Project Grant SEN10024GR0052

This federal Project Grant award of $200,000.00 from the Office of Naval Research (ONR) under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300) supports research to identify patterns of Russia's malign influence operations in online spaces and their impacts on Russian-speaking populations and Russian diasporas. The University of Tennessee is the prime awardee and will collaborate with the University of Bucharest in Romania as a sub-grantee. The award period runs from September 1,...

The Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded a $195,452 project grant to Latvijas Transatlantiska Organizacija (doing business as Lato) to support implementation of The Riga Conference. This leading high-level security forum in the Baltic/Nordic region was funded under the Public Diplomacy Programs CFDA #19.040. The Public Diplomacy Programs aim to support U.S. foreign policy goals through informing and influencing foreign publics. The Riga Conference grant aligns with...

The American Councils For International Education: Actr / Accels, Inc. will receive $212,619.09 through a Cooperative Agreement awarded by the Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs on October 1, 2022 to support the UNIVERSITY VIRTUAL PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM (UNIVIP). The program will deepen existing partnerships and expand connections between higher education institutions, faculty, and students in Russia through December 31, 2023. This award is funded through the Public...

The Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded a $214,500 Project Grant to support the 2022 Riga Conference in Latvia. The grant was awarded under the Public Diplomacy Programs CFDA #19.040 to advance U.S. foreign policy goals through informing and influencing foreign publics. Funding will support the Riga Conference from October 3, 2022 through December 31, 2022. As the leading high-level international security forum in the Baltic-Nordic region, the conference is...

This federal Project Grant award of $475,397.00 was provided by the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) under the Defense Security Cooperation University (DSCU) Research Grants program (CFDA 12.024). The funding supports evidence-based research and analysis focused on advancing knowledge and improving practices related to security cooperation, with a particular emphasis on strategic competition, international security assistance, defense industrial engagement, and disinformation...

The Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded a $322,200 cooperative agreement to Forum For Cultural Engagement, Inc. from October 1, 2022 through March 31, 2024 to provide technical and logistical support for U.S. arts and cultural programming with Russian audiences. This award was made 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. Funding...

The Research Foundation For The State University of New York will provide services to strengthen ministerial-level crisis response and attribution to weapons of mass destruction assassinations during state disinformation attacks in Estonia under a $209,000 cooperative agreement award from the U.S. Department of State Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation. The award, made under the Global Threat Reduction program of the Department of State's Office of Cooperative Threat Reduction,...

This $250,000 Cooperative Agreement award, issued by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs on October 2, 2024, aims to grow and sustain the modern research administration and development offices of higher education and research institutions in Georgia. The goal is to increase their contribution to innovation and economic growth within the region. The award, funded under the AEECA/ESF Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.900), will support a range of...

The Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded a $820,000 Cooperative Agreement to American Councils For International Education: Actr / Accels, Inc. to support the Space for English Language Teaching and Learning (SETLR) program. SETLR seeks to provide space for dialogue between the peoples of Eurasia and the U.S. and foster American engagement with these audiences through English language teaching and learning. This award supports the achievement of the agency's Public...

The Department of State, through its Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, awarded a $260,000 Project Grant to the Latvijas Transatlantiska Organizacija under the CFDA program "Public Diplomacy Programs" (19.040) to partially support the Riga Conference 2023. This grant, with a performance period from October 2, 2023, to November 30, 2023, aims to support U.S. foreign policy goals, advance national interests, and enhance national security by informing and influencing foreign publics...