Project Grant SSF20023GR0004

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 Cooperative Agreement award from the Department of State's Bureau of African Affairs, under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) federal grant program, provides $200,000 to address the gap in research collaborations and partnerships between Historically Black Institutions in the U.S. and South Africa through a student-faculty exchange program. The project will be implemented by International HBCU Xchange Inc. and will run from October 1, 2024 to February 28, 2025. The goal is to...

The Department of State Bureau of African Affairs awarded a $109,360 project grant under the Public Diplomacy Programs federal grant program (CFDA 19.040) to conduct workshops in the Eastern Cape region of South Africa. The workshops, taking place from October 2021 through January 2023, will address the underlying causes of sexual- and gender-based violence by drawing on expertise from the U.S. and South Africa. The Public Diplomacy Programs aim to inform and influence foreign publics to advance...

The Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs awarded a $110,327 cooperative agreement to Global Ties South Africa to manage logistics for Fulbright grantees under the Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs Appropriation Overseas Grants program (CFDA 19.022). Global Ties South Africa will provide logistical support services for Fulbright Foreign Student and Fulbright South African Research Scholar Program grantees in South Africa from May 2022 through March 2024. As part...

The U.S. Department of State, through its Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040), awarded a $100,000 Cooperative Agreement on Sep 30, 2024 to the Gandhi Development Trust in South Africa. The funding will support the restoration and preservation of key structures within the Phoenix Settlement to meet the requirements for South African national and world heritage site status. The project aims to upgrade and restore the Phoenix Settlement's physical infrastructure by the completion date of Feb...

The American Councils for International Education: Actr/Accels, Inc. was awarded a $132,873 cooperative agreement by the U.S. Department of State Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs to implement a ten-day study tour and English immersion program for North Korean defectors in South Korea. The funding supports the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) which aims to inform and influence foreign publics and strengthen relationships between people to advance U.S. foreign policy goals. Under...

The Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded a $100,156 Project Grant to Impulstanz - Vienna International Dance Festival through the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) to support the participation of 16 U.S. artists at the Impulstanz Festival. The grant funding will allow Impulstanz to introduce American dance development in Europe by conveying and sharing the latest U.S. trends in dance and performance with local and international guests from May 15, 2021...

The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs awarded a $250,000 Cooperative Agreement to Cultural Vistas, Inc., a non-profit organization based in Washington, D.C., to manage all aspects of the Young Pacific Leaders Alumni Roadshow in 2025. This award is funded under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040), which supports U.S. foreign policy goals by informing and influencing foreign publics and expanding bilateral relationships through cultural, educational,...

Partners of the Americas, Inc. was awarded a $830,492 project grant from the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs to support the organization's FY 2022 Traditional Public Private Partnership Program. Funded under the agency's Professional and Cultural Exchange Programs - Citizen Exchanges program (CFDA 19.415), the award will support Partners of the Americas' exchange activities from June 2022 through October 2023. As described under the CFDA, the project aims to...

The Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded $130,020 under the Public Diplomacy Programs federal grant to support Impulstanz - Vienna International Dance Festival. The award will fund the participation of 22 U.S. artists at the festival taking place from June 25 through August 31, 2022 in Vienna, Austria. The Public Diplomacy Programs aim to inform and influence foreign audiences and strengthen relationships. This project grant will allow for cultural exchange through...