Project Grant SIS70020GR0184

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs (CFDA 19.021 - Investing in People in The Middle East and North Africa) provides $112,111.00 to Jerusalem Peacebuilders, Inc. to increase the capacities of teachers at Jewish and Arab high schools in Israel to integrate practices of experiential education, intergroup relations, youth leadership, and conflict management into their classrooms and curricula. The award supports teambuilding and...

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has awarded a 5-year, $6,000,000 Cooperative Agreement to Middle East Education Through Technology (MEET) under the USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas (CFDA 98.001) program. The Education2Action (E2A) program seeks to create a network of entrepreneurial peacemakers equipped with skills, opportunities, and motivation to address high-impact challenges in and between Palestinian and Israeli communities. The program will directly...

The Department of State Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs awarded a $150,000 Project Grant to Histadrut The Working And Studying Youth, also known as Hanoar Haoved Vehalomed, under the Investing in People in The Middle East and North Africa federal grant program (CFDA 19.021). The grant will support a project to empower 100 Jewish and 100 Arab Israeli youth leaders to work together towards fair and safe working conditions for teenagers. The project aims to promote the program's objectives of...

The Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs awarded a $124,403 Project Grant under the ECA – American Spaces federal grant program (CFDA 19.441) to bring together 400 pairs of Jewish and Arab students in Israel's higher education institutions. The grant funding will support shared experiential learning in Hebrew and Arabic between the 800 students through December 2022. As authorized by the Fulbright-Hays Act, the ECA – American Spaces program aims to provide free and open...

The Department of State Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs awarded a $180,118 cooperative agreement to Mosaica, Religion, Society And State to cultivate conflict resolution skills among young Arab and Jewish Israelis from September 30, 2022 through December 31, 2023. The award is being made under the Global Peace Operations Initiative (GPOI) program, which works to enhance international capacity for United Nations and regional peace operations that are strategically important to U.S. national...

The Department of State Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs awarded a $150,013 Project Grant to Merchavim-Institute For Advancement Of Shared Citizenship IS through the Investing in People in The Middle East and North Africa federal grant program (CFDA 19.021). The grant will strengthen and deepen the Arab Teacher Integration in Jewish Schools program in Israel from September 30, 2021 to June 30, 2023. The Investing in People in The Middle East and North Africa program supports cultural, educational,...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award was provided by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs under the Investing in People in The Middle East and North Africa (CFDA 19.021) grant program. The award, totaling $148,520.00, aimed to provide educational and training opportunities for university students negatively impacted by the ongoing war in Gaza through the "TEACH FOR GAZA" project. The award was terminated on March 14, 2025, as it no longer aligned with...

The Department of State Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs awarded a $136,381 Project Grant to Tsyunei Derech, a non-profit organization, under the "Investing in People in The Middle East and North Africa" (CFDA 19.021) federal grant program. The grant will fund the MAAYAN BAMIDBAR program, which will bring together Jewish and Arab students in Israel for a language and cultural exchange initiative to bridge cultural gaps and reduce prejudice. The program is scheduled to run from...

The Department of State Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs awarded $207,978.02 to America-Mideast Educational And Training Services, Inc. (Amideast) through the Investing in People in The Middle East and North Africa federal grant program to conduct the RUN THE PCELT English Language Teacher Professional Certification Training Program. Under this Project Grant awarded on September 1, 2021 with a completion date of June 30, 2023, Amideast will provide professional certification training for four...

This Project Grant award, totaling $147,629.06, was provided by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs under the Investing in People in The Middle East and North Africa (CFDA 19.021) federal grant program. The current award is a continuation and expansion of the previous Nonviolence Labs project implemented in Palestinian schools. The project aims to continue and expand the implementation of nonviolence labs in Palestinian schools, targeting sixth graders and teachers in...