Deadline: 20-Jun-21
The Public Affairs Section of the U.S. Consulate General Surabaya (PAS Surabaya) has announced an Annual Program Statement (APS) for the Public Diplomacy Small Grants Program.
Purpose of Small Grants: PAS Surabaya invites Statement of Interest (SOI) for projects that strengthen cultural ties between the United States and Indonesia through programming, projects, and/or activities that highlight shared values and promote bilateral cooperation as well as people-to-people ties. All programs must include an American 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 perspectives and/or values. Online and virtual programs are encouraged.
Priority Program Areas
All submissions must explain how the program will promote the following PAS Surabaya strategic priorities:
- U.S. – Indonesia Bilateral Relationship: Programs that seek to explain U.S. policies, culture, values, and/or perspectives to Indonesian audiences, resulting in a positive impact on the bilateral relationship, and strengthen people-topeople ties.
- Regional Security: Programs that address issues of regional security, non-proliferation, and countering violent extremism, as well as programs that promote multilateral cooperation, combat disinformation, and enhance stability in the Asia-Pacific region. This includes programs that address security and stability during a global pandemic.
- Economic Growth: Programs related to bilateral trade, investment, economic integration, entrepreneurship, innovation, intellectual property rights, and women’s empowerment.
- Social Issues: Programs that seek to promote a better understanding of human rights, diversity, tolerance, and inclusion, which could include addressing specific elements of these issues as they have emerged during the global pandemic.
- English Teaching: Programs that promote teacher training in areas related to English teaching, or those that enhance English learning among Indonesian youth.
- Education: Programs related to promoting study in the United States, the internationalization of Indonesian universities, promoting increased tolerance and diversity at educational institutions and/or building linkages between American and Indonesian institutions of higher learning. This could also include on-line education, virtual curriculum development, and use of social and traditional media as a vehicle of delivering educational material.
- Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math (STEAM): Programs related to increasing capacity and interest of its institutions to partner with U.S. institutions and provide support to collaboration in science, technology, engineering, art, and math as well as to promote education, including programs aimed to promote technological innovation, enhance collaborative research between the United States and Indonesia, provide unique links between performing art and science, build or continue collaborations with local knowledge and experts in STEAM fields, and increase the number of women in these fields. This also includes programs that aim to address challenges or mitigate effects of climate change.
- Media Engagement: Programs that support capacity-building programs for Indonesians with a focus on journalism, and programs that provide direct access to authoritative American information sources to promote depth, accuracy, and balance of foreign reporting from the United States, counter disinformation, and deepen understanding of U.S. policy and values.
- COVID-19 Pandemic Response: Projects to address the current realities of COVID-19 and future COVID-19 recovery efforts. Projects related to COVID-19 response should serve to bolster democratic principles while addressing the needs that have arisen due to the current global health crisis including.
Funding Information
- Total available funding: $70,000.00
- Award amounts: awards may have a maximum of $25,000.00.
- Number of awards anticipated: 3 awards (dependent on requested amounts for funding)
- Length of performance period: Up to 24 months
Examples of small grants projects, workshops, programs, seminars, speakers, and trainings could include, but are not limited to topics such as:
- Academic and professional lectures; seminars, and expert speaker programs
- Science and technology learning and instruction for teachers, students
- Addressing environmental challenges, including how to tackle climate change
- Artistic and cultural workshops, joint performances and exhibitions;
- Promoting human rights and bringing to the forefront issues facing minority and disenfranchised communities; or
- Promoting the use of new technologies for social, academic, or economic development.
Participants and Audiences
The U.S. Consulate will only consider grants that are geared to Indonesian audiences and take place in Indonesia or online (ie, virtual programming). The program should be primarily for Indonesians, though a wider array of audiences/participants will be considered. Preference is for programs that offer meaningful and repeat contact with Indonesians. Programs may promote U.S.- Indonesia relations, and include Americans. Programs may include a regional focus, looking at Indonesia in the context of ASEAN or the Indo-Pacific; and such regional programs may include participation from relevant countries. In light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, projects that can take place online or easily shift to an all-virtual format are preferred.
Eligibility Criteria
- U.S. Consulate General Surabaya encourages applications from U.S. and Indonesian:
- Registered not-for-profit organizations, including think tanks and civil society/nongovernmental organizations with programming experience
- Individuals or Groups of Individuals
- Non-profit or governmental educational institutions
- Governmental institutions / Public Entities / Alumni of US Exchanges/Scholarship programs
- For-profit or commercial entities are not eligible to apply.
For more information, visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=333584