# Media Professionals Combating Mis/Disinformation, Promoting Media Literacy Project

Source: https://welltoldgrants.com/grants/dos-pds-fy24-03-media-professionals-combating-mis-disinformation-promoting/  
Official notice: https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/355505

> U.S. Mission to Uganda offered grants of up to $100,000 (at least $35,000) to the applicants described in the notice. It expected to make about 2 awards worth $100,000 in total. Applications closed on August 20, 2024.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Opportunity number | DOS-PDS-FY24-03 |
| Agency | U.S. Mission to Uganda |
| Status | Forecast |
| Deadline | August 20, 2024 |
| Award ceiling | $100,000 |
| Award floor | $35,000 |
| Expected awards | 2 |
| Total funding | $100,000 |
| Cost sharing | not required |
| Assistance Listings | 19.040 |

## Who can apply

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

• Not-for-profit organizations, including think tanks and civil society/non-governmental organizations • Public and private educational institutions • Individuals • Public International Organizations and Governmental institutions For-profit or commercial entities, including for-profit media organizations, are not eligible to apply.

## What the grant funds

The U.S. Embassy Kampala/ Bureau of African Affairs of the U.S. Department of State announces an open competition for organizations to submit applications to carry out a program to implement a media literacy and countering mis- and dis-information targeting senior radio/investigative journalists. The project will have two elements: (1) Training of senior members of broadcast media (presenters, reporters, investigative journalists, and producers) on how to detect and counter misinformation and disinformation. (2) Research and analysis of information manipulation and propaganda across Uganda’s media landscape. The U.S. Mission in Uganda is concerned about the proliferation of information manipulation that negatively influences Ugandans’ perception of public health campaigns, domestic politics, the value of a democratic system, and other significant issues. The project aims to support one of the Public Diplomacy Section’s (PDS) central goals of improving the professional development of the Ugandan media corps. Please follow all instructions below.

## Questions people ask

### Is DOS-PDS-FY24-03 still open?

No. It closed on August 20, 2024. A newer notice is open: OFOP0002825, closes January 1, 2099 (26353 days left).

### Who can apply for Media Professionals Combating Mis/Disinformation, Promoting Media Literacy Project?

U.S. Mission to Uganda accepted applications from the applicants described in the notice. The notice adds further conditions, so read its eligibility section.

### What is the deadline for Media Professionals Combating Mis/Disinformation, Promoting Media Literacy Project?

Closed August 20, 2024. Applications are no longer accepted; the program's newer notices are on this page when there are any.

### How much funding is available?

Awards of up to $100,000 each. About $100,000 in total across about 2 awards.

### Who has won Public Diplomacy Programs grants before?

The largest recipients over five fiscal years were Miscellaneous Foreign Awardees, Meridian International Center, American Councils for International Education: Actr/Accels, Inc. The program made 13,489 awards worth $358 million in that time.