Deadline: 20-Feb-22
The U.S. Mission to France is pleased to announce that funding is available through its Public Diplomacy Small Grants Program.
Purpose of Small Grants Program
- The U.S. Department of State provides funding for well-conceived programs that support U.S. Mission to France’s strategic priorities.
- Proposed programs should strengthen bilateral ties between the United States and France and include a clear U.S. connection that will promote increased understanding of the United States among the French public.
- All programs must include a U.S. element or a connection with experts, organizations, or institutions from the United States in a specific field that will promote increased understanding of U.S. policy or perspectives.
Priority Areas
Priority programmatic themes for the U.S. Mission to France include:
- Security and Defense: Activities that promote transatlantic security; combat transnational, regional, and global challenges, such as terrorism, racially, ethnically, and/or religiously motivated violent extremism, or cyber threats; and encourage resistance to malign influence and disinformation.
- Foreign Policy: Activities that promote understanding of U.S. foreign policy priorities and Franco- American foreign policy cooperation among the French public and influencers.
- Civic Education and Media Literacy: Activities that support involvement of young people in the civic life of their country and building a sense of shared values and responsibilities of citizenship, especially across ethnic, religious, and socio-economic divisions. Activities that build media literacy and resilience to misinformation.
- Climate Change and Environmental Sustainability: Activities that encourage understanding of climate change, promote civic activities supporting environmental sustainability, promote innovation and economic opportunity related to climate change, and demonstrate how America and France can work together to achieve climate goals.
- Prosperity, Trade, and Investment: Activities that encourage a nuanced understanding of U.S. agricultural practices and industries, support the expansion of U.S. exports and investments, improve the connections between U.S. and French businesses, and/or expand economic opportunities, entrepreneurship, and financial independence among women, youth, and underserved populations.
- Health, Technology and Innovation: Activities that support cooperation in such areas as health, space exploration, agricultural technology, cybersecurity, and entrepreneurship.
- Shared Democratic Values and Interests: Non-partisan activities that promote the long history of the U.S.-France relationship and build people-to-people ties based on shared history and democratic values, including but not limited to commemorations of key historic events.
- Cultural Diplomacy: Activities promoting U.S. culture, building on shared U.S.-French appreciation for cultural excellence through culinary traditions, art, film, sports, fashion, literature, and other cultural forms.
Funding Information
- Length of performance period: One to 12 months.
- Number of awards anticipated: 5 to 30 awards (dependent on amounts).
- Award amounts: Awards may range from a minimum of $2,000.00 to a maximum of $24,999.00
- Total available funding: $150,000.00 pending availability of funding.
- Type of Funding: Fiscal Year 2022 and/or 2023 Public Diplomacy Funding.
- Anticipated program start date: Program activities or planning should begin in 2022.
- Funding Instrument Type: Grant, Fixed Amount Award, or Cooperative agreement. Cooperative agreements are different from grants in that the U.S. Mission to France Public Diplomacy Section is more actively involved in the grant implementation, such as approving speakers or selecting participants.
- Program Performance Period: Proposed programs should be completed in 12 months or less.
Participants and Audiences
- All applicants for awards must stipulate who their target audience is(age/gender/geographic breakdown) and estimate the expected audience reach through direct contact and, if possible, through indirect contact (via social media or traditional media).
Eligibility Criteria
- The Public Diplomacy Section encourages applications from the U.S. and France:
- Registered not-for-profit organizations, including think tanks and civil society/non-governmental organizations with programming experience
- Non-profit educational institutions
- Governmental institutions
For more information, visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=337443