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BRAZIL-PAS-FY21-04: U.S. Speaker and Specialist Program for Brazil

Closed Closed June 16, 2021 Opportunity BRAZIL-PAS-FY21-04 ☆ Save

This grant is closed. A newer notice from the same program is open now: Austrian-American Partnership Fund (AAPF) (OFOP0002825). Status: Closes January 1, 2099 (26353 days left). It is in our archive of U.S. Mission to Brazil notices from 2021.

• Award ceiling$100,000
• Award floor$80,000
• Total funding$100,000
• Expected awards1
• Cost sharingNot required
• Funding typeCooperative Agreement

Key dates

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to the applicants described in the notice.

• Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)

The U.S. Embassy Brasilia Public Affairs Section only accepts applications from U.S. and Brazilian organizations that are legally registered not-for-profit non-governmental organizations with at least two years of experience.

Is this a realistic fit?

• Past Public Diplomacy Programs awards averaged $26,570; this notice allows up to $100,000 per award.
• No cost sharing or match is required.

What the grant funds

The U.S. Embassy Public Affairs Section in Brasilia is soliciting proposals for a cooperative agreement that falls into the area specified in Section II below from non-governmental organizations and other legally-recognized non-profit institutions that meet U.S. and, for Brazilian organizations, Brazilian technical and legal requirements to develop and implement educational and cultural programs. Information about the Public Affairs Section can be found at: http://br.usembassy.gov/. . This program will connect U.S. experts with Brazilian audiences and institutions on topics of strategic importance to the United States. Programs are conducted in-person and/or through virtual engagement platforms, proposals should outline how an organization will address both options. Traveling programs generally range from four days to one week in length. Virtual programs usually take place on a single specified date and time and may be part of a continuing series. The U.S. Speaker and Specialist Program will promote an understanding of U.S. strategic priorities, policies and institutions; and build linkages between U.S. and Brazilian experts and institutions. ow an organization will address both options. Traveling programs generally range from four Speakers will address topics identified by the Brasilia Public Affairs Section that will advance its strategic goals. Speakers will be programmed with a variety of professional audiences at a wide range of Brazilian institutions. Six critical strategic areas in which the recipient should be prepared to identify and recruit experts will include: 1. Climate change, environmental protection, and renewable energy 2. Diversity, Inclusion, Social Justice, including women’s empowerment 3. Entrepreneurship and innovative, inclusive economic growth, and trade 4. Science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields 5. Foreign policy and international affairs 6. Journalism (best practices), misinformation/disinformation, and digital literacy At the discretion of the Brasilia Public Affairs Section, experts in other areas of Mission priority may also be identified to be included in this project, possibly including education, culture, and the arts. However this project will not include recruitment and programming of performing arts groups to tour Brazil. In the case that U.S.

Category: Other.

Applying now

This notice no longer takes applications. Apply under the newer notice, OFOP0002825, which is open now.

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