U.S. Embassy Buenos Aires PAS Annual Program Grant to Strengthen U.S.-Argentina Relations

Promote U.S. – Argentina shared values

·      Projects that promote the teaching or learning of American English.

·      Activities, workshops, and speaker programs that strengthen our ties and increase mutual understanding between people in the United States and Argentina.

·      Projects that support educational exchange and partnership particularly those related to Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematic (STEM) among Argentine youth.

 Strengthen Prosperity

·      Projects that foster entrepreneurship, innovation, U.S. businesses, and the protection of intellectual property rights.

·      Projects that encourage social development, help reduce inequality, especially among marginalized populations outside the City of Buenos Aires.

·      Projects that foster environmental sustainability, sustainable economic models, and climate action.

Reinforce democracy, freedom, and transparency

·      Programs that promote good governance, and more transparent, independent, and democratic institutions in Argentina.

·      Projects that support human rights, racial/ethnic and gender equity, women’s empowerment, and principles of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility (DEIA) as part of a strong civil society.

·      Programs related to freedom of the press that improve quality of investigative journalism, transparency, and reinforce journalistic standards to counter disinformation.

Examples of prior projects include, but are not limited to:

• U.S. experts conducting speaking tours, public talks, or roundtable discussions with counterparts in Argentina;
• Joint U.S.-Argentina conferences or meetings that produce concrete advances or other results;
• Programs that expand PAS American Spaces (binational centers) activities;
• Projects showcasing U.S. models or curricula;
• Development of initiatives aimed at maintaining contact with alumni of our prior exchange programs;
• Creative projects that advance one or more of the priority areas;
• Community engagement or student programs on entrepreneurship, STEM education, American English language.

Priority Audiences:

·      Emerging voices, students, youth;

·      Civil society leaders;

·      Entrepreneurs;

·      Established opinion leaders, including cultural and/or academic institution leadership;

·      Residents of Argentine provinces outside of the City of Buenos Aires.

Activities not typically approved include, but are not limited to:

• Investments that primarily benefit only one or a few businesses or individuals,
• Scholarships for the study of English; conference attendance or study tours to the United States,
• Proposals that are inherently political in nature or that contain the appearance of partisanship/support or electoral campaigns,
• Proposals with the main purpose of publication of books/pamphlets/websites/applications,
• Exclusively scientific research projects,
• Projects that require more than two years to implement,

·      Purchase of equipment, vehicles, construction, or construction materials,

·      Exchange programs with countries other than the U.S. and Argentina,

• Programs or exchanges focused on children under 13 years of age,
• Projects that support specific religious activities.