Deadline: 01-Jun-21
The Public Affairs Section at the U.S. Embassy Branch Office in Belo Horizonte, Brazil is pleased to announce that funding is available through its Public Diplomacy Small Grants Program.
This is an Annual Program Statement, outlining their funding priorities, the strategic themes they focus on, and the procedures for submitting requests for funding.
This grant program aims to strengthen ties between the United States and Minas Gerais, Brazil in the areas of education, environmental cooperation, social issues, economic growth, and cultural diplomacy.
Priority Program Areas
The Branch Office seeks project proposals in the following Priority Program Areas:
- EDUCATION: Programs that build linkages between U.S. and Minas Gerais institutes of higher learning, support the internationalization of higher education in Minas Gerais, and/or promote study in the United States.
- ENVIRONMENTAL COOPERATION: Programs that connect the U.S. and Brazilian experts and/or students regarding environmental or climate change challenges.
- SOCIAL ISSUES: Programs that promote human rights, diversity, and inclusion.
- ECONOMIC GROWTH: Programs related to bilateral trade, entrepreneurship, innovation, and women’s economic empowerment.
- CULTURAL DIPLOMACY: Activities promoting U.S. culture through culinary traditions, music, art, film, sports, literature, and other cultural forms.
Award Information
- Funding Instrument Type: Grants, Fixed Amount Awards, or Cooperative Agreements.
- Estimated Total Funding: US$40,000.
- The floor of Individual Award Amounts: US$5,000.
- The ceiling of Individual Award Amounts: US$20,000.
Examples of Small Grants Program projects include, but are not limited to:
- Academic and professional lectures, seminars, or speaker programs;
- Workshops;
- Interactive programs that stimulate economic growth, promote entrepreneurship, and provide economic opportunities;
- Youth community service projects that promote democratic processes, social entrepreneurship, or civic engagement;
- Professional or academic exchanges and programs; and
- Artistic and cultural programs, joint performances, or exhibitions involving the work of American artists or American subject matter.
Participants and Audiences
- Intended participants and target audiences are youth (above age 14) and adults, located anywhere in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil.
- They are looking for proposals that involve geographically, demographically, and socio-economically diverse audiences in Minas Gerais.
Eligibility Information
The U.S. Embassy Branch Office encourages applications from the following in the U.S. and/or Brazil:
- Registered not-for-profit organizations, including think tanks and civil society/non-governmental organizations.
- Educational institutions.
- Governmental institutions.
- Department of State Alumni (as individual applicants).
For-profit, commercial firms, employees of the U.S. Embassy and Consulates, and family members of employees are not eligible to apply.
Cost-sharing: When cost-sharing is offered, it is understood and agreed that the applicant must provide the amount of cost-sharing as stipulated in its proposal. The Branch Office encourages but does not mandate, that applicants include cost-sharing elements from additional sources in support of their proposals. Projects with a plan for ensuring a sustainable impact or follow on not requiring additional U.S. government funding will also be considered favorably.
COVID-19 Pandemic Notice: In light of the restrictive travel and public gathering environments caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. Embassy Branch Office in Belo Horizonte expects interested applicants to submit proposals that include virtual programming options. Depending upon the public health restrictions at the time the program takes place, applicants should have plans to execute in-person, hybrid, or virtual programming. You may reflect these options in the budget submitted.
For more information, visit https://br.usembassy.gov/brazil-pas-fy-2021-annual-program-statement-belo-horizonte/