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DOS-KAZ-NS-AEECA-22-005: Small Grants for Media Programs

Closed Closed May 29, 2022 Opportunity DOS-KAZ-NS-AEECA-22-005 ☆ Save

This grant is closed. A newer notice from the same program is forecast: Democracy Commission Program R2 FY2022 (TIRDEMCOMMR2FY22). Status: Forecast, no dates yet. It is in our archive of U.S. Mission to Kazakhstan notices from 2022.

• Award ceiling$40,000
• Award floor$10,000
• Total funding$140,000
• Expected awards6
• Cost sharingNot required
• Funding typeCooperative Agreement, Grant

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 following organizations are eligible to apply: - Not-for-profit organizations registered in Kazakhstan - For-profit organizations registered in Kazakhstan - Civil society/non-governmental organizations registered in Kazakhstan - Think tanks registered in Kazakhstan - Individuals

Is this a realistic fit?

• Past AEECA/ESF PD Programs awards averaged $83,527; this notice allows up to $40,000 per award.
• No cost sharing or match is required.

What the grant funds

The Embassy of the United States in Kazakhstan is seeking applications to strengthen Kazakhstan’s media market. Projects will address one of the following themes: Theme 1: Countering fake news and disinformation. Theme 2: Promoting professional journalism standards, particularly fact checking, verification, investigative journalism, and fact-based reporting, especially in the regions outside Nur-Sultan and Almaty. Theme 3: Promoting innovative approaches for gathering or sharing news, particularly with younger audiences. Theme 4: Supporting the development of peer-to-peer exchanges or grassroots networks of professionals for higher quality reporting, ethical and objective journalism. Program Goal: Strengthen media in Kazakhstan by increasing journalistic professionalism and diminishing the negative impact of disinformation in Kazakhstan. Project Audiences should be journalists, bloggers, media outlets, media professionals, and editors. Projects should benefit, directly or indirectly, Kazakhstani media consumers, increasing the quality of media content. Programs and projects directly targeting news reporters, journalists, and bloggers will be given preference. Projects are encouraged to target Kazakh-speaking audiences in outlying regions of Kazakhstan. Projects should aim to achieve one or more of the following objectives: Broaden access to high-quality journalism for young audiences through innovative approaches in gathering or sharing news; Promote professional journalism standards across regional and national media outlets by increasing their professional fact-checking, verification, and investigative journalism skills; Build the capacity of Kazakhstani media outlets including Kazakh-language and regional media outlets, to improve their financial sustainability, secure alternative sources of revenue, and adopt different media-business models and techniques for enlarging their audiences. Support the development of peer-to-peer exchanges or grassroots networks of professionals for higher quality reporting, ethical and objective journalism. Prevent distribution of misinformation and disinformation or mitigate its negative impact through effective campaigns, which can include analysis of media trends, development of communities, or distribution of objective reporting.

Category: Other.

Applying now

This notice no longer takes applications. Apply under the newer notice, TIRDEMCOMMR2FY22, which is forecast.

The notice on Grants.gov keeps its full text and attachments, which is useful for planning a resubmission.