Project Grant SSI60017GR0053

The University of Iowa will receive $1,061,036 under a cooperative agreement award from the Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs through September 2023. The funding supports the International Writing Program to conduct four interrelated creative writing exchange components that provide greater understanding of American society and popular culture for participants. The award advances the Professional and Cultural Exchange Programs - Citizen Exchanges program objectives...

The University of Iowa was awarded a $1,149,708 Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (CFDA 19.415 Professional and Cultural Exchange Programs - Citizen Exchanges) to conduct a Freedom of Expression and Creative Writing program with four distinct components focused on DEIA, youth empowerment, and human rights themes. The program will run from September 1, 2023 to March 31, 2025. The Cooperative Agreement funding will enable the...

This Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities will support the establishment of an undergraduate laboratory and curriculum at the University of Iowa Center for the Book. The University of Iowa will receive $150,000 under the Promotion of the Humanities Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development program to develop a dedicated undergraduate workspace and new introductory course on global print cultures paired with an existing course on global manuscript...

This Project Grant award of $129,378.00 from the Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education under the Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad (CFDA 84.021) program supports the development and implementation of the "Namibian History and Contemporary Society: Teaching for Critical Global Competence from African Perspectives" project at the University of Iowa. The project aims to enhance modern foreign language and area studies education in the U.S. by providing faculty,...

The Department of State Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs awarded a $1,129,355 Project Grant to the Auckland Writers & Readers Festival Charitable Trust through the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) to host two U.S.-based authors, Jason Reynolds and Colson Whitehead, and a reception at the 2023 Auckland Writers Festival from May 16-21. The Trust will deliver cultural diplomacy and inform/influence New Zealand publics by bringing the two acclaimed American authors to...

The Department of State Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs awarded Pacific Forum International a $249,990.81 cooperative agreement under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) federal grant program. The award will support Pacific Forum International in running a Young Pacific Leaders Regional Workshop between September 2021 through September 2023. The workshop will include virtual roundtables, mentoring, and an in-person event in Hawaii. Pacific Forum International will also engage...

The Department of State Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs awarded $323,659 to Hong Kong International Literary Festival LIMITED under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) federal grant program. The project grant funding will support hosting the 2023 Hong Kong International Literary Festival and Hong Kong International Young Readers Festival from September 23, 2022 through April 30, 2023. The Public Diplomacy Programs aim to inform and influence foreign publics to advance U.S....

The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded a $100,000 Project Grant to the University of Illinois at Chicago to develop a humanities curriculum and discussion forum program titled "Visualizing Parallels Between the US 'Indian Wars' and the 'Global War on Terror'." Through this award made under the Promotion of the Humanities Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development program (CFDA 45.162), UIC will partner with the Emerging Veteran Art Movement to prepare a...

Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Iowa received a $1.24 million Project Grant from the John E. Fogarty International Center (FIC) under the International Research and Research Training program (CFDA 93.989), effective September 9, 2025, through August 31, 2028. The award supports the adaptation and pilot testing of a multi-level, peer-led HIV prevention and stigma reduction intervention for adolescents in Western Kenya, specifically in Kakamega County. The project will adapt an...

The Department of State Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs awarded a $1,151,209 Project Grant to support public diplomacy programs in New Zealand. Under the award, four U.S. writers will participate in a literary festival's school and general programming. Three authors will engage virtually while one New Zealand-based U.S. author will participate in-person. The grant funding will support the achievement of foreign policy goals through informing and influencing foreign audiences, as...