Project Grant SNI01417GR0046

The Department of State Bureau of African Affairs awarded a $100,000 Project Grant to Dandal Kura Radio Internation Al under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) federal grant program. The grant will support empirical research and data collection in Northeast Nigeria from October 2021 through May 2022 to inform the design of more targeted and effective countering violent extremism messaging for local audiences. Public Diplomacy Programs aims to advance U.S. foreign policy goals through...

The Department of State Bureau of African Affairs awarded a $312,019 cooperative agreement to Miscellaneous Foreign Awardees for a project titled "Mainstreaming Koranic School Students for the Educational Sector in Northern Nigeria and Advocating for Reform of the Almajiri System." The two-year project, awarded on September 13, 2021 and concluding on September 29, 2023, aims to support the Public Diplomacy Programs CFDA #19.040 objective of informing and influencing foreign publics...

This federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of African Affairs (CFDA 19.040 Public Diplomacy Programs) provides $110,000 to support the look and feel, Starlink internet, programming, and electronic facilities at American Spaces in 11 cities across northern Nigeria. The grant recipient, Greenlight Development Centre, is a Nigerian non-profit focused on promoting safety, transportation, and sustainable development. They will use the funding to procure and install...

This $246,669 Project Grant awarded on December 29, 2023 by the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Counterterrorism (CFDA 19.701 - Global Counterterrorism Programs) supports the Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD), an international non-profit organization, to promote social cohesion in communities hosting Ukrainian refugees and counter anti-Ukraine/Ukrainian narratives both online and offline. ISD will leverage its expertise in countering extremism, hate, and polarization to deliver training,...

The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of African Affairs awarded a $250,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Regional Peace and Security (CFDA 19.979) federal grant program to Nickol Global Solutions LLC, a women-owned small business based in Alexandria, Virginia. The 13-month project aims to address the challenges facing journalists and social media influencers in northern Côte d'Ivoire, including limited storytelling capacity due to inadequate technical and financial resources. The funding will...

The Department of State Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor awarded a $987,654 project grant to BBC Media Action under the International Programs to Support Democracy, Human Rights and Labor federal grant program (CFDA 19.345). The goal of the project is to combat discrimination and intolerance on the basis of religion by confronting online hate speech and promoting positive narratives of social inclusion in media designed and created by adolescent girls and young women in Myanmar. The...

This federal Project Grant award of $400,000.00 from the Office of Naval Research (ONR) under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300) is supporting research to investigate the language of parasocial influence and the emergence of extremism. The lead grantee is The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, partnering with Cornell University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) on this 5-year research project. The key activities under this award include...

The Department of State Bureau of Counterterrorism awarded $139,000 under the Public Diplomacy Programs federal grant to deepen an existing father school program and train father school teachers and notetakers in Belgium. The goal is to coach approximately 60 fathers to become multipliers in their communities against violent extremism. The two-year project grant to Frauen Ohne Grenzen - Women Without Borders / Save - Sisters Against Violent Extremism, Gemeinnãœtziger Verein will support...

This $1,000,000.00 24-month Project Grant award from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) under the Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas (CFDA 98.001) program supports the International NGO Safety Organisation (INSO) to conduct Humanitarian Coordination and Information Management Activities (HCIMA) in northeast, northwest, and northcentral Nigeria. INSO, a non-profit organization based in the Netherlands, provides essential safety coordination, information sharing, and...

This $900,000 USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas (CFDA 98.001) Project Grant award to Stichting International NGO Safety Organisation (INSO), a non-profit organization, supports critical humanitarian coordination and information management activities in Northeast Nigeria. The funding will enable INSO to provide essential safety coordination, information sharing, and capacity building services to humanitarian non-governmental organizations (NGOs) operating in this high-risk...