Project Grant SRB10022GR0040

The Department of State Office of the Secretary of State awarded a $499,858 cooperative agreement to Acamedia, Z. U. of Çekya to support research and outreach activities from September 30, 2022 to September 29, 2024. The award will investigate, analyze, and publicize the Chinese Communist Party's foreign-directed propaganda, disinformation, and related interference activities. This aligns with the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) goal of informing and influencing foreign publics to...

This Project Grant from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs provided $130,000 to research the extent and nature of People's Republic of China (PRC) influence and collaboration in academic institutions in Central and Eastern Europe. The grant period ran from September 30, 2021 to July 31, 2022 under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) federal grant program. Public Diplomacy Programs aims to support U.S. foreign policy goals through informing and...

The Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded a $249,819 Project Grant to Acamedia, Z. U. of Çekya under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) to support countering disinformation through researching problematic PRC influence from September 27, 2021 through October 31, 2022. As part of the Public Diplomacy Programs, which aims to support U.S. foreign policy goals through informing and strengthening relationships with foreign publics, the grantee will conduct...

The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded a $145,000 Cooperative Agreement to Nezavisno Udruzenje Novinara Srbije (NUNS), a Serbian non-profit organization, under the AEECA/ESF PD Programs (CFDA #19.900). The purpose of the award is to support NUNS' "Small Media Grants Program" which provides funding to independent media outlets, investigative journalists, and democracy-building initiatives in Serbia. Specific activities funded include the annual...

The Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded a $233,000 cooperative agreement to Media I Reform Centar NIS of Serbia under the AEECA/ESF PD Programs (CFDA 19.900) federal grant program. The purpose of this award is to support small media grants through the Center's Small Media Grants Program from June 15, 2022 to June 15, 2023. The AEECA/ESF PD Programs provide civil society and democracy building public diplomacy initiatives in Europe, Eurasia, and Central Asia,...

The Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded a $180,000 Project Grant to support developing local production capacity to deliver independent news and fight propaganda in Moldova. The grant funding supports the project from July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022 under the AEECA/ESF PD Programs (Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia/Economic Support Fund Public Diplomacy Programs, CFDA 19.900). The AEECA/ESF PD Programs aim to provide civil society and democracy...

The U.S. Department of State, through its AEECA/ESF PD Programs (CFDA 19.900), awarded a $290,000 Cooperative Agreement to Media I Reform Centar NIS, a non-profit organization in Serbia. The purpose of the award is to support a Small Media Grants program, which provides funding for civil society and democracy-building public diplomacy initiatives within Europe, Eurasia, and Central Asia. The performance period for this award is from November 1, 2023, to November 1, 2024. The AEECA/ESF PD...

The Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded a $500,000 Project Grant to Atlantski Savez Crne Gore to reduce the ability of malign information influence activities to destabilize democratic processes and institutions in Montenegro. This funding supports the AEECA/ESF PD Programs (Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia/Economic Support Fund Public Diplomacy Programs) federal grant program, which provides civil society and democracy building public diplomacy...

The Department of State Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs awarded $129,333 under the Public Diplomacy Programs federal grant to Doublethink Lab for a research project analyzing Chinese propaganda techniques regarding Xinjiang and Hong Kong. The project will use computational analysis to identify and expose how the People's Republic of China disseminates disinformation at scale, with the goal of delivering these findings between October 2021 and September 2023. The Public Diplomacy...

The Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded a $249,380 Project Grant under the AEECA/ESF PD Programs (CFDA 19.900) to implement a project keeping five Kosovo Serbian language media partners, one Bosnian partner, and one Roma partner in a joint fight against misinformation. The grant period runs from September 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023. The AEECA/ESF PD Programs aim to provide civil society and democracy building public diplomacy programs in Europe, Eurasia, and Central...