Project Grant SLO10018GR0031

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant of $295,000 awarded to Debater Hub LLC aims to develop an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered platform for debate-centered instruction. The project seeks to revolutionize education by cultivating 21st-century skills like critical thinking, communication, and collaboration through an innovative AI-enhanced debate pedagogy. The research objectives...

The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded a $596,138.20 Project Grant under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) to Fonds Atvertai Sabiedribai Dots, a non-profit organization based in Latvia. The grant supports the preparation and implementation of the annual LAMPA Conversation Festival, a platform designed to promote democratic values, civil society engagement, and public diplomacy between the United States and Latvia. The festival serves as a...

The Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded $349,880 to Love Politics under the Public Diplomacy Programs federal grant program (CFDA 19.040) to support the pilot project "Love Politics - A Nonpartisan Political Leadership Training Program for the Next Generation of Responsible Politicians." The project will provide political leadership training to participants through classes starting in January 2023, with applications accepted starting in fall 2022. The...

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...

The Pen American Center, Inc. received a two-year, $149,700 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs grant program (CFDA 45.164). The award will support the FLASHPOINTS: FREE SPEECH IN AMERICAN HISTORY, CULTURE & SOCIETY event series, which will examine the complex history of free speech in American democracy through public presentations in multiple cities from 2021 through 2023. The series will illuminate past...

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...

The Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded a $127,892 project grant to Mindspace Non-Profit Civil Partnership to support an entrepreneurial pitching competition. This grant was awarded under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) to advance national interests and relationships between people through informing and influencing foreign publics. Funding will support the entrepreneurial pitching competition to be held in Turkey from July 28, 2021 to July 30, 2022....

The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded a $143,175 Project Grant (CFDA 19.040 - Public Diplomacy Programs) to Latvijas Transatlantiska Organizacija, a non-profit organization based in Riga, Latvia. The grant supports the implementation of the Project RIGA Conference 2024, a diplomatic and public engagement initiative focused on strengthening cultural, educational, and professional ties between the United States and Latvia. The project will take place over...

The International Republican Institute (IRI) was awarded a $493,827 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor to increase youth participation in policymaking in the Maldives. The award period runs from September 21, 2022 through September 30, 2023. Under the International Programs to Support Democracy, Human Rights and Labor program (CFDA 19.345), IRI will empower Maldivian youth to influence their communities through positive social change...

The Mindspace Non-Profit Civil Partnership will receive $119,540 under a Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs. The grant is part of the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) and will support the Mindspace University Connecting the Balkans Program. The program will share U.S. educational models and best practices focused on developing an entrepreneurial mindset for youth in the agricultural industry in the Balkan region. It will establish...