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TOKYO-PAS-FY23-01-06: Empowering IVLP Alumni

Closed Closed February 19, 2023 Opportunity TOKYO-PAS-FY23-01-06 ☆ 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 Japan notices from 2022.

• Award ceiling$75,000
• Award floor$5,000
• Total funding$75,000
• Expected awards1
• Cost sharingNot required
• Funding typeCooperative Agreement, Grant

Key dates

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to nonprofits, colleges and universities, state and local governments, tribes and individuals.

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Is this a realistic fit?

• Past Public Diplomacy Programs awards averaged $26,570; this notice allows up to $75,000 per award.
• No cost sharing or match is required.

What the grant funds

U.S. Embassy Tokyo’s Public Affairs Section announces an open competition for organizations to submit applications to carry out a program designed to bring together past participants of the International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) with the goal of strengthening their sense of identity as USG alumni and as leaders in support of the U.S.-Japan relationship. Program Objectives: The International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) — the Department of State’s premier professional exchange initiative for emerging leaders — fosters mutual understanding and the development of cultural and professional connections. The program has over 225,000 alumni worldwide. In Japan, the program started in 1953. Currently, Japan has over 3,800 IVLP alumni in a range of fields in government, academia, and industry. IVLP celebrates its 70th anniversary in Japan in 2023, making this is an opportune time to reflect on the accomplishments of IVLP alumni contributing to a variety of fields in Japan and showcase their contributions to the U.S.-Japan partnership. The award recipient will be responsible for planning and administering all components of a program, such as a forum, workshop or seminar series, to bring together alumni of the IVLP to coincide with the program’s 70th anniversary in Japan in 2023. Program contents will be designed to strengthen IVLP alumni’s sense of identity as U.S. Government exchange program alumni and as leaders in support of the U.S.-Japan relationship. The award recipient should schedule program activities in coordination with the U.S. Mission to Japan. The program should connect Japanese IVLP alumni across years and program themes by highlighting contributions of those alumni who are applying tools or knowledge gained through their IVLP experiences in activities that dovetail with support for Mission goals. Facilitated workshops or speaker sessions in the program would empower alumni by providing them with training/skills development and/or enhanced knowledge of resources and tools to pursue professional or personal goals. Specific topical themes to be explored during the program could include empowerment of women in political and economic spheres, diversity, inclusion and equity, climate change, the security alliance, etc. Program activities should take place in Japan and should multiply the effects of participants’ exchange experience by positively impacting communities in Japan.

Category: Arts, Community Development, Education, Employment, Labor and Training, Humanities, Regional Development.

Applying now

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

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