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U.S. Embassy Buenos Aires Small Grants Program

ID: PAS-AR200-FY21-01 • Type: Posted

Description

Mission's Public Affairs Small Grants Program

The Public Affairs Section of the U.S. Mission to Argentina is pleased to announce funding availability through the Mission's Public Affairs Small Grants Program. This grants program supports projects proposed by Argentine individuals and educational and cultural non-profit institutions that seek to strengthen the bilateral ties between the United States and Argentina. Grants range from $10,000 to $100,000 U.S. dollars. The Public Affairs Section in Buenos Aires reserves the right to award less or more than the funds requested as it deems to be in the best interest of the U.S. Government.

The U.S. Embassy Buenos Aires Public Affairs Section will accept proposals and review them in two cycles through the year: The closeout dates for each cycle are as follows:

1) December 31, 2020 at 5:00 PM local Argentine time.

2) May 31, 2021 at 5:00 PM local Argentine time.

Priority Funding Areas: The Grants Program seeks to strengthen the bilateral relationship between the United States and Argentina by awarding grants to Argentine non-profit organizations and individuals for projects that address the following priority areas:

Promote U.S. Argentine Shared Values

Projects that promote U.S. culture, including music, history, sports, education, or the learning/teaching of English.

Activities, workshops, and speaker programs that strengthen U.S.-Argentine ties and increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and Argentina.

Projects that support educational exchange, the internationalization of higher education, and U.S. Argentine partnership in Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics (STEAM) among Argentine youth. Priority will be given to projects that encourage social development and help reduce inequality, especially among marginalized populations

Strengthen Prosperity

Projects that foster economic growth, an improved business climate, entrepreneurship, innovation, corporate social responsibility, and the protection of Intellectual Property Rights.

Reinforce Democracy, Freedom and Transparency

Programs that promote good governance, open data, and more transparent democratic institutions.

Projects that support human rights, racial/ethnic equality, gender equality, women's empowerment, diversity and social inclusion as part of a strong civil society.

Programs related to freedom of the press that improve the quality of investigative journalism and transparency, and that help counter disinformation.

Grants cannot be used to fund religious activities, partisan political activities, fundraising campaigns; commercial projects or for-profit ventures, individual academic research projects, construction projects, or projects whose primary objective is an organization's institutional development or an individual's personal enrichment or career development.

Overview

Category of Funding
Other (see text field entitled "Explanation of Other Category of Funding Activity" for clarification)
Funding Instruments
Other
Grant Category
Discretionary
Cost Sharing / Matching Requirement
False
Source
On 10/23/20 the Department of State posted grant opportunity PAS-AR200-FY21-01 for U.S. Embassy Buenos Aires Small Grants Program. The grant will be issued under grant program 19.040 Public Diplomacy Programs.

Timing

Posted Date
Oct. 23, 2020, 12:00 a.m. EDT
Closing Date
May 31, 2021, 12:00 a.m. EDT Past Due
Last Updated
Oct. 23, 2020, 8:08 a.m. EDT
Version
1
Archive Date
June 30, 2021

Eligibility

Eligible Applicants
Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Info
Argentine individuals, Argentine educational institutions, Cultural and non-profit organizations registered in Argentina.

Award Sizing

Ceiling
$100,000
Floor
$10,000
Estimated Program Funding
Not Provided
Estimated Number of Grants
Not Listed

Contacts

Contact
Esteban R Carbone Admin Program Specialist
Email Description
U.S. Embassy Buenos Aires Grants Team
Contact Phone
541157774751
Additional Information
SF424 forms - Mandatory for all applications

Documents

Posted documents for PAS-AR200-FY21-01

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