Deadline: 16-Jun-22
The U.S. Embassy in Kyiv announces a call for grant proposals for Ukrainian media outlets and media organizations that will sustain their operation in the situation of ceasing advertising revenue, audience decline and logistics’ turbulence caused by Russian invasion.
The contest also aims to provide local audiences with accurate reporting and information that will help Ukrainian citizens to stay alive, organize as communities and unite to rebuild their hometowns and businesses. The U.S. Embassy is welcoming proposals from all regions of Ukraine. However, the priority will be given to media outlets remaining in or relocated from regions previously besieged by Russian troops, or in temporary occupation.
Goals
This project has two main goals:
- Provide survival tools to Ukrainian media outlets and media organizations during wartime through various operational support, professional training, cooperation with local communities and creation of media hubs that will enable journalists to work remotely.
- Support content creation and accurate reporting that will help Ukrainians to get vital information for their living and update them on the situation in their hometowns and on the front line.
Areas
Funded projects will сover, but will not be limited to the following areas:
- Operational support to regional media outlets on the ground and relocated ones. The funding intends to help media outlets to resume their operation during the wartime both in their hometowns and relocation venues through purchasing safety gear, professional equipment, renting office space, hiring additional staff and revising management models.
- Improving journalists’ professional standards. This component may include war journalism training, personal and digital safety courses, learning to utilize different formats, participation in mentorship programs, and support for journalists working in the “war zone”.
- Supporting content production, tailored to needs of audience at times of war. MDF will support both traditional and online TV and radio programs, social media content, online publications, as well as content for different messengers, like VIBER, Telegram, Instagram and others. The content should provide balanced and objective coverage of events nation-wide and in the war zone and deliver useful information to local citizens and IDPs that will help them to survive, get necessary support from the government, relocate if necessary, and restore or build their communities.
- Creation of media hubs and platforms that provide journalists with professional equipment, workspace, internet connection, learning opportunities and cloud hosting. Projects could also focus on helping media to unite efforts in content production and encourage them to use creative solutions in reaching out to audiences.
- Promoting cooperation with local communities and local businesses in order to highlight the life of all categories of IDPs, including journalists, relocated businesses, volunteers' movements, veterans' support and others.
Funding Information
- Length of performance period: 12 months
- Number of awards anticipated: pending availability of funds
- Award amounts: awards may range from a minimum of $50,000 to a maximum of $300,000
- Total available funding: $3,000,000
Eligibility Criteria
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Ukrainian independent media organizations and media outlets.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
For more information, visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=340532
