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PDS-AF0002-FY2024: Capacitating Investigative Journalism in Botswana

Closed Closed September 16, 2024 Opportunity PDS-AF0002-FY2024

This grant is closed. A newer notice from the same program is open now: U.S.-Africa Strategic Investment Program (DFOP0019410). Status: Closes May 31, 2027 (205 days left). It is in our archive of U.S. Mission to Botswana notices from 2024.

U.S. Mission to Botswana offered grants of up to $100,000 (at least $100,000) to the applicants described in the notice. It expected to make one award worth $100,000 in total. Applications closed on September 16, 2024.

From the official notice on Grants.gov, last changed August 13, 2024. Checked November 7, 2026.

Key dates

PostedAugust 14, 2024
DeadlineSeptember 16, 2024
Archived by Grants.govOctober 16, 2024

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to the applicants described in the notice.

1. Eligible ApplicantsThe following organizations are eligible to apply: • U.S. – based and non-U.S. based not-for-profit organizations, including think tanks and civil society/non-governmental organizations• U.S. - based and non-U.S. based public and private educational institutions• Individuals• U.S. - based and non-U.S. based Public International Organizations• U.S. based and non U.S. based for profit organizations

Is this a realistic fit?

What the grant funds

U.S. Embassy Gaborone of the U.S. Department of State announces an open competition for organizations to submit proposals to carry out a program to train investigative journalists in Botswana, capacitate training cohort participants in developing and writing/producing, and publishing well-researched investigative news stories that serve the public interest, and develop newsroom financial and management capacity that supports a robust, ethical, and sustainable independent news media environment in Botswana

Category: Other.

Who has won State/African Regional - Other Economic Support Funds (ESF) Projects/Programs grants before

From fiscal 2021 to 2025, State/African Regional - Other Economic Support Funds (ESF) Projects/Programs (19.989) awarded $17.3 million across 34 grant awards, an average of $509,098 per award.

Largest recipients, fiscal 2021 to 2025
RecipientStateAwardsAmount
African Legal Support Facility1$4.9 million
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation1$2.2 million
Miscellaneous Foreign Awardees3$1.7 million
The MITRE CorporationMassachusetts1$1.2 million
Center for Advanced Defense Studies, Inc. (the)District of Columbia1$1.2 million

Top states: District of Columbia ($3.2 million), Massachusetts ($1.6 million), Maryland ($837,651), New York ($726,954), California ($493,227).

Applying now

This notice no longer takes applications. Apply under the newer notice, DFOP0019410, which is open now.

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

Questions people ask

Is PDS-AF0002-FY2024 still open?

No. It closed on September 16, 2024. A newer notice is open: DFOP0019410, closes May 31, 2027 (205 days left).

Who can apply for Capacitating Investigative Journalism in Botswana?

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

What is the deadline for Capacitating Investigative Journalism in Botswana?

Closed September 16, 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 for one award.

Who has won State/African Regional - Other Economic Support Funds (ESF) Projects/Programs grants before?

The largest recipients over five fiscal years were African Legal Support Facility, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation, Miscellaneous Foreign Awardees. The program made 34 awards worth $17.3 million in that time.

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