Public Affairs Small Grants Program in Argentina

Deadline: 31-Mar-23

The Public Affairs Section of the U.S. Mission to Argentina is pleased to announce funding availability through the Mission’s Public Affairs Small Grants Program.

This grants program supports projects proposed by Argentine individuals and/or educational and cultural non-profit institutions that fulfill U.S. Embassy goals and objectives: to strengthen the bilateral ties between the United States and Argentina, promote economic prosperity and security through academic and cultural initiatives seeking to increase understanding between U.S. and Argentine people and institutions.

Priority Funding Areas

• Promote U.S. – Argentine Shared Values
  • Projects that promote the teaching or learning of American English;
  • Activities, workshops, and speaker programs that strengthen U.S.-Argentine ties and increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and Argentina;
  • Projects that support educational exchange and partnership particularly those related to Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics (STEM) among Argentine youth.
• Strengthen Prosperity
  • Projects that foster entrepreneurship, innovation, U.S. business, and the protection of Intellectual Property Rights;
  • Projects that encourage social development, help reduce inequality, especially among marginalized populations outside the City of Buenos Aires;
  • Projects that foster environmental sustainability, sustainable economic models, and climate action.
• Reinforce Democracy, Freedom, and Transparency 
  • Programs that promote good governance, and more transparent, independent, and democratic institutions in Argentina;
  • Projects that support human rights, racial/ethnic and gender equality, women’s empowerment, and principles of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility (DEIA) 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.

Grant Information

• Grants will be awarded in amounts between $10,000 and $100,000 U.S. dollars.

Priority Audiences

• Emerging voices, students, youth;
• Civil society leaders;
• Entrepreneurs;
• Established opinion leaders, including cultural and/or academic institution leadership;
• Residents of Argentine provinces outside of the City of Buenos Aires.

Activities not typically approved include, but are not limited to

• Investments that primarily benefit only one or a few businesses or individuals;
• Scholarships for the study of English; conference attendance or study tours to the United States;
• Proposals that are inherently political in nature or that contain the appearance of partisanship/support or electoral campaigns;
• Proposals with the main purpose of publication of books/pamphlets/websites/applications;
• Exclusively scientific research projects;
• Projects that require more than two years to implement;
• Purchase of equipment, vehicles, construction, or construction materials;
• Exchange programs with countries other than the U.S. and Argentina;
• Programs or exchanges focused on children under 13 years of age;
• Projects that support specific religious activities;
• Grants cannot be used to fund religious activities, partisan political activities, fundraising campaigns; commercial projects or for-profit ventures, individual academic research projects, construction projects, or projects whose primary objective is an organization’s institutional development or an individual’s personal enrichment or career development.

Eligibility Criteria

• Eligible applicants include Argentine not-for-profit organizations registered in Argentina, including non-governmental organizations, individuals, educational/cultural institutions, and governmental organizations;
• Argentine applicants, NGOs, higher education institutions, or local provincial governments, must present a valid Inspección General de Justicia registration when submitting the application;
• Absence of this proof will disqualify your application;
• For-profit or commercial entities are not eligible to apply;
• In those cases where a legal representative signs the agreement, she/he must be duly empowered to execute agreements on behalf of the organization.

For more information, visit U.S. Embassy in Argentina.