Deadline: 13-Aug-2024
The U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam announces an open competition for organizations to submit applications to support innovative solutions to boost civic engagement and bolster media literacy as well as support information integrity efforts.
Participants can present tech-based solutions – including, but not limited to, education programs, gaming platforms, fact-checking tools, content-authentication tools, synthetic media detection etc. Proposal submissions should particularly seek to expand citizen participation in their communities and support digital literacy resources including to areas with limited media access.
Objectives
- Applications will be evaluated based on the alignment of proposed projects with the following two program objectives:
- Identify and provide financial support to local tech companies to continue their development of innovative solutions aimed at boosting civic engagement, enhancing media literacy to improve the integrity of Tanzania’s information environment. This includes (but is not limited to) education programs, gaming platforms, fact-checking tools, authentication tools, and digital literacy resources.
- Foster ongoing and constructive engagement on civic participation, media literacy and the information environment between Tanzanian tech companies, educational institutions, media organizations, civil society, and government stakeholders.
- Please see the following for a non-exhaustive list of examples of the types of challenges and use cases the U.S. – Tanzania Tech Challenge aims to address:
- Boosting civic participation and engagement
- The limited access to accurate and verified information in rural and underserved communities and offered in local languages.
- Lack of media literacy to help individuals discern credible sources of information and leveraging digital tools and platforms to build resiliency.
- The need to reduce and overcome cultural divides by promoting accessible digital literacy resources and training programs to Tanzanian communities.
Funding Information
- Grant awards are subject to the availability of funds and will not exceed $250,000 USD.
Targeted Audience
- Submissions must focus on Tanzania only. Any submission focusing on other countries or locations will be disqualified from the review process.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicants are only allowed to submit one proposal per organization. If more than one proposal is submitted from an organization, all proposals from that institution will be considered ineligible for funding.
- The following types of organizations are eligible to apply:
- Tanzanian not-for-profit organizations, including think tanks and civil society/non-governmental organizations
- Tanzanian public and private educational institutions
- Tanzanian for-profit organizations
For more information, visit Grants.gov.