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C-NOFO-23-004: The Partner of Choice: Explaining the Significance of U.S.-India Strategic Partnership

Closed Closed June 24, 2023 Opportunity C-NOFO-23-004 ☆ 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 India notices from 2023.

• Award ceiling$150,000
• Award floor$130,000
• Total funding$150,000
• Expected awards1
• Cost sharingNot required
• Funding typeCooperative Agreement

Key dates

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to nonprofits and colleges and universities.

• Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
• Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
• Private institutions of higher education

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Is this a realistic fit?

• Past Public Diplomacy Programs awards averaged $26,570; this notice allows up to $150,000 per award.
• No cost sharing or match is required.

What the grant funds

Project Goal: A group of Indian opinion leaders will have a deeper understanding of the extent, scope, and significance U.S.-India strategic partnership in the current geopolitical scenario; analyze the prospects and challenges of taking it to the next level; recognize that in the present geopolitical scenario, the United States is able and willing to be a partner of choice for India; and disseminate this knowledge to key audiences through media platforms of their choice. Program Objectives: · Within six months of the project period, a group of at least 40 Indian strategic analysts and opinion leaders representing key thematic areas and sectors influencing U.S.-India Defense and Security partnership will engage in a series of (at least four) virtual meetings to analyze the current extent and significance of the partnership and identify prospects and challenges of taking it to the next level. · Within eight months of the project period, the 40 analysts representing different sectors will convene in a city in Southern India to explore cross-sectoral cooperation by participating in a series of interactive engagements, networking opportunities, and site visits, and formulate a media plan to further disseminate the significance of the partnership to key audiences. · Within 10 months of the project period, the grantee will work with the U.S. experts and Indian participants to create/produce/broadcast at least five opinion pieces in leading Indian publications; 10 podcasts and/or interviews with prominent Indian media with significant viewership. · Within 12 months of the project period, the grantee will organize follow on virtual meetings with the participants as required and assess the change in understanding and behavior of project participants through curated pre-and post-event polls and surveys and conduct qualitative as well as quantitative analyses of the participants’ traditional and social media output over a period of time, including (but not limited to) writings, interviews, podcasts etc. commissioned as part of the project. (Please refer the full announcement available in related documents tab)

Category: Education.

Applying now

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

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