Issue 9 | Volume 11 | March 2, 2023
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International Funding Opportunities Update
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Upcoming events of the
Community of Practice on Global Development
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Equitable Partnerships in Global Development
Wednesday, March 15
9:30-11:00AM
(on Zoom)
Michigan State University faculty and professional staff will discuss their experience in promoting equitable partnerships in global research and development.
Presenters will include:
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Dr. Amanda Flaim, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology; and the James Madison College of Public Affairs
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Dr. Jose Jackson-Malete, Co-Director of the Alliance for African Partnership
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Dr. Laurie Medina, Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology; Director, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
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Dr. Leo Zulu, Associate Professor, Department of Geography, Environment, and Spatial Sciences
This event is being co-hosted by Global IDEAS, the Alliance for African Partnership,
the Tanzania Partnership Program and the African Studies Center
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Town hall meeting: Engaging US and African Universities on
the US Strategy towards Sub-Saharan Africa
Monday, March 27
9:30 - 11:30AM
(on Zoom)
Link to registration is forthcoming
Guest Speaker: Paul Zeleza, Associate Provost and North Star Distinguished Professor at Case Western Reserve University; former President of the African Studies Association
This town hall meeting will feature Dr. Zeleza, a renowned scholar, public intellectual, and seasoned university administrator with experience in the higher education sector in six countries on three continents. Award winning author of more than two dozen books and hundreds of academic articles and popular essays, he is skilled in Academic Governance, Policy Analysis, Lecturing and Public Speaking, as well as in African, Gender, Diaspora, and Development Studies.
This event is co-hosted by Global IDEAS, the Alliance for African Partnership, and the African Studies Center
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Climate Change and Food Security
Thursday, April 6
3-5PM
MSU Kellogg Center
Watch this space in the coming weeks for more details.
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Listed below are international funding opportunities identified in the past week. All other open opportunities may be accessed in a searchable database by clicking on the button to the right.
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Global IDEAS hosts the International Data Portal where you can learn about MSU's international presence. There is information about past international awards, educational programming, and MSU's international student body.
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Climate, Water, Environment, & Energy
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This funding opportunity aims to capitalize on the strength of student societies at university campuses to encourage student action on climate change.
In the first phase of the program the prospective grantee will engage student societies at five universities per country (for a total of 25 universities) in selected South Asian cities in Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Sri Lanka for a 12-month program, where student societies will be trained and encouraged to implement climate change-related programs in their respective universities. The training should include both formal and informal tools, opportunities for societies of all five universities in each city to meet and collaborate, and virtual opportunities for them to meet with participants from other countries as well.
In the next phase of the program (immediately after the 12-month phase described above), two representatives from each university will be selected to participate in a 3-to-5-day workshop – “South Asia Climate Consortium of Student Societies” in the U.S. to learn from U.S. experts on building sustainable climate programs as part of their student society’s programs.
After the local and international engagements, the prospective grantee should support all 25 universities in implementing at least three new climate friendly policies on their campuses during the six-month period of the second phase. Each student society trained will also organize at least one climate change awareness program outside their university, reaching communities most affected by the climate crisis.
The ideal grantee will be a U.S. or Pakistan-based grantee with offices or partner organizations in Pakistan, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh. Both phases of the project are expected to be completed within 18 months.
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Award size: $350,000 up to $500,000
Deadline: April 24, 2023
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The purpose of this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) is to solicit P20 planning grant applications for Climate Change and Health Research Centers (CCHRCs). This program will support the development of a transdisciplinary research environment to sustain a program of fundamental and applied research to examine the impacts of climate change on health and to develop action-oriented solutions to protect the health of individuals, communities, and nations from the hazards posed by climate change.
This opportunity will allow development of new research teams collaborating with communities and other partners to develop projects that generate data that will build or expand research capacity across a range of thematic scientific areas in support of the four core elements of the NIH’s Initiative in climate heath research: health effects research, health equity, intervention research, and training and capacity building.
Research Objectives
The CCHRCs will propose activities to establish the research infrastructure necessary to foster and conduct transdisciplinary science that addresses a specific thematic topic of climate and health research that will advance the field towards solutions-oriented adaptation and implementation that takes into consideration the core elements described above. Centers may consider exploring areas of research that address gaps in knowledge or feasibility of adaptation approaches for climate change impacts on health from a local, regional, national, or global perspective.
The Center team will be led by established investigators and should consist of individuals from other disciplines as appropriate to the research being proposed and must also include community engagement. Inclusion of at least one Early Stage Investigator as a Co-Investigator is required to include researchers not previously supported by NIH funding.
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Award size: $850,000
Letters of intent due dates: April 1, 2023 (next round): October 7, 2023
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The Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs of the U.S. Department of State announces an open competition for organizations to submit applications to carry out a project to improve the professionalization capacities of criminal justice institutions throughout Mexico.
The goal of this project is to strengthen the professionalization capacities of the Mexican criminal justice institutions and enhance citizen security by advocating, planning, and working for standardization and certification of Mexican justice sector operators at a national level.
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Award size: $2M up to $7.5M
Deadline: April 14, 2023
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The U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL) announces an open competition for organizations interested in submitting applications for projects that support Freedom of Expression in Central Asia.
DRL's goal is to increase the amount of relevant, balanced, and reliable information available to citizens', advocacy groups, and policy makers so they can strengthen regional cooperation, and contribute to the development of a shared vision among stakeholders on sustainable water management and environmental protection.
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Award size: $750,000
Deadline: April 27, 2023
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The U.S. Department of State’s Office of International Religious Freedom (J/IRF), in partnership with the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL) announces an open competition for organizations interested in submitting applications for projects that support increased accountability for human rights.
Program outcomes could include but are not limited to:
- Civil society documents several violations of religious freedom, consistent with evidentiary support standards relevant to accountability mechanisms in the U.S. and abroad;
- Civil society organizations better leverage accountability mechanisms;
- Regional and international bodies take action as a result of the documentation such as visa restrictions, sanctions, or other restrictions; and perpetrators of human rights violations related to religious freedom are held accountable.
Illustrative activities may include:
- Support documentation of rights abuses consistent with the evidentiary standards needed for potential consideration by various international sanctioning bodies, including the United States (such examples could include credible, corroborating information for consideration of applicable human -related visa restrictions and sanctions authorities related to religious freedom;
- Building upon ongoing documentation efforts and secure gathering of witness testimony;
- Increased efforts to document under-documented violations, especially violence committed on account of an individual's conscience, non-theistic views, or religious belief, identity, or practice;
- Create a coordinated documentation platform and/or network building on and informed by existing documentation efforts;
- Professionalization of documentation efforts via formal training and mentorship in human rights documentation methodologies; psychosocial frameworks for conducting interviews and taking witness testimony considering a do-no-harm approach, as well as the level of detail needed to bring accountability under various international mechanisms; and legal frameworks and accountability mechanisms available to hold perpetrators accountable;
- Filing of cases/dossiers for sanctions packages and complaints in domestic courts under universal jurisdiction statutes for investigation and prosecution of perpetrators of atrocities, including genocide and crimes against humanity;
- Small grants to local groups for advocacy and accountability efforts, based on opportunities identified within the documentation network.
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Award size: $1M
Deadline: May 1, 2023
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The U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL) announces an open competition for proposals that enhance protections for civil society, human rights defenders, and journalists so that they can operate securely and freely. DRL’s goal is to empower and protect human rights defenders, journalists, and civil society organizations in Libya. DRL aims to ensure that Libyan civil society and human rights defenders are able to safely operate and be seen as essential avenues of information representing issues of public importance in Libya.
Proposals must address one or both of the following program focus areas:
Bolstering Support and Resiliency for Libyan Civil Society (not to exceed $1,000,000): Programs should enable Libyan civil society to engage on human rights issues safely and effectively.
Potential program approaches may include:
- Providing CSOs effective access to multi-sectoral services that enhance their operational security and resilience, including digital, physical, and psychosocial security resources, support mechanisms, and legal assistance.
- Building the capacity of CSOs to more impactfully advocate with key government and international stakeholders.
- Fostering partnerships between CSOs, nascent or informal organizations, human rights actors, and the communities they represent to help identify key issues, needs, and concerns and form consensus on priorities and resources.
- Promoting coalition and network building efforts among CSOs across all regions of Libya on rights-related issues.
- Supporting CSOs to bolster policies and regulations that safeguard civic space and fundamental freedoms, including efforts to monitor and report on violations.
Strengthening Credibility for Libyan Civil Society (not to exceed $1,500,000): Programs should seek to curb online harassment targeting Libyan civil society and strengthen the credibility of CSOs as an essential avenue of information on and representation of issues of public importance in Libya.
Program approaches may include:
- Strengthening public trust in high quality information produced by independent Libyan civil society and media.
- Supporting CSOs to raise awareness about disinformation, including its origins, identification, and potential negative effects particularly highlighting the harm it brings to underserved groups.
- Promoting CSOs to lead fact-based and human rights-centered reporting and digital media literacy programs that deter online harassment of CSOs and human rights actors.
- Providing CSOs and human rights actors with tools and resources to counter disinformation, hate speech and online harassment campaigns that impedes their ability to operate and engage with the communities they seek to represent and access.
Proposals may also combine these approaches or elements (not to exceed $2,500,000).
Please note that all proposed program objectives must have their primary scope and impact inside Libya. Working with local Libyan partners, including substantive engagement of Libyan civil society organizations in the program’s design and implementation, should be a central aspect of any proposed program.
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Award size: $750,000 up to $2.5M
Deadline: May 1, 2023
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The U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL) announces an open competition for proposals that enhance efforts to combat gender-based violence (GBV) in Libya. DRL’s goal is to prevent, address, and respond to GBV within Libya. DRL aims to enable Libyan civil society to lead survivor-sensitive GBV advocacy efforts and develop effective reporting and survivor-centered service provision mechanisms.
Potential program approaches may include:
- Improving procedures and referral systems that provide comprehensive, victim-centered services including medical, economic, and psychosocial support for survivors.
- Reinforcing capacities of service providers and local institutions to protect women from violence, politically motivated threats, discrimination, exploitation, and abuse.
- Strengthening coordination among service providers, local institutions, and professionalized networks of support
- Enhancing integrated digital, physical, and psychosocial security measures and increasing awareness of reporting mechanisms for GBV survivors.
- Amplifying rights awareness campaigns, including efforts to change societal attitudes that stigmatize survivors of GBV and prevent survivors from accessing assistance and formally reporting crimes.
- Supporting the establishment of shelters or other protection mechanisms for GBV survivors across all of Libya and increasing response efforts, including improving access to emergency assistance, transportation, and relocation support.
Please note that all proposed program objectives must have their primary scope and impact inside Libya. Working with local Libyan partners, including substantive engagement of Libyan civil society organizations in the program’s design and implementation, must be a central aspect of any proposed program.
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Award size: $1M
Deadline: May 1, 2023
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The U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL) announces an open competition for organizations interested in submitting applications for projects that promote women’s entrepreneurship and financial and digital inclusion, including through trade and investment, in Central and Eastern Europe.
Project beneficiaries may include communities in: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Croatia, Estonia, Georgia, Greece, Poland, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, and Ukraine. Final country selection will be confirmed in consultation between the successful applicant and DRL. Country selections may be subject to additional approvals and/or vetting.
In addition to the objectives above, project activities should facilitate cross -country learning, resource sharing, and advocacy strategies for use across the region.
Illustrative activities may include, but are not limited to:
- Promote women’s access to the digital economy and support digital inclusion of women in business, entrepreneurs, and MSMEs with attention to digital literacy, digital security, and a safer digital business environment;
- Raise awareness of online and workplace GBV and sexual harassment, including for members of marginalized communities;
- Research, document, and expose the particular risks faced by women in business online and highlight needs to combat online abuse and harassment;
- Identify gaps in available tools and resources – to include methodologies and tools that serve particular industries – as well as other communities with intersectional or multiple-marginalized identities, such as LGBTQI+ persons; immigrants; persons with disabilities; and racial, ethnic, and religious minorities; among others – and provide recommendations for closing such gaps;
- Promote private-sector protections and identify existing, or develop new, practical tools, trainings and accountability mechanisms that private -sector companies, chambers of commerce, and women’s business associations and networks can use to support women and members of marginalized communities countering technology -facilitated GBV;
- Identify policy reform priorities to combat technology-facilitated GBV and harassment at the national and regional levels, including improved workplace and social protections for women in business to counter online abuse, and promote public-private dialogue, evidence-based advocacy campaigns, and outreach to raise awareness on the impact of and tools for addressing online abuse; and
- Promote democratic digital governance, labor, and/or workplace reforms, company/national resources, and reporting procedures that offer better protections for women in business, especially when dealing with online abuse.
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Award size: $1,975,308
Deadline: May 3, 2023
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Migration & Human Trafficking
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The TIP Office announces an open competition for Intervention Development Research under a new Program to End Modern Slavery (PEMS) Opportunity. The TIP Office welcomes proposals for projects that align with U.S. government and TIP Office priorities, address labor or sex trafficking challenges on a significant scale, offer the potential to have systemic and sustainable results, and advance innovation capacity.
PEMS-funded efforts conduct scientifically rigorous research to establish evidence on the effects of anti-trafficking (including forced labor and sex trafficking) programs on the reduction of the prevalence of human trafficking through the advancement of sound prevalence measurement methodologies, strong monitoring and evaluation practices, evidence-based programming, and the application of victim-centered and trauma-informed approaches and interventions.
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Award size: $500,000 up to $4M
Deadline: April 21, 2023
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The U.S. Embassy Kampala (Uganda) 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 to focus on Media Literacy and Counter Disinformation activities.
This is a Notice of Funding Opportunity outlining a funding priority and the procedures for submitting requests for funding. Proposals that do not align with stated objectives and project outcomes will not be considered for funding.
The objective of this specific funding opportunity is to improve media literacy, reduce vulnerability to misinformation and disinformation, and/or raise awareness about the importance of media literacy and fact checking. Proposed projects will work with an audience of established professionals aged 25 to 50.
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Award size: $2,000 up to $50,000
Deadline: March 31, 2023
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The U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement (PM/WRA) is pleased to invite eligible organizations to submit applications for a cooperative agreement to conduct proliferation mitigation of Man-Portable Air Defense Systems (MANPADS) and Anti-Tank/All-purpose Tactical Guided Missiles (ATGMs) programming in and around Ukraine during fiscal year 2023. Specific goals, objectives, and technical requirements for application packages are detailed below.
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Award size: up to $350,000
Deadline: April 15, 2023
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DRL’s goal is to reduce the practice of bonded labor in Pakistan, particularly at the provincial where national law enforcement remains weak. Successful proposals will go beyond describing an approach that promotes eradicating the practice of bonded labor and will detail how the applicant will address workers’ grievances, rights, remediation and achieve justice.
Proposals should also include specific approaches to reduce bonded labor at provincial levels. The objectives for this program are to:
- document cases of abuses against bonded laborers and provide legal support for workers to seek redress,
- workers and allied human rights organizations advocate for government at local and national levels to implement existing Pakistani labor laws prohibiting bonded labor and expand social support.
Program outcomes should include:
- Advocacy, media outreach, or awareness raising on a particular issue of concern.
- Strengthened ability of legal actors to litigate workers’ rights cases.
- Participatory development of networks of human rights defenders.
- Campaigns to highlight widespread violations of workers’ human rights (security, personhood).
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Award size: $1.25M up to $1.5M
Deadline: April 24, 2023
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The U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL) announces an open competition for organizations to submit applications for projects that address impunity for those who facilitate and perpetuate the misuse and diversion of arms exports.
Responsive projects should be designed to achieve the following outcomes:
- Increased knowledge and capacity among civil society to promote human rights, IHL, and civilian harm considerations in conventional weapons transfers use.
- Improved and increased end-use reporting of arms exports
- Governments acknowledge, prevent, and address the misuse and diversion of arms exports
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Award size: $1M
Deadline: April 25, 2023
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The Public Diplomacy Section (PDS) of the United States Consulate General in Peshawar (Pakistan) is pleased to announce an open competition for assistance award funding. Based on funding availability, this project will bring experts from the United States to train staff of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Directorate of Archaeology and Museums in various aspects of museum management including, but not limited to, handling and cataloging of museum artifacts, object conservation, and record keeping and digitization.
Implemented by a U.S.-based organization, this training would allow the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Directorate of Archeology and Museums to display more objects in the provincial museums, ultimately leading to an increase in heritage tourism.
Project Goal: To build the capacity of approximately 35 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Directorate staff in general museum management, artifact cataloging, object preservation, and records digitization in order to help promote and protect cultural heritage and promote religious pluralism. Long-term, we expect this project will contribute to increased tourism and greater economic prosperity for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. This project advances two U.S. Mission Goals (1) working towards strengthening Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s economy and private sector growth; and (2) strengthening religious tolerance, including the civil rights of religious minorities.
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Award size: $150,000 up to $250,000
Deadline: April 28, 2023
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The Regional English Language Office (RELO) in the Public Diplomacy Section of the U.S. Embassy Islamabad of the U.S. Department of State (hereafter referred to as “RELO Pakistan”) is pleased to announce an open competition for assistance awards through this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO).
This grant is for the countrywide management of the English Works! program, in collaboration with in-country educational service providers. The target demographic for this project is under-employed and unemployed young adults ages 17-25. Participants will be identified and/or selected by the U.S. Embassy and Consulates from across Pakistan. In-country educational service providers that conduct the classes are also selected by the U.S. Embassy and Consulates. (Note: Throughout this NOFO, schools, NGOs, and other partners will be referred to as "in-country educational service providers.")
RELO Pakistan’s purpose in funding projects under this opportunity is to improve human capacity by creating a better educated and more skillful workforce. This program will increase participants’ English language proficiency and employability, enabling them to become more productive members of their community and society.
Based on funding availability, this English Works! project will provide a foundation of English language and vocational skills to underserved youth, ages 17-25. The six-month, 240-hour program boosts English language proficiency, develops computer literacy skills, and builds job market knowledge and confidence. Since launching in 2015, over 4,000 Pakistani youth have graduated from the English Works! program with more marketable skills, leading to greater employability.
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YouAward size: $1.5M up to $2M
Deadline: April 28, 2023
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The U.S. Consulate General Peshawar (Pakistan) is pleased to announce an open competition for proposals to 1) raise awareness and inspire action to protect the environment, 2) foster entrepreneurship opportunities for women, youth, and civil society actors, and 3) promote education in the United States for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa students from urban and rural areas. Through the above activities and based on funding availability, we hope to provide skills and resources needed to create greater opportunities for populations in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Project Goals:
- Pakistan implements its commitments to reduce emissions, advances sustainable solutions to environmental challenges, and supports an equitable, clean, and resilient energy future.
- Pakistan accelerates inclusive, private sector-led economic growth and imports more U.S. goods and services.
- Pakistani society is better educated, more skilled, more inclusive, and healthier.
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Award size: $50,000 up to $250,000
Deadline: April 28, 2023
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Based on funding availability, the Public Diplomacy Section (PDS) of the Embassy of the United States of America in Islamabad, Pakistan (hereafter referred to as “PDS”) solicits proposals for multiple funding opportunities for projects to train and build capacity among Pakistani journalists, including traditional media practitioners, digital media professionals, vloggers, and documentary makers, among others.
These projects aim to increase the Pakistani media's ability to report accurately, combat misinformation, and develop the capacity to produce factual, data-driven, and investigative journalism on complex issues such as energy and environmental concerns, economic growth and development, and civil society issues. These projects will address Mission Pakistan goals by strengthening the country’s press and civil society and by empowering local media actors to play a critical role in providing accurate, balanced, and quality information.
The projects outlined below are intended to be nationwide. The projects vary in their target audiences and funding amounts. All projects should be completed within 12 to 18 months.
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Award size: $50,000 up to $150,000
Deadline: May 1, 2023
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The Community Engagement Office (CEO), of the Public Diplomacy Section (PDS) of the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad (Pakistan), U.S. Department of State (hereinafter known as “CEO”) is pleased to announce an open competition for assistance awards, through the Public Diplomacy Grants Program.
Under this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO), CEO is seeking proposals to strengthen existing Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism (P/CVE) models and structures by building on the foundations of previous and existing work in the region through capacity building, policy interventions, implementation oversight and reinforcement of learned outcomes. CEO is seeking to partner with an expert organization (international or national) who will operate as ‘Technical Lead’ on programming, design, and evaluation models in partnership with two or more regional or local grass-root CSOs/NGOs and key institutions (government and non-government) as sub-grantees.
CEO will fund one proposal through a Cooperative Agreement with innovative approaches and tools to prevent and counter violent extremism that meets the above-mentioned brief. In doing so, proposals may cover interventions including countering narratives, dissemination of alternative narratives, building resilience within communities, and conducting outreach to change social discourse, thereby reducing acceptance of extremist narratives and ideologies.
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Award size: $1M up to $1.2M
Deadline: May 1, 2023
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The Public Diplomacy Section (PDS) at the U.S. Consulate General Peshawar is pleased to announce a funding opportunity available through the public diplomacy grants program to link Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) (Pakistan) journalism and mass communication students with senior journalists/media professionals, who will serve as mentors.
Based on funding availability, this project will offer an opportunity for the students to apply theory to practical, hands-on ground experience in a professional environment through a paid internship. The aim of the one-year-long project is to offer approximately 40 journalism students (50% women) an internship for a minimum of two months. Depending on the success and demonstrated outcomes of the program, this project may be extended at the discretion of PDS and contingent upon funding availability.
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Award size: $40,000 up to $50,000
Deadline: May 1, 2023
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The mission of the State Department’s Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) is to keep Americans safe by countering crime, illegal drugs, and instability abroad. The Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) is at the forefront of responding to these challenges, uniting these overarching themes through our foreign assistance programs, diplomatic engagement, and policy coordination.
INL’s foreign assistance programs are essential to advancing U.S. policy objectives. INL programs advance the following strategic goals:
- Disrupt and reduce illicit drug markets and transnational crime to protect American lives and U.S. national security.
- Combat corruption and illicit financing to strengthen democratic institutions, advance rule of law, and reduce transnational crime and its enablers.
- Strengthen criminal justice systems to support stable, rights respecting partners
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Award size: $1.1M up to $3.3M
Deadline: May 1, 2023
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The Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs of the U.S. Department of State announces an open competition for organizations to submit applications to carry out a project to design, implement, and evaluate a model for early attention, investigation, and prosecution of crimes associated with gender-based violence (GBV). This solicitation seeks proposals to strengthen the efforts to prevent femicides and gender-based violent crimes in Mexico.
Priority Region/Countries: The project is to be implemented in Baja California, Sonora, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, Tamaulipas, Zacatecas, Jalisco, Guanajuato, Michoacan, Guerrero, and/or Quintana Roo, and/or other states, as recommended by INL.
Goal: Justice and security sector institutions respond to, investigate, and prosecute crimes of gender-based violence in a manner that is timely and well-coordinated to stem cycles of violence that if left unattended, may lead to femicide.
The capacity and knowledge of these operators will be reinforced with a gender perspective through the following objectives:
- Mexican security and justice institutions adopt a GBV risk mitigation and prevention model that provides early attention to victims, facilitates effective and coordinated investigations and prosecutions, and manages GBV cases appropriately based on the individual characteristics of each case.
- Mexican security and justice institutions and operators achieve a working understanding of their respective roles in responding to GBV and use this knowledge to improve system-wide response to GBV cases.
- Victims of GBV increasingly avail themselves of the public resources available to assist them.
Participants and Audiences: The project will strengthen the capacity of municipal and state police and emergency call operators (first responders), Attorney General Office’s personnel (specialized prosecutors, investigative police, information analysts, and forensic experts), Judges, and victim attention mechanisms such as Women Justice Centers.
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Award size: $250,000 up to $3M
Deadline: May 1, 2023
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The Community Engagement Office (CEO) of the Public Diplomacy Section (PDS) of the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad, U.S. Department of State (hereinafter known as “CEO”) is pleased to announce an open competition for assistance awards, contingent on funding availability, through the Public Diplomacy Grants Program.
Under this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO), CEO is seeking proposals for creative methodologies and approaches to mitigate extremist narratives in Pakistan by engaging communities, promoting conflict resolution and peacebuilding, and addressing intersecting issues that can be drivers of violent extremism.
The project proposals may include the following intersecting theme(s) around Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism (P/CVE) work:
- Climate Change and its Impact,
- Gender in P/CVE,
- Early Intervention,
- Dialogue and Critical Thinking,
- Education and Capacity Building, and/or
- Technology & Media.
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Award size: $150,000 up to $300,000
Deadline: May 1, 2023
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The project aims to connect and support Afghan journalists residing in Pakistan.
The award will:
- Provide capacity building opportunities to approximately 20 Afghan journalists who are residing in Pakistan;
- Support 2-3 existing and/or new platforms created by exiled Afghan journalists in Pakistan;
- Find sustainable and safe ways to provide vital information about events in Afghanistan to the rest of the world; and
- Encourage partnerships between Afghan journalists in Pakistan and international media.
The target audience of this program is approximately 20 Afghan journalists in Pakistan, with equal participation by female Afghan journalists wherever possible.
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Award size: $80,000 up to $100,000
Deadline: May 2, 2023
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The Public Diplomacy Section of the U.S. Consulate General Lahore (Pakistan) of the U.S. Department of State is pleased to announce an open competition for assistance awards, contingent on funding availability, through the Public Diplomacy Grants Program.
The Public Diplomacy Section of the U.S. Consulate General Lahore seeks proposals to:
- empower women leaders for peacebuilding,
- promote leadership for women through sports, and
- develop capacity of business incubation centers in Punjab.
Through the above activities and based on funding availability, we hope to provide the necessary skills and resources needed to create greater opportunities for populations in Punjab.
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Award size: $50,000 up to $500,000
Deadline: May 2, 2023
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Scholarships & Fellowships
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The Claffey Meyer International Award provides financial assistance to domestic students who intend to travel to lower or middle income countries for the purpose of providing technical assistance, participate in research, or engage in service.
The intent is for students to work towards discovering and implementing solutions in response to urgent human needs (for example: food security, environmental quality, health and nutrition, education, and other areas) and, thereby, to encourage careers in international development teaching, research and practice.
Grants are intended to support travel, related living expenses, and projects costs—not to be used as a tuition scholarship.
- Open to upper-level undergraduate and graduate students
- Multiple scholarships will be given in 2023
- Award amounts will vary, but will be no less than $2,000
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Award size: min. award is $2,000
Deadline: March 10, 2023
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The Walker Hill International Award is available to MSU doctoral students to be used for pre-dissertation visits to a doctoral research site in a country outside the United States (for international students, research in one's own country does not qualify).
The student must have completed adequate credits and be able to submit a description, appropriateness and feasibility of pre-dissertation research objectives to be accomplished during the period spent abroad.
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Award size: min. award is $1,000
Deadline: March 10, 2023
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The Dr. Charles and Marjorie Gliozzo Dissertation Research Scholarship is available to MSU doctoral students with dissertation research objectives who have defended, or are in the process of defending, a dissertation proposal.
The scholarship supports field research abroad in support of the student's dissertation.
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Award size: min. award is $1,000
Deadline: March 10, 2023
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The Benjamin H. Kean Travel Fellowship in Tropical Medicine is awarded annually to support medical students involved in clinical or research electives in tropical areas. The Fellowship is designed to encourage young people to continue their work in tropical medicine and hygiene and recognize their achievements thus far. The Fellowship is named after Benjamin H. Kean (1912-1993), the founder of the tropical medical program and a renowned professor of clinical tropical diseases and public health at Cornell University.
ASTMH presents the Ben Kean Fellowships to strengthen the link between the past accomplishments of the clinicians and researchers in tropical medicine and hygiene and the next generation of leaders in the field.
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Award size: $1,000
Deadline: March 29, 2023
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The Asian Studies Center is entrusted with the management of the Dr. Delia Koo Endowment. Center-affiliated faculty are eligible to submit applications for teaching, research, or outreach projects. Applications will be accepted on a quarterly basis.
The goals of the Koo Endowment are:
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To facilitate the incorporation of international and global studies, especially of Asia, in the areas of teaching, research, or outreach at Michigan State University.
- To develop the capability of Michigan State University faculty members to conduct activities related to goal one.
- To enhance the standing of the colleges, departments, and the Asian Studies Center and affiliated units at Michigan State University in the area of Asian Studies.
Conference funding is also available for faculty. These applications will be accepted and reviewed on a rolling basis.
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Award size: $1,000 up to $5,000
Deadline: April 15, 2023
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The Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) was founded with the purpose of increasing and sharing knowledge about the past, present and future of tropical ecosystems and their relevance to human welfare. This work began in Panama in 1910, when the Smithsonian led one of the world’s first major environmental impact studies, which surveyed and catalogued the flora and fauna of the lowland tropical forests that would be flooded with the creation of the Panama Canal. A century later, the Smithsonian in Panama is a standard-setting global platform for groundbreaking research on tropical forests and marine ecosystems and their astounding biodiversity.
Today, STRI employs 40 staff scientists and hosts some 1,400 scientific visitors every year, from undergrads and interns to postdoctoral investigators and tenured research associates. Together, they collaborate on 350 running research projects and publish more than 400 peer reviewed articles in scientific journals every year. The research is not only shared widely around the global scientific community, but also reaches policymakers in Panama and beyond, receives media coverage around the globe, and is the foundation of an outreach and training program that reaches hundreds of teachers and tens of thousands of schoolchildren every year.
STRI’s most prestigious postdoctoral fellowship is awarded once a year to an outstanding candidate in one of the many research fields practiced at STRI. Successful candidate will conduct a three-year research program based at a STRI facility, typically in the lab of a staff scientist who serves as host or advisor on the project.
Eligibility: Researchers whose Ph.D. studies are completed before fellowship begins.
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Award size: $55,000 annual stipend; $16,000 research budget
Deadline: May 1, 2023
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ASTMH accepts applications from physicians and scientists for this international career opportunity focused on benefiting underserved populations in locations in the world where the burden of disease is high.
The recipient will receive $25,000 in support for a six-month research experience in the tropics.
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Award size: $25,000
Application portal opens: June, 2023
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The Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds (BIF) travel grants are awarded for research stays of up to three months to support junior scientists who want to learn clearly-defined methods useful for their ongoing research and their current laboratory. We award travel grants to European citizens working in Europe and overseas, and to non-European citizens who perform their MD, PhD or postdoctoral project in Europe, or will use the travel grant to work in Europe
This includes:
- Visiting another laboratory
- Attending research-orientated courses with the practical part making up at least 50% of the course.
They can also be used by PhD candidates and their potential supervisors to evaluate the scientific and personal fit before the start of a PhD project in another country by funding a research stay of one to three months in the supervisor’s laboratory.
Applicants for a Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds (BIF) travel grant must currently pursue an experimental project in basic biomedical research aimed at elucidating basic biological phenomena of human life and acquiring new scientific knowledge.
We fund PhD students or medical students during their doctoral thesis as well as postdocs. In addition, we support research visits of graduates who have applied for a PhD project abroad, but who have not yet worked with their potential PhD supervisor and not yet obtained a PhD position (hereafter called PhD candidates).
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Award size: travel expenses, housing
Deadline: Applications accepted at any time
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Global Innovations in Development, Engagement, and Scholarship (Global IDEAS) catalyzes interdisciplinary thought, research, and action to solve global/grand challenges in an international development context. We facilitate communities of practice; collaborate and engage with external partners and donors; enhance opportunities for faculty and staff to conduct research, education, and engagement; and provide proposal development and project management to support MSU’s international objectives.
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1405 S. Harrison Rd. Manly Miles Bldg., Suite 308
East Lansing, MI 48823
Phone: (517) 884-2987
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