Project Grant SRP38022GR0043

<p>This $200,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs (CFDA 19.040 - Public Diplomacy Programs) is funding the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) to create a database of Chinese-language media outlets in Southeast Asia. The grant will audit the journalistic integrity of these outlets and assess their impact on local communities. The project will be completed by September 30, 2025.</p>

This federal Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation under the Export Control and Related Border Security (EXBS) Program (CFDA 19.901), is intended to build capacity in technology protection mechanisms in the Philippines and Vietnam. The $1,600,817 award, effective from September 30, 2024 to September 29, 2026, will support the non-profit organization Pacific Forum International in developing capabilities to...

The College of William &amp; Mary has been awarded a $349,962 Cooperative Agreement by the U.S. Department of State under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) to carry out research and assessment of the activity of the People's Republic of China (PRC) state-owned enterprises in the Philippines and their societal, environmental, and economic impacts. The award period runs from September 26, 2023 through September 30, 2024. The research and assessment activities supported by this grant...

The Center for Strategic and International Studies Inc. (CSIS) was awarded a $600,000 cooperative agreement from the Department of State under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) to conduct the DATA-DRIVEN VISUALIZATION OF PRC ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA project. The cooperative agreement runs from September 30, 2022 through March 30, 2024 and will support CSIS's delivery of data-driven visualization services to inform and influence foreign publics regarding...

The U.S. Department of State, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs awarded a $250,000 Cooperative Agreement to Bootcamp Media Literacy Initiative Inc. in the Philippines. The grant, under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) federal grant program, will be used to convene a five-day workshop in the Philippines for emerging content creators, journalists, and advocates from ASEAN member nations and Timor-Leste. The workshop aims to advance the participants' knowledge and skills in...

This $2 million Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB) under the International Labor Programs (CFDA 17.401) aims to empower persons with lived experience (PLE) of labor exploitation in the Philippines to actively engage with the government in addressing labor exploitation and improving labor conditions. The project focuses on organizing, training, and mobilizing PLE into networks to facilitate their meaningful engagement in...

The Department of State Office of the Secretary of State awarded a $2.5 million Cooperative Agreement to the American Bar Association Fund For Justice And Education to build capacity of foreign researchers, journalists, and civil society actors to counter the use of coercive legal instruments by the People's Republic of China and/or the Chinese Communist Party to limit freedom of expression. This award, made under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) on September 30, 2022 for completion...

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 East Asian and Pacific Affairs awarded Iorg LTD. $100,000 under the Public Diplomacy Programs federal grant program (CFDA 19.040) to carry out a year-long research project countering Chinese disinformation and propaganda. The project will involve scientific research, international engagement through research publication and participation in forums and networking events. The work will be performed in Taiwan from December 2021 through December 2022. The Public...

This $256,987 federal Project Grant award, provided by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation under the Export Control and Related Border Security (EXBS) Program (CFDA 19.901), is focused on building counter-proliferation finance capacity in the Philippines and Vietnam. The grant recipient, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), will use the funding to provide technical assistance, training, and capacity-building programs aimed at...