Deadline: 22-Jul-22
The Palestinian Affairs Unit public diplomacy section (PAU-PD) announces an open competition for a grant through this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) Media Literacy Training Program.
This program will promote media literacy among Palestinian youth and is designed to partner with an organization to implement activities which advance the applicant’s goals and the PAU-PD mission: to advance a comprehensive and lasting peace through a negotiated two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the development of a vibrant, representative, and responsive Palestinian civil society, private sector, and governing institutions through substantive engagement with American people, institutions, ideas and ideals in order to improve American-Palestinian relations and create greater opportunities for mutually beneficial partnership and cooperation.
PAU-PD will support innovative approaches to cultivate critical information consumers who are equipped with the background and strategies necessary to navigate today’s highly differentiated media environment. Eligible projects should address the following:
- media production and issues of credibility
- messages and their intended effects
- issues of representation
Objectives
- The program seeks to equip project participants with the background and strategies necessary to navigate an increasingly complex information environment.
- After participating in the project, participants will be able to critically reflect and assess:
- credibility and intentions of a medium’s originator
- themes, codes, and rhetorical strategies in messages and media as well as their effects
- contentious issues of representation inherent in mass- and social media
- the responsibility of their behavior in the media environment as producers or disseminators of messages
- Generate Insights and Measure Success
- The Embassy expects the project to produce actionable insights on the demographics and attitudinal profiles of participants as well as data about the project’s effectiveness.
Funding Information
- Length of performance period: up to twelve (12) months
- Number of awards anticipated: one (1)
- Award amount: $50,000
- Total available funding: $50,000
- Type of Funding: FY2022 Smith-Mundt American Spaces Support Funds
- Anticipated program start date: September 2022
- This notice is subject to availability of funding.
Participants and Audiences: Target audiences include Palestinian youth (ages 18-28) in Jerusalem, the West Bank, and Gaza including but not limited to: journalism and communications students, journalists, social media practitioners, online content producers, influencers, and media specialists.
Priority Region: Jerusalem, the West Bank, and Gaza
Eligibility Criteria
- The following types of applicants are eligible to apply:
- U.S. or non-U.S. not-for-profit organizations, including think tanks and civil society, non-governmental organizations, media organizations, and/or public and private educational institutions.
For more information, visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=340741