Project Grant STW20025GR0043

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 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...

The Center for Advanced Defense Studies, Inc. was awarded a $740,740 project grant from the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Democracy Human Rights and Labor to promote increased transparency in Hong Kong. The grant was awarded on September 6, 2022 under the International Programs to Support Democracy, Human Rights and Labor program (CFDA 19.345) and aims to ensure Hong Kong civil society and media have the tools, skills, and access to data to conduct investigations and advocacy that...

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...

The Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA) received a $499,919 cooperative agreement award from the Department of State Office of the Secretary of State under the Public Diplomacy Programs grant program (CFDA 19.040). The award will support a two-pronged project to build global understanding of Chinese propaganda and disinformation efforts and promote transparency and informed decision-making in Armenia through January 2023. CEPA will deliver analyses of Chinese government messaging and...

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 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...

The Department of State Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor awarded a $1,450,000 two-year Project Grant to the Center For The Cultivation Of Technology Gemeinnuetzige GMBH through the International Programs to Support Democracy, Human Rights and Labor federal grant program (CFDA 19.345). The purpose of this Project Grant award is to increase public access to information censored within China and use data on information preferences to improve civil society outreach strategies in the...

The Department of State Bureau of Democracy Human Rights and Labor awarded a $1.15 million Project Grant to China Digital Times Inc. under the International Programs to Support Democracy, Human Rights and Labor federal grant program (CFDA 19.345) for the period of September 1, 2022 through September 30, 2024. The purpose of this award is to increase access to independent and online reporting from censored Chinese voices, as well as amplify access to reliable news and information about China...

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...