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This document announces a Notice of Funding Opportunity for the 2024 Media Professionalization Assistance Program from the U.S. Embassy Podgorica's Public Diplomacy Section. The NOFO will provide grant awards between $30,000-$70,000 to support projects and initiatives that facilitate media freedom and journalistic standards in Montenegro. Eligible applicants include media organizations, educational institutions, and civil society/NGOs with a record of high professional standards and trustworthiness. Proposals must address at least one of four priority areas: supporting independent journalism and fact-based reporting, promoting media literacy and critical thinking, investigative journalism focused on continued Euro-Atlantic integration in areas like the rule of law, environment, democracy, and human/minority rights, or the ethical use of AI in journalism. All application materials must be submitted by May 14, 2024 at 5:00pm Montenegro time to PodgoricaGrants@state.gov. This NOFO is assigned under the International Justice and Accountability Programming federal grant program with CFDA #19.990, with the goal of increased justice and accountability worldwide.