The United States Embassy in India offers excellent grant opportunities to the Indian NGOs from time to time under various socioeconomic issues. It is a significant source of funding for those willing to build and strengthen civil society organizations and ensure stronger socioeconomic & cultural ties between India and the U.S.
These funding opportunities are spread across education, health, business, gender equality, media development, human rights, environment and more. Therefore, we have compiled some of the grant opportunities to benefit Indian NGOs and Individuals. Check the list below:
Annual Program Statement 2020
The U.S. Consulate General Chennai Public Affairs Section (PAS) of the U.S. Department of State oversees a range of cultural and educational initiatives throughout South India that are supported by the U.S. government, with the goal to foster stronger bilateral and regional ties through diverse public diplomacy programs…[more]
Call for Applications: Anti-racism Workshop 2020
This funding opportunity seeks to plan and implement a two-day train-the-trainer workshop led by a U.S. expert and five Indian experts at the American Center in Chennai on the concept of “anti-racism” to address discrimination and suggest policy reform…[more]
Working Together to Combat Human Trafficking: Call Your Government to Action (India)
This funding opportunity seeks to organize a series of cross-border workshops, trainings, and advocacy campaigns across the country leading to a final conclave in New Delhi to engage with multiple stakeholders to forge public-private partnerships and to strengthen collaborative efforts. In continuation with their past collaborative efforts, they want to maximize attention in order to facilitate government action, as they complete a decade of Anti-TIP Conclaves…..[more]
Global Links Impact Investment Forum
The U.S. Consulate General, Public Affairs Section in Kolkata (PAS Kolkata) is soliciting proposals for its “Global Links Impact Investment Forum”. Consulate Kolkata’s work providing support for women-led entrepreneurial initiatives and teaming them with student communities for academic coaching through the Global Links Alumni Connect program…[more]
U.S. Mission to India: Workshop Connecting Women and Youth-led Indian Businesses with Established American
This funding opportunity seeks to build on previous experience and organize a three-day long workshop for Indian women/youth-led MSMEs working in the defense sector. The workshop will include 25 participants from startups working in areas such as design, advanced technology, and artificial intelligence…[more]
Himalayas to Bay of Bengal – Regional Startup Network (HBB-RSN) Program
The U.S. Consulate General, Public Affairs Section in Kolkata is soliciting proposals for a program entitled “Himalayas to Bay of Bengal – Regional Startup Network (HBB-RSN)”. This funding opportunity seeks to build entrepreneurial capacity in the South Asian countries of Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, and Nepal through an interconnected regional network….[more]
Hackathon for Applicable Solutions to Mitigate Air Pollution Program
The U.S. Consulate General, Public Affairs Section in Kolkata (PAS Kolkata) is soliciting proposals for a program entitled “Hackathon for Applicable Solutions to mitigate Air Pollution”. This funding opportunity seeks to support a two-day hackathon in 2020 for technocrats to draw upon existing expertise and data to develop action able solutions to Kolkata’s air quality problems…[more]
U.S. Mission to India: Capacity Building of Duty Bearers for Preventing and Combating Trafficking in Persons
The U.S. Consulate General, Public Affairs Section in Hyderabad is soliciting proposals for its project entitled “Capacity Building of Duty Bearers for Preventing and Combating Trafficking in Persons”. The project will build the capacity of officials from law enforcement and prosecution agencies across the states of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Odisha to combat trafficking in persons in their respective states and bring perpetrators to justice…[more]
United States and India: A Joint Vision for the Indo-Pacific
This current funding opportunity seeks to bring together stakeholders from government, the private sector, think tanks, and academia (including key participants from the December 2019 events) for a day-and-a-half long conference with the objective of generating productive dialogue around the theme The Indo-Pacific: Advancing a Shared Vision.”…[more]
U.S. Mission to India: U.S.-India Comparative Constitutional Law 2.0
This funding opportunity builds on the momentum of the 2019 debate competition in South India with a FY20 “U.S.-India Comparative Constitutional Law 2.0” project that entails a series of workshops featuring U.S. and Indian Constitutional legal scholars. This project will comprise up to eight workshops with 50 students each from National and Government Law Universities in India underscoring shared values and the importance of civil rights and responsibilities…[more]
U.S. Mission to India seeking Applications for “Investigative Journalism to Counter Disinformation: A Regional Language Media Initiative”
This funding opportunity seeks to develop the skills of regional language journalists in investigative journalism in order to mitigate the spread of disinformation and misinformation. The project will reinforce previously imparted skills helping media professionals verify photos, videos, and data and will encourage regional language journalists to explore investigative reporting as a counter to disinformation…[more]
U.S. Mission to India announces Regional Disaster Management Workshop to Build Resilience in the Indo-Pacific
The U.S. Consulate General, Public Affairs Section in Chennai (PAS Chennai) is soliciting proposals from legally recognized non-profit, non-governmental organizations that meet U.S. and Indian technical and legal requirements to develop and implement public diplomacy programs. This funding opportunity seeks to host a workshop for forty (40) disaster management specialists (government officials, NGOs, academics, citizen first responders) from the Indo-Pacific region…[more]
U.S. Mission to India: Workshops to support Trafficking in Persons Law Enforcement
The U.S. Consulate General, Public Affairs Section in Mumbai U.S. Consulate General, Public Affairs Section in Mumbai (PAS Mumbai) is soliciting proposals to organize and implement workshops to support Trafficking in Persons Law Enforcement. PAS Mumbai seeks to provide a series of workshops in states across western India (states of Maharashtra, Madya Pradesh, Goa, Gujarat, and Chhattisgarh) that will act as platforms for law enforcement and local governments to discuss best practices on fighting Trafficking in Persons…[more]
U.S. Mission to India: Workshops to promote Interfaith Dialogue on College Campuses
The U.S. Consulate General, Public Affairs Section in Mumbai is soliciting proposals to organize and implement workshops to promote Interfaith Dialogue on College Campuses. This funding opportunity seeks to promote interfaith dialogue among college students in western India by training college lecturers/professors in interfaith dialogue facilitation skills..[more]
U.S. Mission to India: Road from the Indo-Pacific Business Forum Speakers Series
This funding opportunity seeks to influence business leaders and policy makers toward more favorable regulatory policies by leveraging successful U.S. businesspeople, especially notable Indian-Americans, to engage senior business leaders and members of indigenous Chambers of Commerce…[more]
National Education Advising Agent Program
The U.S. Embassy Public Affairs Section in New Delhi is soliciting proposals from legally recognized non-profit, non-governmental organizations that meet U.S. and Indian technical and legal requirements to develop and implement public diplomacy programs. The main goal of the program is to effectively educate agents/market movers in the higher education counselling field in India with official information on U.S. higher education…[more]
U.S. Mission to India seeking Applications for “Investigative Journalism to Counter Disinformation: A Regional Language Media Initiative”
The U.S. Consulate General, Public Affairs Section in Chennai is soliciting proposals for its “Investigative Journalism to Counter Disinformation: A Regional Language Media Initiative”. The aim of this program is to enhance the ability of regional, non-English language journalists to counter disinformation and misinformation through investigative reporting and fact checking…[more]
U.S.-India Comparative Constitutional Law 2.0
The U.S. Consulate General, Public Affairs Section in Chennai is soliciting proposals for a grant/cooperative agreement from legally recognized non-profit, non-governmental organizations that meet U.S. and Indian technical and legal requirements to develop and implement public diplomacy programs…[more]
One to Many: U.S. Government Exchanges & Program Alumni Workshops
The U.S. Consulate General, Public Affairs Section in Chennai is soliciting proposals for a grant/cooperative agreement for this funding opportunity which is to enhance the capacity of U.S. government-sponsored program alumni to share knowledge gained from their exchange programs among local stakeholders, and in furtherance of shared U.S.-India objectives…[more]
U.S. Mission to India: Stopping the Spread of Disinformation – Training Emerging Journalists
This funding opportunity seeks to improve and expand upon past efforts of the U.S. diplomatic mission to India by building the capacity of emerging journalists in western and southern India to combat disinformation with informed and compelling reporting…[more]
U.S. Mission to India: Building a Strong, Vibrant, and Culturally Connected Indo-Pacific
The U.S. Consulate General, Public Affairs Section in Kolkata is soliciting proposals for a program entitled “Building a Strong, Vibrant, and Culturally Connected Indo-Pacific”…[more]
U.S. Mission to India: Supporting Women Journalists in Countering Mis/Disinformation in the Indo-Pacific Region
The U.S. Consulate General, Public Affairs Section in Kolkata is soliciting proposals for a program entitled “Support for women journalists in countering mis/disinformation in the Indo-Pacific region”…[more]
2020 NGO Programs benefiting Refugees and Asylum seekers in Thailand, Nepal, India, and Bangladesh
The U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Population Refugees and Migration (PRM) has announced a 2020 Notice of Funding Opportunity for NGO programs benefiting refugees and asylum seekers in Thailand, Nepal, India, and Bangladesh…[more]
