Deadline: 30-Apr-22
The Public Affairs Section (PAS) of the U.S. Mission in Bogota Colombia is pleased to announce funding availability through the Embassy’s Cultural and Educational Grants Program. This grants program supports projects proposed by Colombian and/or United States non-governmental organizations (NGOs), individuals, and cultural and educational institutions that aim to promote mutual understanding between the United States and Colombia.
Priority Program Areas
The Embassy’s Cultural and Educational Grants Program seeks to strengthen the bilateral relationship between the United States and Colombia. More specifically, funding will support U.S. Mission Bogota’s strategic objective of increasing Colombian public’s understanding of and affinity for U.S. policies and priorities through strategic cultural, educational, media, and digital programming, including but not limited to initiatives that:
- Promote U.S. – Colombia Shared Values
- Projects that promote U.S. culture, including music, history, sports, education, and/or the learning and teaching of English.
- Activities, workshops, and speaker programs that strengthen U.S.-Colombia ties and increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and Colombia.
- Projects that support student and teacher exchange between the United States and Colombia.
- Projects that promote inclusion and gender equality via various STEM, English language, and other educational and cultural opportunities.
- Strengthen Prosperity
- Projects that foster economic growth, an improved business climate, and promote investments in the creative, arts, cultural, and entrepreneurship economies.
- Projects that support inclusive economic development by offering entrepreneurship training for women, Afro-Colombians, the Venezuelan diaspora, indigenous, LGBTQI+, and other vulnerable populations.
- Reinforce Democracy, Freedom, and Transparency
- Projects that support human rights, racial and ethnic equality, gender equality, women’s empowerment, diversity, and social inclusion as part of a strong civil society.
- Programs related to freedom of the press that improve the quality of investigative journalism and transparency, and that help counter disinformation.
- Any other initiatives supporting Colombia’s transition to a sustainable and inclusive peace.
Priority will be given to projects that encourage the participation and expand opportunities of vulnerable populations, including Afro-Colombians, indigenous, LGBTQI+, Venezuelan migrants, and other vulnerable groups in economically disadvantaged geographic areas.
Program Objectives
Successful grant proposals must fulfill the following NOFO project objectives:
- Mission Objective: Strategic cultural, educational, media, and digital engagement increase the Colombian public’s understanding of and affinity for U.S. policies and priorities, especially among vulnerable communities.
- Sub-Objective: Cultural, sports, English-language, and educational programming engage underserved populations; support the government’s effort to improve bilingual and STEM education; and increase academic mobility between the United States and Colombia.
Funding Information
- Length of performance period: Up to 12 months
- Number of awards anticipated: PAS Bogota anticipates issuing several awards under this
- NOFO, pending availability of funds.
- Award amounts: Awards may range from a minimum of $1,000 to a maximum of $24,500.
- Total available funding: $250,000
- Type of Funding: Fiscal Year 2022 Public Diplomacy Funding
- Anticipated program start date: Grant applications selected for funding under this NOFO
(PAS-BOG-FY22-SG) must begin implementation before September 30, 2022
Desired Results and Illustrative Indicators:
By the end of the project, grantees should demonstrate that its project has contributed to an increase in the Colombian public’s understanding of and affinity for U.S. policies and priorities through strategic cultural, educational, media, and digital programming. Grant proposals including a Performance Monitoring plan (PMP) with annual and end-of- project targets and results anticipated for key performance indicators are encouraged.
Eligibility Criteria
The following organizations legally registered in Colombia and/or in the United States are eligible to apply:
- Not-for-profit organizations, including think tanks and civil society/non-governmental organizations (NGOs)
- Non-profit educational and cultural institutions
- Governmental institutions
Individual citizens from the United States and Colombia are also eligible to apply. For-profit or commercial entities are not eligible to apply.
For more information, visit https://co.usembassy.gov/education-culture/missions-public-affairs-small-grant-program/