Project Grant SMO55024GR0075

The U.S. Department of State, through the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, awarded a $141,190 Cooperative Agreement to the Afcd Foundation, a Moroccan non-profit organization, to organize the second edition of a leadership program for 60 young Moroccan leaders aged 18-30. The award supports in-person and online trainings to promote media and information literacy, counter disinformation, and foster cultural exchanges between Moroccan and American youth. This federal grant award, funded under the...

This Project Grant award for $500,000.00 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program is supporting the development and evaluation of a toolkit to engage youth in data-driven civic innovation. The project aims to create a suite of data and technology tools to empower youth-led community engagement, strengthen social cohesion, and support youth mental health and wellbeing. Key activities include co-designing tools for community...

This $150,000 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) supports the Youth Ambassadors Program. This program aims to nurture excellence and civic engagement among young leaders from underserved communities and build ties with American counterparts, highlighting the diversity and attractiveness of the U.S. educational system. The award recipient, Globaltieskc Inc., is a non-profit...

This Project Grant award of $850,000 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program supports the third round of the Civic Innovation Challenge (CIVIC 3.0). The award, made on May 1, 2025, with a completion date of April 30, 2027, will be administered by Metrolab Network Inc., a non-profit organization based in Washington, D.C. The goal of this award is to provide support for the CIVIC 3.0 program, a "research and action"...

This $2,200,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of State's Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) was granted to Sister Cities International to recruit, train, and deploy youth ambassadors for the 2025 Osaka, Japan Expo. The goal is to enhance the global audience experience at the U.S. Pavilion by showcasing U.S. leadership in innovation for the future. The award, with a performance period from August 21, 2024 to January 31, 2026, will support citizen diplomacy and...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program provides $106,000 to the Research Foundation of the City University of New York (RFCUNY) to conduct research on designing smart environments to enhance collective learning and creativity. The key products and services to be delivered under this 3-year award include: Developing large-scale online experiments and computational models to investigate how technological...

This $148,000 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs under the Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs Appropriation Overseas Grants program (CFDA 19.022) supports a range of international educational and cultural exchange initiatives in Morocco. The grant funding will be used to implement student exchanges, professional training programs, alumni engagement activities, and cultural diplomacy efforts focused on promoting mutual...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering (CFDA 47.041) Project Grant award of $144,584 to Southern Methodist University (SMU) will be used to develop the WECAN SMART Toolkit. The WECAN toolkit will couple crowd-sourced data, machine learning, network analysis, and agent-based modeling to support community-driven decision making and address inequities in neighborhood infrastructure. Specifically, the planning process will involve focus groups, interviews, and software requirements...

This $1,500,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Office of International Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.079) will establish the "Resilient-Net" network to advance research on urban resilience. The key objectives are to: (i) build strategic links among U.S. and international research networks to synergize expertise and resources on urban resilience, and (ii) prepare U.S. students and early-career researchers to solve future urban resilience challenges. The...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs (CFDA 19.040 - Public Diplomacy Programs) provides $319,779 to the Institute of International Education Inc. (IIE) to deliver training, mentorship, networking opportunities, and implementation guidance to young Saudi women leaders in tech-related fields. The award aims to build the leadership and entrepreneurial skills of these emerging leaders, with the goal of strengthening U.S. bilateral...