Project Grant SLH50020GR0034

The U.S. Department of State, through its AEECA/ESF Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.900), awarded a $100,000 Project Grant to Miscellaneous Foreign Awardees, a for-profit subsidiary of Engie Services Zuid B.V., to adapt the upper floor of an abandoned sports hall in Gracanica, Kosovo into a multifunctional space for educational and technological activities. The grant, with a performance period from December 1, 2024 to December 31, 2025, supports the Department of State's civil society and...

The Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs awarded a $100,000 cooperative agreement to American Councils For International Education: Actr / Accels, Inc. to implement the MakerSpace Expands! project under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) federal grant program. Through this award, the awardee will increase access to STEAM education across American spaces in Kazakhstan by providing innovative STEAM programming to youth and renovating and opening new makerspaces...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) under the ECA - American Spaces program (CFDA 19.441) provides $109,537 to the University of West Bohemia in Pilsen, Czechia to modernize and furnish the American Center in Pilsen. The funding will align the American Center with the ECA's American look and feel for American Spaces, which are cultural and information centers that provide free public access to learn about the...

The Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded a $1,572,616 Project Grant to support the purchase of digital equipment for public interest content production targeting domestic minority audiences in Latvia. The grant supports the achievement of U.S. public diplomacy goals under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) to inform and influence foreign publics through expanding relationships between people. Funding will support the purchase of digital equipment from...

The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs awarded a $265,680 Cooperative Agreement (Federal Grant Award ID: SKZ20024CA0066) to Assotsiatsiya Organizatsii Sotsialnoi Ivent-Industrii (AOSII), a non-profit organization based in Almaty, Kazakhstan. The funding, which is part of the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) federal grant program, will be used to strengthen the administrative and operational capacities of American Space & Makerspace Almaty and American...

The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded a $362,224 Project Grant under the AEECA/ESF Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.900) to the Albanian non-profit organization Instituti Per Demokraci DHE Ndermjetsim. The purpose of this grant is to enhance community resilience against violent extremism in Albania by expanding the implementation of the "School as Community Center" model nationwide. Key project objectives include promoting responsible civic...

This $130,415 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs under the ECA - American Spaces program (CFDA 19.441) supports the development and implementation of a nationwide skills-building program, along with local initiatives, supplies, and technology to operate eight American Corners in Kazakhstan. The non-profit organization Kazakhstan Amcorners Network, OO will use the funding to manage these cultural and information centers...

This federal Project Grant award of $149,995 was provided by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the National Leadership Grants for Museums (CFDA 45.312) program. The University of Illinois Board of Trustees and the Champaign-Urbana Community Fab Lab, in partnership with the American Library Association, Nation of Makers Library Makerspaces Working Group, and Library Makers, will host a forum to leverage current networks, projects, and expertise in library makerspaces...

The U.S. Department of State, through its AEECA/ESF Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.900), awarded a $200,000 Project Grant to Miscellaneous Foreign Awardees, a for-profit organization, to deliver vocational education and skills development programs tailored to the needs of the labor market in Kosovo. The award, effective August 1, 2024, will run through February 28, 2025. This grant supports the Hangar II initiative, which aims to provide vocational training and workforce development...

This $155,000 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs under the AEECA/ESF Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.900) is intended to sustain and support four American Corners located in Bitola, Skopje, Stip, and Struga, North Macedonia. The grant recipient, Mladinski Obrazoven Forum Skopje, a non-profit organization in Skopje, North Macedonia, will use the funding from September 2024 to September 2025 to deliver diverse programming at...