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SAU90023CA0020: Youth and Education Exchange

Closed Closed July 31, 2023 Opportunity SAU90023CA0020 ☆ 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 Austria notices from 2023.

• Award ceiling$120,000
• Award floor$100,000
• Total funding$120,000
• Expected awards1
• Cost sharingNot required
• Funding typeCooperative Agreement

Key dates

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to nonprofits and colleges and universities.

• Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
• Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
• Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
• Private institutions of higher education

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Is this a realistic fit?

• Past Public Diplomacy Programs awards averaged $26,570; this notice allows up to $120,000 per award.
• No cost sharing or match is required.

What the grant funds

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE U.S. Embassy Vienna Notice of Funding Opportunity Funding Opportunity Title: Youth and Education Exchange Funding Opportunity Number: SAU90023CA0020 Deadline for Applications: July 31, 2023 Assistance Listing Number: 19.040 Total Amount Available: $100,000-$120,000 pending availability of funds A. PROGRAM DESCRIPTION The U.S. Embassy Vienna of the U.S. Department of State announces an open competition for organizations to submit applications to carry out a program to promote and foster U.S. culture, shared values, and diversity, with a specific focus on the contemporary American political and media landscape, among young Austrian students. Please follow all instructions below. As there is a growing need for improving media literacy and strengthening young Austrians’ understanding of the contemporary American political and media landscape, U.S. Embassy Vienna invites proposals for a Youth and Education Exchange to be carried out between September 2023 and December 2024. In times of increasing discord and misinformation, this program promises to contribute to coming generations of Austrian leaders’ understanding of the United States. Priority Region: None Program Objectives: This exchange program will focus on U.S. culture, shared values, disinformation, diversity, and the contemporary American political and media landscape. The goal is to reinforce the power of shared democratic values, provide a first-hand look at the U.S. political process, and enhance people-to-people ties between young Austrians and Americans. In times of increasing discord and misinformation, this program contributes to a closer connection between future generations of Austrian and American leaders and enhances Austrian participants’ understanding of the United States. The program will reduce stereotypes and produce informed young Austrians who can act as citizen ambassadors, thus benefiting the Austrian-American relationship in the years ahead. The program will provide an exchange experience focused on U.S. culture, shared values, disinformation, diversity, and the contemporary American political and media landscape. The goal is to reinforce the power of Western democratic values, provide a first-hand look at the U.S. political process and the role of civil society, while increasing people-to-people ties. As this will be a cooperative agreement, U.S.

Category: Education.

Applying now

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

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