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PDS-NIAMEY-FY21-CORNER: American Corner Niamey

Closed Closed April 6, 2021 Opportunity PDS-NIAMEY-FY21-CORNER ☆ 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 Niger notices from 2021.

• Award ceiling$70,000
• Award floor$25,000
• Total funding$70,000
• Cost sharingRequired
• 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)

Eligible Applicants The following organizations are eligible to apply: • Not-for-profit organizations, including think tanks and civil society/non-governmental organizations • Public and private educational institutions

Is this a realistic fit?

• Past Public Diplomacy Programs awards averaged $26,570; this notice allows up to $70,000 per award.
• The notice requires cost sharing or matching funds, so you must contribute part of the project cost.

What the grant funds

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE U.S. Embassy Niamey Notice of Funding Opportunity Funding Opportunity Title: American Corner Niamey Funding Opportunity Number: PDS-Niamey-FY21-Corner Deadline for Applications: April 6, 2021 Assistance Listing Number: 19.040 Total Amount Available: Up to $70,000, pending availability of funds. A. PROGRAM DESCRIPTION The U.S. Embassy Niamey of the U.S. Department of State announces an open competition for organizations to submit applications to carry out a program to establish an American Corner in Niamey. Please follow all instructions below. This notice is subject to availability of funding. Priority Region: City of Niamey Program Objectives: After 30 years, U.S. Embassy Niamey has transitioned its American Cultural Center and Rosa Parks Library from Rue de La Tapoa in the Plateau neighborhood of Niamey to its new embassy building in Koira Kano. However, Embassy Niamey is interested in opening a new American Corner in a more central location in Niamey. Thus, we are seeking to partner with an organization to establish an American Corner. The primary goal of the American Corner is to provide access to information about the United States, including U.S. culture, U.S. higher education system, the U.S. government and its policies, and provide access to American English language-learning resources. Additionally, organizations must be willing to host official embassy events at least weekly. Such events vary in scope, but will likely include receptions, discussion forums, cultural events, media interviews, official meetings, or lectures. Most events take place in the afternoon or evening, however, some may occur on weekends. Applications should include a plan for managing a library focused on the United States and English language resources with public events targeted primarily at high school and university students and young professionals, The public events must include a drop-in language club that meets at least weekly, a quarterly book club, and a plan to create Niger’s first “Makerspace” which would offer Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math activities such as coding, robotics, 3D printing, and writers seminars.. In the proposal, organizations should explicitly state whether they have their own space to host the American Corner, or if they would prefer to occupy the site of the former American Cultural Center in the Plateau neighborhood.

Category: Other.

Applying now

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

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