This grant is for enhancing the technical capacities of professional Mexican journalists. It offers specialized training in Spanish, targeting both rural and urban areas across Mexico. The program focuses on crucial skills such as media literacy, comprehensive fact-checking, and effectively recognizing and countering state-sponsored disinformation and propaganda. The primary objective is to equip journalists with the necessary tools and knowledge to produce credible, fact-based reporting, thereby strengthening the media landscape against misinformation. This initiative aims to foster a more resilient journalistic environment in Mexico, enabling reporters to serve their communities with accurate and trustworthy information.
Opportunity ID: 339416
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | SFOP0008856 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Mexican Journalism Resiliency |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Cooperative Agreement |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Other (see text field entitled “Explanation of Other Category of Funding Activity” for clarification) |
| Category Explanation: | Support the development and dissemination of fact-based narratives and analysis to counter the propaganda and disinformation of state and non-state actors directed at the United States and United States allies and partner nations. |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 1 |
| Assistance Listings: | 19.040 — Public Diplomacy Programs |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | Apr 12, 2022 |
| Last Updated Date: | Apr 12, 2022 |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Jun 13, 2022 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Jun 13, 2022 |
| Archive Date: | – |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | – |
| Award Ceiling: | $250,000 |
| Award Floor: | $250,000 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | The GEC may make awards through this solicitation to U.S. and foreign non-profit organizations, institutions of higher education, and commercial entities. Individuals, state and local governments, foreign public entities, and public international organizations are not eligible to apply. Before submitting, potential applicants should ensure that they are eligible to receive a grant or cooperative agreement and prepared to adhere to the terms of 2 CFR 200 and 2 CFR 600.
GEC welcomes applications irrespective of an applicant’s race, ethnicity, color, creed, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, or disability. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Bureau of Global Public Affairs |
| Description: | This program aims to provide training in Spanish for professional journalists, in both rural and urban areas of Mexico, on media literacy, fact-checking, recognizing and countering state-sponsored disinformation and propaganda. The objective of this program is to increase the technical capacities of professional Mexican journalists to counter disinformation with credible, fact-based reporting. |
| Link to Additional Information: | Link to Opportunity in SAMS Domestic |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
GEC-Programs@state.gov
Email:- |
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