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ESP23NOFODEFENSAYYO4: Mission Spain Public Diplomacy NOFO Defensa y Yo 4.0, 2023-2024

Closed Closed October 11, 2023 Opportunity ESP23NOFODEFENSAYYO4 ☆ 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 Spain notices from 2023.

• Award ceiling$90,000
• 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)

•Not-for-profit organizations, including think tanks and civil society/non-governmental organizations •Public and private educational institutions•Public International Organizations and Governmental institutions

Is this a realistic fit?

• Past Public Diplomacy Programs awards averaged $26,570; this notice allows up to $90,000 per award.
• No cost sharing or match is required.

What the grant funds

The Public Diplomacy Section of the U.S. Embassy in Madrid and U.S. Consulate General in Barcelona (known collectively as PD Spain) of the U.S. Department of State announces an open competition for organizations to submit proposals to design, manage, and implement “Defensa y Yo 4.0,” a program promoting security and defense issues among Spanish public university students. In 2021, working with a local partner organization, Mission Spain established "Defensa y Yo" (DyY) a program promoting security and defense issues among Spanish youth. The program includes three elements: 1) Lectures by U.S. experts in select Spanish public universities on a variety of topics related to security and defense. 2) Attendees can then participate in a competition where they submit a project on one of the topics covered in the lecture series. 3) A winner is selected from each university, with winning students traveling to Brussels to visit NATO headquarters and other security and defense institutions. For this fourth edition of the Defensa y Yo program, Mission Spain welcomes creative proposals to continue the program in sixteen selected universities, strengthen the relationships with both the university administrators and professors, and engage the network of participants from the three previous editions. The specific objectives for the program are: Objective 1: Spanish public university students gain knowledge and tools to discuss and share accurate information on security and defense issues with their peers and become better informed future leaders. Objective 2: Strong relationships are formed with both the university administrators and professors. Objective 3: Mentorship relationships are formed between participating students of all four editions of DyY and the alumni association GeoSeDe. A.3. Recipient Responsibilities The applicants of this NOFO (Notice of Funding Opportunity) must: 1. Develop and implement a program consisting of a series of lectures (in-person or virtual, when necessary) on security and defense themes featuring a U.S. expert (i.e. representatives from academia, civil society, international organizations, think tanks, U.S. government, etc.). These lectures will take place at sixteen selected Spanish public universities - one session per university from February 2024 to May 2024. Ideally, the grantee will invite a total of four speakers, one per month. Each speaker would reach four of the participating universities during the course of one week.

Category: Other.

Applying now

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

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