Project Grant SJM37024GR0021

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program aims to provide peer mentorship workshops for junior women scholars in international relations. The $127,124 award to the University of California, San Diego will fund the "Journeys in World Politics" workshop program, which has mentored young women scholars since 2004. The project will host annual 3-day workshops supporting 18-20 participants,...

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 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.075 - Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences) provides $115,189 to the University of Wisconsin-Madison to host annual three-day peer-mentorship workshops for junior women scholars in international relations. The project aims to promote high-quality scholarship and increase the success of mentored women in academia by fostering professional networks, providing feedback and support, disseminating information, and encouraging...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Integrative Activities awarded a $100,000 Project Grant to the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) to host a conference on "Inclusive Collaboration Resources: Enhancing Research Support Infrastructure at Minority Serving Institutions." The goal is to develop best practices and resources to improve equitable research collaboration and retention of diverse STEM researchers. The conference will convene research enterprise...

This Project Grant award, funded by the U.S. Department of State's Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040), provides $470,000 to the Centro Colombo Americano De Medellin, a minority-owned, Hispanic-serving educational institution in Medellin, Colombia. The award's primary goal is to expand access for Afro-Colombian and indigenous minority university students to professional development opportunities, positioning them as "agents of change" in a potential post-conflict scenario in...

The Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs awarded a $110,236 cooperative agreement to LKH Consulting of New Zealand to implement an Academy for Women Entrepreneurs for Pacific women in New Zealand. Under this award, LKH Consulting will provide business networking, launch and graduation events, and participate in the Pasifika Festival event from June 2022 through June 2023. This cooperative agreement supports the agency's Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) to advance...

This cooperative agreement from the Department of State Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs will provide $133,115 to support outreach activities highlighting American efforts to promote women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields. Funded under the Environmental and Scientific Partnerships and Programs grant program (CFDA 19.017), CRDF Global will implement a series of webinars and video media showcasing U.S. activities aligned with...

The Department of State Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs awarded $380,655 under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) federal grant program to the Conference Of Defence Associations Institute to host three virtual and one in-person event discussing security threats impacting Canada and the United States. Specifically, the funding will support events on climate security, women, peace, and security, and the rise of China and instability in the Indo-Pacific region. The period of...

The Department of State Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs awarded $323,659 to Hong Kong International Literary Festival LIMITED under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) federal grant program. The project grant funding will support hosting the 2023 Hong Kong International Literary Festival and Hong Kong International Young Readers Festival from September 23, 2022 through April 30, 2023. The Public Diplomacy Programs aim to inform and influence foreign publics to advance U.S....

The Department of State Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs awarded $1,681,558 under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) to support American speakers, experts, delegations, collaborators and artists traveling to Montreal, Canada from September 14, 2022 to January 11, 2023. The funding will help strengthen ties between the digital ecosystems of the United States and Canada, and advance thinking on a desirable digital future. Printemps Numerique (doing business as Digital Spring) will...