Project Grant STS80020GR0039

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) program, supports the FY 2024 OneBeat program delivered by Bang On A Can Inc., a non-profit organization. The $1,914,000 award was intended to facilitate international music exchanges, including residencies and collaborative projects across multiple countries. However, the award has been terminated...

This federal Project Grant award of $202,518.00 from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, under the Middle East Partnership Initiative (CFDA 19.500) program, aims to increase awareness and knowledge of digital entrepreneurship among 90 university students and women researchers from marginalized regions in northern and southern Tunisia. The goal is to create a pipeline of youth-led innovative projects. This is an amendment to update the Statement of Work and add new...

This federal 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) program, provides $806,000 in funding to Found Sound Nation, Inc. to support the FY 2024 American Music Mentorship Program. The purpose of this award is to promote mutual understanding between the United States and other countries through international cultural exchange initiatives...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs (CFDA 19.600) provides $234,360.00 in funding to support three Tunisian student leaders to study at U.S. colleges and universities during the 2025-2026 academic year. The award, which runs from October 1, 2024 to June 30, 2026, is being implemented by the International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX), a global non-profit organization that specializes in international exchange, educational...

This $249,999.92 Cooperative Agreement award, funded by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040), supports the STARTECH Climate Action Lab (ST-CAL) project. The project aims to provide Tunisian youth interested in starting climate action-focused businesses with entrepreneurship and soft skills training. The primary awardee, Education For Employment (EFE), will work with its Tunisian affiliate EFE-Tunisie to deliver a range of...

The National Endowment for the Arts awarded a $100,000 Project Grant to The Rhythm Foundation Inc. from January 1, 2022 to September 30, 2023 under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024). The grant funding will support personnel and safety supplies expenses to enable The Rhythm Foundation Inc. to continue providing arts programming in response to and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. The Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and...

The Community Musicworks received a $120,000 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Arts under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024) to support staff salaries and musician costs for free music education and performance programs for children and youth from underserved communities in Rhode Island. The award period is from July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023. The Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program...

The Department of State Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs awarded New York University a $125,000 Project Grant under the Investing in People in The Middle East and North Africa federal grant program (CFDA 19.021) to develop the careers of 10 UAE-based artists and deepen and expand strategic partnerships for spoken word performance and youth engagement in art and cultural preservation by December 31, 2022. The grant aims to support programs, projects and activities focused on cultural,...

The Department of State Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs awarded a $217,872.40 Project Grant to the Tides Foundation under the Public Diplomacy Programs federal grant program (CFDA 19.040) to support the AHLAN 2.0 culinary and cultural exchange series in Tunisia. The series, taking place from October 2021 through March 2023, will utilize food diplomacy and creative activities to build multilateral understanding of American and Tunisian cultures among participants. In line with the program's...

The Department of State Bureau of Democracy Human Rights and Labor awarded a $740,740 Project Grant to the International Commission Of Jurists to support judicial independence in Tunisia from September 30, 2022 to September 30, 2024. Under the International Programs to Support Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (CFDA 19.345) program, the International Commission Of Jurists will work to address human rights abuses and open political space in Tunisia by delivering programs and services to...