Project Grant SNI50024GR0001

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs under the Professional and Cultural Exchange Programs - Citizen Exchanges (CFDA 19.415) provides $700,000 in funding to Found Sound Nation, Inc. to support the FY 2025 American Music Mentorship Program. The award period runs from Sep 26, 2025 through Dec 30, 2027. The program leverages music as a transformative medium to promote cross-cultural understanding and reconciliation through...

This Project Grant award of $190,000 from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163) supports the "CINCINNATI SOUNDS: EXPLORING A MUSICAL CITY'S SPACES, PLACES AND SOUNDS" project. The project will triangulate multiple perspectives through multidisciplinary scholarship, sound mapping, site visits, and applications to humanities research and teaching. Key project activities include workshops with discussions...

The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of African Affairs awarded a $121,000 Project Grant under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) to enable ACE Consult LBG, a non-profit organization, to set up and operate an outsourced advising center in Accra, Ghana outside the U.S. Embassy. The grant, with a performance period from October 1, 2024 to March 31, 2025, supports ACE Consult LBG's efforts to provide educational and cultural exchange programs that advance U.S. foreign policy objectives in...

This $195,286 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education under the Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad (CFDA 84.021) program will fund the "TUKO PAMOJA: TANZANIAN CREATIVITY AND PERSPECTIVES IN AN ERA OF CLIMATE CHANGE" project implemented by World Learning Inc. The award, with a performance period from Aug 1, 2024 to Jan 31, 2026, will support an overseas educational and cultural exchange program focused on enhancing foreign language...

This $310,000 project grant from the Inter-American Foundation (IAF) supports Corporacion Taller Prodesal Promocion Popular Y De Alternativas Al Desarrollo in delivering entrepreneurship and skills training programs for at-risk youth in Colombia's Caribbean region. Under the IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA 85.750), the grantee will work with young people to generate new economic and cultural ventures, provide business development and audio-visual production training, and offer $310K...

The Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs awarded a $503,315 cooperative agreement to the Institute for Training and Development, Inc. to support the 2022 Professional Fellows Program under the Citizen Exchanges component of the Professional and Cultural Exchange Programs - Citizen Exchanges federal grant program (CFDA 19.415). The cooperative agreement will fund the Institute for Training and Development, Inc. to administer the Professional Fellows Program through...

The Department of State Bureau of African Affairs awarded a $105,736 project grant to Found Sound Nation Inc. under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) federal grant program. The grant will fund a project to visit South Africa from September 2021 through October 2022 to document and highlight the shared and distinct experiences of America and South Africa's struggles against racial injustices through music and filmmaking. Specifically, the awardee and its collaborators will use music and...

This $165,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of State's Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) will support the implementation of a world-class music education and career development program. The program will train 40 aspiring women vocal artists and musicians in contemporary music and entrepreneurship education, in collaboration with the organization SHEARTS. The grant will fund the delivery of this training program, which aims to advance U.S. foreign policy goals and objectives,...

The Universidad Del Pacifico in Peru received a $130,000 project grant award from the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs to design and implement the Academy for Women Entrepreneurs. Through this award made under the Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs Appropriation Overseas Grants (CFDA 19.022) program, the university will deliver soft skills training, mentoring sessions, and host a nation-wide congress for graduates of the entrepreneurship academy. The...

The Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education awarded a $183,745 Project Grant under the Overseas Programs - Group Projects Abroad (CFDA 84.021) program to World Learning Inc., a nonprofit organization with expertise in international education and exchange programs. The grant, titled "TUKO PA MOJA: TANZANIAN CREATIVITY AND PERSPECTIVES IN AN ERA OF CLIMATE CHANGE," supports overseas projects in training, research, and curriculum development related to modern foreign...