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DOSRUS-25-GR-001: FY 2025 Annual Program Statement

Closed Closed March 31, 2025 Opportunity DOSRUS-25-GR-001 ☆ 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 Russia notices from 2024.

• Award ceiling$250,000
• Award floor$25,000
• Expected awards100
• 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)

Eligibility is limited to recipients qualified to receive U.S. grants and able to develop and implement programs in the Russian Federation, or programs that engage communities maintaining ties to people living in Russia. Preference will be given to recipients implementing programs in the Russian Federation or directly reaching people living in Russia. These include:• Not-for-profit organizations, including think tanks, educational institutions, civil society organizations, and individuals carrying out programs in support of civil society; • Museums, national parks, and nature reserves, and;• Individuals.

Is this a realistic fit?

• Past Public Diplomacy Programs awards averaged $26,570; this notice allows up to $250,000 per award.
• No cost sharing or match is required.

What the grant funds

BACKGROUND: The U.S. government unequivocally condemns the Russian government’s aggressive foreign policy. The Kremlin’s efforts to silence independent voices, restrict access to unbiased information, and punish dissent represent a pattern of systematic repression of the Russian people’s fundamental freedoms. The United States recognizes this and distinguishes between Russia’s government and its people. The United States respects the Russian people’s contributions to science, culture, and education. Maintaining and strengthening the people-to-people connections between our countries serves the long-term interests of the United States and remains the bedrock upon which a future, more constructive bilateral relationship could emerge. In that spirit, the United States supports people-to-people engagements, exchange programs, and other initiatives that allow Russian students, scholars, and civil society members to experience the United States, its culture, and its values firsthand, and that promote interaction between the Russian and American people with the aim of keeping the door open to a better future. A. PROGRAM DESCRIPTION The U.S. Embassy Moscow Public Diplomacy Section (PDS) announces funding is available through our Public Diplomacy Grants Program. This APS outlines our funding priorities, strategic themes, and the procedure for submitting requests for funding. Applications for programs are accepted until the deadline of March 31, 2025. The U.S. Embassy will not accept applications under the 2025 NOFO after that deadline. Please follow the instructions below. Please use the grant application mandatory forms and consider using the proposal and budget templates found on our website sidebar. Purpose of Public Diplomacy Grants: PDS Moscow invites proposals for projects that support future constructive relations and reinforce ties between the American and Russian people. Grant proposals must convey an element of U.S. history, culture, or values and support the administration’s stated priorities of making America safer, stronger, and more prosperous. Competitive proposals should support a priority program area (see below) and should also include a connection with U.S. expert/s, organization/s, or institution/s that will promote increased cooperation between the people of the United States and Russia even after the program has finished.

Category: Other.

Applying now

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

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