Project Grant SJO10024GR0504

The American Center of Research, Incorporated will receive $209,169.80 through a two-year Project Grant from the Department of State Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs to activate the Jordanian Department of Antiquities dormant anti-smuggling trafficking section. The grant period runs from September 15, 2021 through September 14, 2023. The funding supports the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) which aims to inform and influence foreign publics to advance U.S. foreign policy goals and...

The American Center of Research, Incorporated (ACOR) was awarded a $180,000 Project Grant under the Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad (CFDA 84.021) program from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education. The grant will fund ACOR's "CASA II - Group Research and Arabic Language Training in Amman, Jordan" project, which aims to enhance modern foreign language and area studies education in the United States. The project will provide overseas training,...

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) awarded a $201,446 Project Grant under the Foreign Assistance to American Schools and Hospitals Abroad (ASHA) program to The American Center Of Research, Incorporated (ACOR), a non-profit organization based in Alexandria, Virginia. The grant, with a performance period from October 1, 2024 to September 20, 2026, will fund ACOR's efforts to provide commodities and support cultural heritage preservation, archaeological research, language...

This federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (CFDA 19.022 - Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs Appropriation Overseas Grants) provides $202,640.00 to the Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC) to implement the "Law Enforcement Training to Combat the Illicit Trafficking of Yemeni Cultural Property" project. The project aims to create Yemen's inaugural anti-trafficking law enforcement unit and build...

The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs awarded a $156,848 Project Grant under the Cultural Antiquities Task Force (CATF) program (CFDA 19.036) to Cultural Heritage Without Borders Albania. The grant aims to build local capacity and law enforcement cooperation to combat the illicit trafficking of Albanian cultural heritage, with a focus on the archaeological sites of Apollonia, Byllis, and Antigonea. The key products and services to be delivered through this...

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) was awarded a $1,251,011 project grant by the U.S. Department of State Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation under the Export Control and Related Border Security (EXBS) program. The grant will fund implementation of the Container Control Program (CCP) in Jordan from October 2022 through December 2025. The EXBS program aims to enhance export controls and secure borders through cooperation with partner countries. The CCP...

The federal Block Grant award of $300,000 was provided by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education under the Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad (CFDA 84.021) program. The grant supports an advanced Arabic language and cultural training program in Amman, Jordan, to be conducted by the non-profit organization The American Center Of Research, Incorporated (ACOR). The project, titled "CASA I - ADVANCED ARABIC LANGUAGE & CULTURE TRAINING IN AMMAN, JORDAN,...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement (CFDA 19.705 Trans-National Crime program) provides $2,123,278.10 to the African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) to deliver specialized training, supplies, mentorship, and cross-border collaboration mechanisms to wildlife authorities, judicial police officers (OPJs), the judiciary, and prosecutors in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Angola. The project aims to strengthen law...

This $234,275 Project Grant from the Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs' Cultural Antiquities Task Force (CATF) program supports the creation of a digital archive of significant Moroccan cultural heritage at risk of trafficking. Awarded on September 20, 2021 to the Association Badira in Morocco, the grant enables the sub-awardee to fulfill a key objective under the Cultural Property Memorandum of Understanding Action Plan to build an online collection of endangered...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) awarded a $500,000 Cooperative Agreement to Search Group, Incorporated, doing business as The National Consortium For Justice Information & Statistics, to provide comprehensive training to Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) investigators and examiners on combating online child exploitation. The 2-year project (10/1/2023 - 9/30/2025) will deliver hands-on, laboratory-based training on the...