Deadline: 15-Apr-22
The Public Diplomacy section of the Embassy of the United States in Harare announces an open competition for Zimbabwean entities who combine research and content design to further public education.
This program will focus on building cultures of research at Zimbabwean universities and establishing research methods that translate into artistic content creation that bolsters social contracts and civic engagement; building or expanding research capacity that influences better content design; connecting Zimbabweans with their U.S. counterparts and catalyzing partnerships.
All program proposals must strengthen ties and build relationships between the United States and Zimbabwe and must have a strong, central, American element, or connection with American expert/s, organization/s, or institution/s (separate and beyond any involvement with the U.S. Mission or its American Corners or U.S. government exchange program alumni), and have as a primary goal the promotion of increased understanding of U.S. values, perspectives, and policies and relationship building between Americans and Zimbabweans.
Funding Information
- Length of performance period: Up to 18 months
- Number of awards anticipated: 1 award
- Award amounts: approximately US$ 100,000.00
- Total available funding: approximately US$ 100,000
Deliverables
The 18-month exchange program seeks to accomplish the program’s goals through the completion of the following deliverables:
- Online Capacity-Building sessions on research methodologies, grant applications and compliance for Zimbabwean university faculty and staff (approximately 25). Additional topics could include (but not limited to) market-based research, private-sector integrations, critical thinking and problem-solving skills, important characteristics of a productive research environment and building up under-graduate student research capacities.
- Professional Networking Activities that support new collaborations that link together research methods for public education and the creative design community.
- Launch of “model” public education campaign that brings to life the research to strategic content design process in order to foster positive civil engagement and strengthen social fabric by encouraging collaboration over conflict when dealing with difficult issues.
Program Participants and Beneficiaries
In partnership with the Public Diplomacy section at the U.S. Embassy in Zimbabwe, the program will target up to 25 Zimbabwean researchers and artistic content creators to collaboratively design a campaign that aims to strengthen social fabric and reinforce civil society. Recruitment and selection will be jointly conducted by the grantee and the U.S. Embassy in Zimbabwe. In consultation with the U.S. Embassy in Zimbabwe, the number of participants in each program component may change depending on local conditions and budget considerations.
Eligibility Criteria
The following organizations are eligible to apply: Zimbabwean or American universities and/or private non-profit organizations engaged in educational strategic content design.
For more information, visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=337932