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs awarded a $1,129,355 Project Grant to the Auckland Writers & Readers Festival Charitable Trust through the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) to host two U.S.-based authors, Jason Reynolds and Colson Whitehead, and a reception at the 2023 Auckland Writers Festival from May 16-21. The Trust will deliver cultural diplomacy and inform/influence New Zealand publics by bringing the two acclaimed American authors to...

This $144,967 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of State's Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) supports the participation of two renowned keynote speakers from the USA in the Culture and Technology Conference, NDF23 WHANAKE EVOLVE, held in New Zealand. The grant provides funding for the speakers' travel, lodging, and participation in the conference, which is focused on exploring the intersection of culture and technology. The grant was awarded on October 31, 2023, with a...

The Department of State Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs awarded $228,000 under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) to support travel for U.S. researchers to attend the Regional PIURN Conference in July 2023 in New Zealand. Hosted by the University of the South Pacific and Cook Islands Research Center, the conference aims to inform and influence foreign publics through cultural exchange and expanding relationships between researchers. The funding will allow U.S. participants...

This federal Project Grant award for $136,320.00, made by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) on September 25, 2024, aims to further cultivate a profound appreciation for genuine artistic values, particularly among younger generations, and to nurture their discerning aesthetic sensibilities. The award recipient is Miscellaneous Foreign Awardees, a for-profit organization registered in SAM.gov that provides a...

The Department of State Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs awarded a $230,000 Project Grant to Miscellaneous Foreign Awardees to display a free exhibition titled "USA Hall of Heroes" at the Whirinake Whare Taonga Museum in New Zealand. The exhibition aims to encourage exploration, diversity, and confidence in youth through shared values between the United States and New Zealand. Funded under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) to support the achievement of U.S. foreign...

The Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs awarded a $975,531.70 Project Grant to Spaces to support the official U.S. presentation at the 18th International Architecture Biennale in Italy. The grant was awarded under the Professional and Cultural Exchange Programs - Citizen Exchanges program (CFDA 19.415) to fund the exhibition from September 16, 2022 through June 30, 2024. The Citizen Exchange activities supported by this program include international cultural...

The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs has awarded a $18,738,055 Cooperative Agreement to the International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX) to administer and implement the FY24 Mandela Washington Fellowship. Under this 5-year award, IREX will recruit and select 700 young African leaders aged 25-35 to travel to the United States for six-week academic and leadership institutes. This initiative aligns with the Academic Exchange Programs - Undergraduate...

The University of Alabama will administer the Six-Week Gandhi-King Scholarly Exchange Initiative for $436,277 under a Cooperative Agreement awarded by the Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. The funding supports the University's implementation of the "Learn, Liberate, and Lead (LLL): Applying Gandhi-King Strategies to Intentional Leadership Training" program. As authorized under the Academic Exchange Programs - Undergraduate Programs (CFDA 19.009) federal...

The Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded $319,000 to Kunstmeile Krems Betriebs GMBH, operating as Karikaturmuseum Krems, to support the exhibition "Helen Frankenthaler. Painterly Constellations" from April 23 through October 30, 2022. This Project Grant funding will support the exhibition under the agency's Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) to inform and influence foreign publics and strengthen cultural relationships. The completion date for the...

The Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded a $100,000 Project Grant to the International Tracing Service (ITS) to expand the number of traveling containers in the "Stolen Memories" exhibit from two to three. The grant supports the goals of the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040), which aims to inform and influence foreign publics to advance U.S. foreign policy and national security objectives. Specifically, the additional container will help the ITS...