Research Funding Opportunities: November 15, 2024
International
First Opportunity
- Sponsor: Department of State, Public Affairs Section (PAS), U.S. Consulate General, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
- Funding Opportunity Title: Annual Program Statement (APS) for Fiscal Year 2025
- Key words: Saudia Arabia, misinformation, media literacy, film industry
- Link to RFP: https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/356973
- Agency Deadline: 1/31 and 06/30/25
- Funding available: minimum of $10,000 to maximum of $50,000 per award
- Period of performance: 9-18 months from the date of award
- Program background: The Public Affairs Section (PAS) at the U.S. Consulate General in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, is pleased to announce a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) through its Public Diplomacy Small Grants Program. This program aims to strengthen cultural, educational, professional, and scientific ties between the United States and Saudi Arabia. The grants, ranging from $10,000 to $50,000, will support projects that highlight shared values, strengthen people-to-people ties, and promote bilateral cooperation.
- Program Objectives:
- Enhance Media Literacy and Counter Misinformation: Programs should improve media literacy and critical thinking, supporting Saudi media in countering misinformation.
- Support the Saudi Film Industry: Initiatives should provide training in filmmaking, fostering collaboration between Saudi and U.S. filmmakers.
Journalism/Media Properties
First Opportunity
- Sponsor: Press Forward
- Funding Opportunity Title: Open Call on Infrastructure
- Key words: local news outlets, journalism
- Link to RFP: https://www.pressforward.news/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Press-Forward-Open-Call-on-Infrastructure-Program-Guidelines-updated.pdf
- Agency Deadline: 1/15/25
- Funding available: typically, awards range from $500,000 to $1,500,000 with total available funding of $20 million
- Period of performance: The expected grant period is two or three years, June 1, 2025–May 31, 2027/2028.
- Program background: Healthy communities deserve quality local news and sustainable, resilient local newsrooms. However, rapid changes in technology have impacted every facet of the news industry, including how outlets produce stories, reach audiences, raise revenue and cultivate talent. At the same time, a dramatic decline in the number of professionals employed by independent local news outlets has left many dedicated journalists and news leaders running on fumes. Press Forward’s second Open Call on Infrastructure will support shared solutions to the common challenges newsrooms face.
- Program Objectives: We are particularly seeking scalable, replicable or new ideas, tools or technology that will help multiple independent local newsrooms address four priority areas:
- Audience
- Operations
- People
- Revenue
- NOTE: Eligible applicants include:
- Journalism support organizations and intermediaries with a proven track record of deep service to local news organizations
- News organizations that are working or plan to work collaboratively with other news organizations as part of their grant. Individual newsrooms may apply as lead applicants for a collaborative project with multiple partners that aim to solve a common challenge for the broader field. Collaborations can be at a local, regional or statewide level. For-profit newsrooms or for-profit service providers can be a part of the group; however, the lead applicant must be a non-profit organization.
- Newsroom collaborations, local/regional collaborations and/or a practitioner/university partnership.
- All applications must be submitted by a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization.
- All lead applicants must have financial or in-kind resources to contribute to the development of this idea.
Posted: November 15, 2024
Category: Research Funding Opportunities
Tagged as: film industry, Journalism, local news outlets, media literacy, Misinformation, Saudia Arabia