FY 2024 American Music Mentorship Program (AMMP)

Background
The U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational Cultural Affairs (ECA) announces the American Music Mentorship Program (AMMP) open competition for one cooperative agreement to support a mentorship residency for music industry professionals from around the world. AMMP is a two-to-three-week U.S.-based mentorship residency for approximately 20 mid-career music industry professionals (“mentees”) from three to five countries. AMMP is ECA’s Global Music Diplomacy Initiative’s (GMDI) mentorship program, first announced by U.S. Secretary of State Blinken in September 2023 in response to the PEACE through Music Diplomacy Act. The program seeks to bolster music ecosystems, which play a vital role in fostering diverse and inclusive societies, championing innovation, protecting free expression, promoting economic opportunity, and contributing to the vitality of a civil society.

Grant Details
The American Music Mentorship Program (AMMP) is a two-to-three-week U.S.-based mentorship residency for approximately 20 mid-career music industry professionals from three to five countries. The program aims to foster mutual understanding and deepen trust between the people of the United States and abroad, advance and complement U.S. foreign policy objectives, build the capacity of creative leaders and institutions to develop new skills, partnerships, and opportunities that promote creative industries and entrepreneurship, advance America’s global competitiveness, provide unique opportunities for artistic collaboration and engagement between American artists, foreign artists, and audiences, convey the diversity and high artistic merit of the arts in the United States, increase awareness and understanding of U.S. art, culture, values, and society among international participants and audiences, foster opportunities for educational outreach and community engagement with diverse and underserved communities.

Eligibility Requirements
U.S. public and private academic and cultural institutions, exchange-of-persons, and other not-for-profit organizations meeting the provisions described in Internal Revenue Code section 26 USC 501(c)(3) may submit applications for this competition. Applicants must have nonprofit status with the IRS at the time of application.

Period of Performance
The anticipated project completion date is December 31, 2026.

Grant Value
$702,000 is the approximate total funding with an anticipated award date on September 1, 2024.

Place of Performance
The mentees will travel to the United States for a two-to-three-week residency at a site(s) that have a music industry presence or access to individual experts from small/niche companies, independent labels, mid-sized companies, and larger industry businesses.