Grants / Department of State / U.S. Mission to Moldova

PDS-CHISINAU-FY22-11: Romanian-language TV Content Fund

Closed Closed January 31, 2022 Opportunity PDS-CHISINAU-FY22-11 ☆ Save

This grant is closed. A newer notice from the same program is forecast: Democracy Commission Program R2 FY2022 (TIRDEMCOMMR2FY22). Status: Forecast, no dates yet. It is in our archive of U.S. Mission to Moldova notices from 2021.

• Award ceiling$500,000
• Award floor$5
• Total funding$500,000
• Expected awards1
• Cost sharingNot required
• Funding typeCooperative Agreement

Key dates

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to nonprofits.

• Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education

Eligibility is limited to not-for-profit organizations (NGOs, CSOs, Think-Tanks) and independent mass media (often registered as Limited Liability Companies) that can prove an extensive history of good performance, expertise, and good practices in the project domain. Foreign organizations are eligible to apply for this grant call.

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Is this a realistic fit?

• Past AEECA/ESF PD Programs awards averaged $83,527; this notice allows up to $500,000 per award.
• No cost sharing or match is required.

What the grant funds

The U.S. Embassy in Moldova seeks a qualified implementing organization that will manage the project entitled “Romanian-Language Television Content Fund” and will ensure the achievement of the program activities and objectives described in the current Notice of Funding Opportunity. The grant recipient will be responsible for overall logistical coordination, management of funds, as well as mentoring for the initiatives within this funding award. Most of the funding should be reserved for sub grants for the development of TV series pilots. The grant will consist of one major component: Romanian-language Television Series Pilots: two-year funding for entertainment and fiction programs on Moldovan television, prioritizing co-productions with private-sector and foreign media. The grant recipient must solicit applications from emerging or established Moldovan and/or regional filmmakers, and creative studios based on an open competition, and select participants based on merit, potential and proposed project goals and outcome. Grant recipient will offer mentorship and oversight to the successful applicants through the entire cycle of the project: Planning, Script writing, pitching, etc. Grant recipient will also work with television stations that air the content to implement industry best practices for marketing, scheduling, and monetizing the content. A complete application must contain the following mandatory elements: Application Format in MS Word format (available for download) Detailed Budget in MS Excel format (available for download) Monitoring and Evaluation Plan (including indicators, baselines, targets). For more details see attached Related Documents.

Category: Other.

Applying now

This notice no longer takes applications. Apply under the newer notice, TIRDEMCOMMR2FY22, which is forecast.

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