International

First Opportunity

• Sponsor: Department of State U.S. EMBASSY IN THE PHILIPPINES
• Funding Opportunity Title: YSEALI Regional Workshop: Advanced Media Literacy for Digital Creators
• Key words: Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Laos, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, and Timor-Leste, media literacy, training
• Link to RFP:  https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/355047
• Agency Deadline: 07/31/24
• Funding available: awards may range from minimum of $150,000 up to $250,000 with total available funding of $250,000
• Period of performance: 12-18 months beginning 10/24
• Program background: The Public Affairs Section of the U.S. Embassy Philippines of the U.S. Department of State announce an open competition for a cooperative agreement to develop and implement a Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (YSEALI) Regional Workshop on Advanced Media Literacy for Digital Creators.
• Program Objectives: This regional workshop will convene around 100 emerging content creators, journalists, and advocates from ASEAN member nations and Timor-Leste for a five-day workshop in the Philippines.
  • The workshop will advance participants’ knowledge and skills in critical media literacy. The workshop will include sessions on strategic and data-based content ideation, responsible content creation, effective audience engagement, identifying and countering mis/dis-information, and impact of AI on social media. The workshop will also include virtual webinars and exercises on wellness and self-care, combatting copyright or digital theft and tools to promote media literacy to fellow creators. Leveraging the wide knowledge base of Filipino and regional talent, the workshop will feature in-depth discussions and experiential learning sessions led by experts from Southeast Asia and the United States.
  • The workshop will also create and sustain a virtual network of emerging content creators to provide a safe space for exchanges of best practices and solutions to challenges. At the workshop’s finale, participants may compete for small grants to implement projects and/or campaigns to promote media literacy to fellow emerging leaders across the region and celebrate International Youth Day in August 2025.
  • The proposal should include workshop follow-on activities such as virtual collaborative work, projects funded through small seed grants, or ongoing mentorship. A follow-on activity may also be implemented to report on project successes and challenges and produce a toolkit with best practices on cross-border collaboration. The follow-on activity should be included in the monitoring and evaluation plan.
  • The proposal should include a pre and post workshop survey to measure the overall effectiveness of the workshop as well as any changes to the participants’ knowledge of the workshop topic.

Second Opportunity

• NOTE: This is a limited submission and UF can only submit one application. No internal submissions have been received, so it is now open to the first application submitted.
• Sponsor: Department of State, US Embassy Sofia Public Diplomacy Section (PDS)
• Funding Opportunity Title: US Embassy Sofia PDS Annual Program Statement
• Key words: Bulgaria, media, democracy, media literacy, disinformation, climate change
• Link to RFP: https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/350972
• Internal deadline: ASAP- submit project summary, budget, justification, and biosketches via Infoready portal: https://ufresearch.infoready4.com/#competitionDetail/1940276
• Agency Deadline: 08/02/24
• Funding available: minimum of $500 to maximum of $25,000 per award with $300,000 total funding available
• Period of performance: 12 months or less
• Program background: PDS Sofia invites proposals for programs that bolster the people-to-people ties between the United States and Bulgaria through cultural and exchange programming that highlights shared values and promotes bilateral cooperation. All programs must include an American cultural element, or connection with American expert/s, organization/s, or institution/s in a specific field that will promote increased understanding of U.S. policy and perspectives and promote shared values.
• Program Objectives:
  • Strengthen the development of robust independent media and civil society organizations to bolster civic participation and improve societal trust in democratic institutions.
  • Increase media and digital literacy and improve Bulgarian society’s resilience to disinformation.
  • Promote dialogue and civic participation in programs that confront climate change and that advance environmental sustainability and energy diversification.

Third Opportunity

• NOTE: This is a limited submission and UF can only submit one application.
• Sponsor: Department of State U.S. MISSION TO NATO OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS ADVISOR
• Funding Opportunity Title: U.S. Mission to NATO Public Affairs Annual Program Statement
• Key words: NATO, disinformation, misinformation, media literacy, climate security
• Link to RFP:  https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/355135
• Internal deadline: 07/10/24- submit project summary, budget, justification, and biosketches via Infoready portal: https://ufresearch.infoready4.com/#competitionDetail/1943211
• Agency Deadline: 08/26/24
• Funding available: minimum of $20,000 to maximum of $50,000 per award
• Period of performance: 12-24 months beginning 10/01/24
• Program background: PAA invites proposals for programs and initiatives that help promote an increased understanding of NATO’s role in promoting regional peace and security, as well as the rules-based international order. All programs must include a direct tie to the United States. This could be via American expert/s, organization/s, or institution/s in a specific field that will promote increased understanding of U.S. foreign policy interests within the Alliance.
• Program Objectives: USNATO PAA invites proposals for programs and initiatives on the following priority program areas:
  • Countering disinformation and misinformation
  • Media independence or media literacy
  • Climate security

Posted: June 28, 2024
Category: Research Funding Opportunities
Tagged as: and Timor-Leste, Brunei, bulgaria, Cambodia, Climate change, climate security, Democracy, Disinformation, Indonesia, Laos, malaysia, media, media literacy, Misinformation, myanmar, NATO, Philippines, singapore, Thailand, training, Vietnam