Deadline: 31-May-22
The U.S. Embassy Lisbon Public Diplomacy Section (PDS) of the U.S. Department of State is pleased to announce that funding is available through its Public Diplomacy Small Grants Program.
Purpose
- PDS invites proposals from individuals, non-governmental organizations, think tanks, and academic institutions for public diplomacy projects that strengthen the bilateral ties between the US and Portugal. PDS will only consider grants that have a public diplomacy component and identifiable “American content.”
- This means there is a US component or aspect in their proposal, including but not limited to being proposed by a US based person or entity or graduate of a US State Department exchange program; the proposal includes US based tools, persons, methods, products or technology; the proposal intends using, propagating or teaching US-originated models or modus operandi.
Priorities
- Priority Program Areas: Proposals MUST address at least one of the priority programming areas below:
- Diversity Equity and Inclusion: promoting economic, educational, and/or cultural linkages between the United States and Portugal through activities focused on ensuring inclusion and equity for all regardless of gender, ethnicity, religion, disability, sexual orientation, or socio-economic status.
- Climate Change: activities focused on educating, raising awareness or addressing issues related to climate change including alternative energy solutions, reforestation, sustainable development, and climate justice.
- Technology, Innovation, Security: activities which support cooperation in space exploration, as well as solutions to transnational, regional, and global challenges, including cybersecurity, terrorism, trafficking in persons, and health threats.
- Economic Recovery: activities that improve the connections between US and Portuguese businesses, and/or expand economic opportunities for women and underserved populations in a post-pandemic world.
- Countering Disinformation: activities that promote media literacy and critical thinking, resist malign influence, and/or counter disinformation.
Funding Information
- Minimum for Each Award: $2,500
- Maximum for Each Award: $24,000
Participants and Audiences
- Applicant proposals must stipulate who their target audiences are including professional or academic affiliation, estimates of age, gender, geographic break down and must estimate the expected audience reach through direct contact and as possible through indirect contact (via social media or traditional media).
- Applications must also include a “Monitoring & Evaluation” section that describes exactly how the impact of the activity will be measured and by when such impact results will be supplied.
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligible Applicants: The Public Diplomacy Section encourages applications from US and Portugal who are:
- Portuguese or American Individuals;
- Registered not-for-profit organizations, including think tanks and civil society/non-governmental organizations with programming experience; and,
- Non-profit or governmental educational institutions
- Applicants NOT Eligible
- Organizations and individuals who are neither Portuguese nor American;
- For-profit or commercial entities; and,
- Government organizations whether Federal, State, Municipal or Local, whether Portuguese or American.
For more information, visit https://pt.usembassy.gov/education-culture/small-grants-program/