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PAS-LIMA-FY21-NOFO-002: Notice of Funding Opportunity to Support Women in the Film Industry

Closed Closed July 15, 2021 Opportunity PAS-LIMA-FY21-NOFO-002 ☆ 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 Peru notices from 2021.

• Award ceiling$25,000
• Award floor$18,000
• Expected awards1
• Cost sharingNot required
• Funding typeGrant

Key dates

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to nonprofits.

• Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
• Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)

The U.S. Embassy Lima Public Affairs Section encourages applications from U.S. or Peruvian citizens and/or organizations, including:• Registered public or private non-profit organizations, such as think tanks and civil society/non-governmental organizations with programming experience;• Non-profit or governmental educational institutions; and• Governmental institutionsFor-profit or commercial entities are not eligible to apply.

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Is this a realistic fit?

• Past Public Diplomacy Programs awards averaged $26,570; this notice allows up to $25,000 per award.
• No cost sharing or match is required.

What the grant funds

The Public Affairs Section (PAS) of the U.S. Embassy in Lima is pleased to announce a competition for assistance awards through this Notice of Funding Opportunity. The program aims to support women in the film industry in Peru, given the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic to the film sector and the cultural industry in general. The U.S. Embassy’s Public Affairs Section invites filmmakers, producers, film technicians, cultural and education institutions and film guilds to design and present a plan to support women in Peru’s film industry by creating training opportunities throughout Peru, specifically outside of the province of Lima; promoting safer working conditions; and generating more opportunities to collaborate and share ideas with the international community, specifically the U.S. film industry. The program will support female directors, producers, technical teams, and screenwriters, amplifying their voices, and helping them overcome gender-based challenges that hinder their ability to work in the field. The program should also facilitate networking between senior-level and less-experienced professionals and disseminate funding and training opportunities, both in Peru and the United States. The program could be supported by one or more social media platforms or any other communication tool that reaches the target community. Activities should have a significant training component and include virtual and in-person events when possible. The program could include the creation of a Peru chapter for Women in Film and Television International to enable Peruvian women to further expand their networks to colleagues worldwide. The proposals should support the U.S. Embassy’s Integrated Country Strategy which includes the promotion of gender integration as a cross-cutting theme and supports women’s empowerment and entrepreneurship. If selected, the grantee must be able to carry out at least six of the following activities: 1. Organize four virtual and at least two in-person conferences (when possible) with U.S. women specialists on issues relevant to the field to help promote more film projects led by women. Audiences could be mixed or only women. 2. Organize regional courses with U.S. specialists in specific fields of interest to improve the technical capacity of filmmakers in provinces outside of Lima. Generate encounters for intercultural cooperation and dedicate resources to train indigenous women filmmakers. 3.

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.