Deadline: 15-Jun-2025
The U.S. Embassy in North Macedonia of the U.S. Department of State is pleased to announce that funding is available through its 2025 Public Diplomacy Small Grants Program.
The U.S. Embassy in North Macedonia Public Diplomacy Section (PDS) invites proposals for programs that strengthen people-to-people ties between the U.S. and North Macedonia 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.
Priority Areas
- The objectives of the Public Diplomacy Grant Program are to promote positive relations between North Macedonia and the United States; to reinforce shared values; and to connect North Macedonia’s emerging leaders to the American people. They fund projects that:
- Help North Macedonia’s youth build and develop skills to improve their potential through innovative science (e.g. health awareness), technology, engineering, arts, and math (STEM) programs, as well as through entrepreneurship programs and vocational training.
- Encourage North Macedonia’s youth to participate in civic life through social entrepreneurship, volunteerism, and community engagement.
- Strengthen understanding of U.S. values and institutions; highlight U.S. culture, including American Studies, English language teaching/learning, and study in the United States; as well as support diversity through the acceptance of minority groups, including individuals with special needs or handicapping conditions, and other areas of mutual interest.
Funding Information
- Total available funding: $100,000 pending funding availability.
- Award amounts awards may range from a minimum of $1,000 to a maximum of $20,000.
Eligible Activities
- Examples of PDS Small Grants Program programs include, but are not limited to:
- Academic and professional lectures, seminars and speaker programs
- Artistic and cultural workshops, joint performances and exhibitions
- Cultural heritage conservation and preservation programs
- Professional and academic exchanges and programs
- Programs focused on entrepreneurship and innovation
- Programs focused on empowerment of youth and underserved communities across the societal and cultural spectrum
- Programs focused on democratic processes and values
- Programs focused on gender issues
- Programs focused on human and equal rights
- Programs focused on critical thinking in media consumption
- Programs focused on strengthening resiliency against false information and malign influence
- Programs focused on safeguarding natural resources and ecosystems
- Programs that support North Macedonia’s Euro-Atlantic integration process
Ineligible Activities
- Printing or promotion of books or manuscripts
- Travel to the United States for professional development
- Promotion of local arts scenes
- Projects that are inherently political in nature or that contain the appearance of partisanship/support to individual or single-party electoral campaigns
- Charitable or development activities
- Construction programs
- Programs that support specific religious activities
- Fund-raising campaigns
- Lobbying for specific legislation or programs
- Scientific research
- Commercial or trade activities
- Individual travel to conferences and meetings
- Social welfare projects
- Programs intended primarily for the growth or institutional development of the organization
- Ongoing salary costs and office equipment
- Paying to complete activities that were begun with other funds or
- Programs that duplicate existing programs
Eligibility Criteria
- The following organizations registered in the U.S.A. or North Macedonia are eligible to apply:
- Not-for-profit organizations, including think tanks and civil society/nongovernmental organizations
- Public and private educational institutions
- Individuals
- Governmental institutions
For more information, visit U.S. Embassy in North Macedonia.