Opportunity ID: 301460
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | SFOP0004211 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Request for Statements of Interest and Capacity (SOIC) Countering State-Sponsored Propaganda and Disinformation |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Cooperative Agreement |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Information and Statistics |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 15 |
| Assistance Listings: | 19.040 — Public Diplomacy Programs |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | Mar 09, 2018 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Apr 23, 2018 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Apr 23, 2018 |
| Archive Date: | – |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $14,000,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | $950,000 |
| Award Floor: | $200,000 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | U.S.-based and foreign non-governmental organizations, public international organizations, institutions of higher education, media outlets, and for-profit organizations are eligible to apply. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Bureau of Global Public Affairs |
| Description: | The Global Engagement Center (GEC), an office of the U.S. Department of State, invites organizations that can implement programming to counter foreign state-sponsored propaganda and disinformation efforts aimed at undermining United States national security interests to submit Statements of Interest and Capacity (SOIC) by April 23, 2018.
Program Objectives – Countering State-Sponsored Propaganda and Disinformation 1) Support local and regional capacity to develop and disseminate to audiences outside the United States fact-based narratives and analyses to counter adversarial foreign propaganda and disinformation directed at the United States and United States allies and partner nations. 2) Identify, catalogue and, where feasible, quantify current and emerging trends in adversarial foreign propaganda and disinformation in order to coordinate and shape the development of tactics, techniques, and procedures to expose and refute foreign disinformation and to proactively promote fact-based narratives and policies to audiences outside the United States. 3) Develop and facilitate the use of a wide range of technologies and techniques by sharing expertise among foreign partners, seeking expertise from external sources, and identifying, cataloguing and implementing good practices. 4) Research, analyze, catalogue and curate relevant information, data, analysis, and analytics from partner nations, think tanks, academic institutions, civil society groups, and other nongovernmental organizations. 5) Develop and execute, in cooperation with the GEC, other innovative projects intended to counter the effects of adversarial foreign propaganda and disinformation. |
| Link to Additional Information: | Link to Opportunity in SAMS Domestic |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Marie Moser
mosermc@state.gov Email:mosermc@state.gov |
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| Agency Contact Information: | Marie Moser mosermc@state.gov Email: mosermc@state.gov |
| Who Can Apply: | Organization Applicants |
| Assistance Listing Number | Competition ID | Competition Title | Opportunity Package ID | Opening Date | Closing Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19.040 | SFOP0004211 | Request for Statements of Interest and Capacity (SOIC)Countering State-Sponsored Propaganda and Disinformation | PKG00239021 | Mar 09, 2018 | Apr 23, 2018 | View |
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