Project Grant STW20024GR0033

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 Cooperative Agreement award of $1,975,308 from the Department of State Bureau of Democracy Human Rights and Labor establishes an Indo-Pacific Center in Taiwan to counter digital authoritarianism and bolster resilience to disinformation in Indo-Pacific countries. The Center will operate from September 30, 2022 through March 29, 2025. Freedom House, Inc. will deliver services under the award as a sub-awardee. The Center directly supports the goals of the Department's International Programs to...

This Project Grant award of $200,000.00 was provided by the U.S. Department of State under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) to Doublethink Lab, a non-profit organization based in Taiwan. The grant aims to implement a comprehensive research project analyzing foreign information manipulation (FIM) in the Republic of Korea (ROK) and strengthen local capacity to counter these threats. The award period runs from September 1, 2024 to February 28, 2026. Doublethink Lab specializes in...

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 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 $500,000 Cooperative Agreement award, funded by the U.S. Department of State's Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040), aims to develop a network of journalists in the Indo-Pacific region with expertise in Taiwan. The award seeks to contribute positively to regional prosperity and connectivity through this journalistic network. However, this award has been terminated as it no longer aligns with the agency's priorities. The award was granted to the International Republican Institute (IRI), a...

This $249,999 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs supports the project "Countering Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference in Moldova." The award, funded through the AEECA/ESF Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.900), aims to assist Moldova's Center for Strategic Communication and combat disinformation through monitoring activities. This 5-month project, with a performance period from September 2024 to...

This Project Grant award of $200,000.00 from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs (CFDA 19.124 - East Asia and Pacific Grants Program) is for the implementation of two Global Cooperation and Training Framework (GCTF) international workshops in Taiwan between August and November 2025. The award was granted on June 27, 2025 with a completion date of December 27, 2025. The primary awardee is Miscellaneous Foreign Awardees, a for-profit organization registered in...

This $169,966.56 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) supports a dialogue on strategy stability in the Taiwan Strait. The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) will facilitate this trilateral dialogue between the U.S., Australia, and Japan from September 2023 through October 2024. The dialogue will convene experts to analyze policy issues and promote mutual...

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...