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Building Diaspora Resilience and Sustaining Traditional Identities through Promotion of Hokkien Language

ID: SFOP0008888 • Type: Posted
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Description

The U.S. Embassy in Kuala Lumpur and U.S. Embassy in Singapore announce the Notice of Funding Opportunity ( NOFO ) for Building Diaspora Resilience and Sustaining Traditional Identities through Promotion of Hokkien Language, an open competition for organizations to submit application to reinforce diaspora identities, promote linguistic diversity, and build community resilience to outside influence. The agreement awarded will use U.S. Fiscal Year 2022 Public Diplomacy Funds or Foreign Assistance Act.

Eligibility is limited to U.S. non-profit/nongovernmental organizations, foreign non-profit organizations, educational institutions, and commercial entities.

One to five Cooperative Agreements for a minimum of $ 25,000 U.S. Dollars (USD) and maximum of $ 500,000 USD, with a total amount of $ 500,000 U.S. Dollars (USD) in available funds appropriated under subsection 7043(c)(2) of the FY22 annual appropriations act Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act (Div. K, P.L. 116-260 (FY 2022 SFOAA), will be awarded. Work will support local content producers to create Hokkien-language content and hold events with the global Hokkien diaspora; facilitate a joint project with Taiwan-based influencers highlighting shared culinary, cultural, and religious traditions; and fund the development of a keyboard API for writing Hokkien-specific characters on smartphones. The initial period of performance will be for 12 months. Funding authority rests under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended.

This project will work with diaspora organizations interested in the promotion of Hokkien and its associated heritage. In addition to civil society organizations specifically interested in linguistic preservation, Malaysia and Singapore have longstanding and influential community associations based on historical community affiliations such as Hokkien, Cantonese, and Hakka which are interested in cultural preservation. In partnership with these organizations, this project will assist local content producers to create Hokkien-language content and hold events with the global Hokkien diaspora; facilitate a joint project with Taiwan-based influencers highlighting shared culinary, cultural, and religious traditions; and fund the development and promotion of a keyboard API for writing Hokkien-specific characters on smartphones. As the non-Mandarin Chinese language with the largest number of native speakers in Southeast Asia, the promotion of Hokkien provides a unique opportunity for engagement with Chinese diaspora communities and will showcase U.S. support for cultural diversity and unique local heritage.

Priority regions: Malaysia and Singapore

Target audience: Hokkien Diaspora

Background
The U.S. Embassy in Kuala Lumpur and U.S. Embassy in Singapore announce the Notice of Funding Opportunity for Building Diaspora Resilience and Sustaining Traditional Identities through Promotion of Hokkien Language, an open competition for organizations to submit application to reinforce diaspora identities, promote linguistic diversity, and build community resilience to outside influence. The agreement awarded will use U.S. Fiscal Year 2022 Public Diplomacy Funds or Foreign Assistance Act.

Southeast Asian Chinese diaspora communities have preserved traditional identities based on non-Mandarin “dialects” like Hokkien, which has approximately 45 million speakers worldwide and is spoken in communities across Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, the Philippines, Brunei, and Taiwan. These identities also include distinct music, clothing, food, and religious traditions, and present an alternative to homogenous visions of Chinese identity based solely on Mandarin.

Grant Details
One to five Cooperative Agreements for a minimum of $25,000 U.S. Dollars (USD) and maximum of $500,000 USD will be awarded. Work will support local content producers to create Hokkien-language content and hold events with the global Hokkien diaspora; facilitate a joint project with Taiwan-based influencers highlighting shared culinary, cultural, and religious traditions; and fund the development of a keyboard API for writing Hokkien-specific characters on smartphones.

The initial period of performance will be for 12 months.

Eligibility Requirements
Eligibility is limited to U.S. non-profit/nongovernmental organizations, foreign non-profit organizations, educational institutions, and commercial entities.

Period of Performance
The initial period of performance will be for 12 months.

Grant Value
$25,000 to $500,000 USD

Place of Performance
Priority regions: Malaysia and Singapore

Overview

Category of Funding
Community Development
Education
Humanities (see "Cultural Affairs" in CFDA)
Funding Instruments
Cooperative Agreement
Grant Category
Discretionary
Cost Sharing / Matching Requirement
False
Source
On 8/2/23 the Department of State posted grant opportunity SFOP0008888 for Building Diaspora Resilience and Sustaining Traditional Identities through Promotion of Hokkien Language with funding of $500,000. The grant will be issued under grant program 19.040 Public Diplomacy Programs. It is expected that 5 total grants will be made worth between $25,000 and $500,000.

Timing

Posted Date
Aug. 2, 2023, 12:00 a.m. EDT
Closing Date
Aug. 31, 2023, 12:00 a.m. EDT Past Due
Last Updated
Aug. 2, 2023, 3:20 a.m. EDT
Version
2
Archive Date
Sept. 30, 2023

Eligibility

Eligible Applicants
Private institutions of higher education
Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
Additional Info
Eligibility is limited to U.S. non-profit/nongovernmental organizations, foreign non-profit organizations, educational institutions, and commercial entities.

Award Sizing

Ceiling
$500,000
Floor
$25,000
Estimated Program Funding
$500,000
Estimated Number of Grants
5

Contacts

Contact
Navanila Apputhurai Supervisory Admin Mgmt Specialist
Email Description
publicaffairskl@state.gov
Contact Phone
60321685045

Documents

Posted documents for SFOP0008888

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