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PAS-JAKARTA-FY26-10: U.S. Embassy Jakarta Media Small Grants Competition

Closed Closed August 31, 2026 Opportunity PAS-JAKARTA-FY26-10 ☆ Save

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• Award ceiling$20,000
• Award floor$5,000
• Total funding$20,000
• Expected awards1
• Cost sharingNot required
• Funding typeGrant

Key dates

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to individuals.

• Individuals

Eligible ApplicantsThe following organizations are eligible to apply:• Individuals, or teams of individuals, who are past and current participants of U.S. government-sponsored exchange programs who work as journalists or work directly within the field of journalism• Applicants must be Indonesian nationals

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Is this a realistic fit?

• Past Public Diplomacy Programs awards averaged $26,570; this notice allows up to $20,000 per award.
• No cost sharing or match is required.

What the grant funds

1. Project Background, Goals, and Objectives With over 270 million people and one of the world’s largest social media user bases, Indonesia’s citizens consume media content from a wide array of traditional and digital sources. Journalists and media professionals capable of reporting accurately and comprehensively on critical issues – including democratic governance, economic development, emerging technologies, and more – as well as those with an understanding of the critical role the free press plays in strengthening democratic governance and information integrity advances America’s foreign policy priorities of protecting freedom of speech, digital freedom, and strengthening regional security. For purposes of this solicitation, activities that involve identifying false or misleading information should focus on objectively verifiable factual claims, coordinated information manipulation, or manipulated digital media (including deepfakes and coordinated inauthentic behavior). Applicant should not classify policy disagreements, political viewpoints, or criticism of governments as misinformation or disinformation solely because they differ from official positions. The U.S. Embassy Jakarta seeks to support capacity-building programs for Indonesians with a focus on journalism, with priority consideration for projects in Sumatra, West Java, Kalimantan, and Papua. Proposed projects should focus on one or more of the following themes: • Press freedom • Digital freedom • Data-driven journalism • Facts-based journalism / countering propaganda • Investigative journalism (including promoting transparency and accountability in government) • AI in journalism Project Audience(s): • Journalists in the priority regions of Sumatra, West Java, Kalimantan, and Papua; • University students who are majoring in journalism, mass communications, political governance; or similar topics; • Community organizations focused on press freedom, digital freedom, promoting transparency and accountability, and the role of emerging technology in these areas. Project Goal: Advance America’s foreign policy priorities of protecting freedom of speech, digital freedom, and strengthening regional security in the Indo-Pacific region by: • Further transmit skills and knowledge delivered to past and current participants of U.S. government-sponsored exchange focused on press freedom, digital freedom, data-driven and fact-based investigative journalism.

Category: Other.

Applying now

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