U.S. Embassy in Moldova Grant for Russian-language TV Content Development

The U.S. Embassy in Moldova is offering a grant for an organization to manage its Russian-language Television Content Fund, aiming to enhance diverse TV content in Moldova. The selected recipient will oversee sub-grants focused on two main components. Firstly, funding the development of Russian-language entertainment and fiction TV series pilots, prioritizing co-productions and involving Moldovan/regional filmmakers through an open competition and mentorship. Secondly, identifying, acquiring rights for, and broadcasting independent Russian-language content from regional nations on Moldovan TV, emphasizing collaborative projects. The grant recipient will provide logistical coordination, financial management, and support TV stations with industry best practices for content marketing, scheduling, and monetization, enriching Moldovan media landscape.

Opportunity ID: 336787

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General Information

Document Type:	Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number:	PDS-CHISINAU-FY22-12
Funding Opportunity Title:	Russian-language TV Content Fund
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:	The project aims for the following objectives: 1. Facilitate the creation a market for domestic television products. 2. Contribute to the creation of Moldovan-made entertainment TV production. 3. Support independent media, production and dissemination of alternative content through grants and needs-based technical assistance. 4. Support independent voices in the Moldovan media landscape through the development of good quality local production capacity in the Republic of Moldova in the interests of plurality of views and editorial independence. 5. Ensure trainings and mentorship assistance to the content creators with the goal to raise the quality and reach of the final product. This would include storyboarding ideas, testing concepts, scriptwriting, finding the best production technique, scheduling production, using industry standard TV production software, applying audience retention techniques, integrating social/Internet TV programming, and editing.
Expected Number of Awards:	1
Assistance Listings:	19.900 — AEECA/ESF PD Programs
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:	No
Version:	Synopsis 1
Posted Date:	Dec 01, 2021
Last Updated Date:	Dec 01, 2021
Original Closing Date for Applications:	Jan 31, 2022
Current Closing Date for Applications:	Jan 31, 2022
Archive Date:	Mar 02, 2022
Estimated Total Program Funding:	$500,000
Award Ceiling:	$500,000
Award Floor:	$5

Eligibility

Eligible Applicants:	Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
Additional Information on Eligibility:	Eligibility is limited to not-for-profit organizations (NGOs, CSOs, Think-Tanks) and independent mass media (often registered as Limited Liability Companies) that can prove an extensive history of good performance, expertise, and good practices in the project domain. Foreign organizations are eligible to apply for this grant call.

Additional Information

Agency Name:	U.S. Mission to Moldova
Description:	The U.S. Embassy in Moldova seeks a qualified implementing organization that will manage the project entitled “Russian-language Television Content Fund” and will ensure the achievement of the program activities and objectives described in the current Notice of Funding Opportunity. The grant recipient will be responsible for overall logistical coordination, management of funds, as well as mentoring for the initiatives within this funding award. Most of the funding should be reserved for sub grants for the development of TV series pilots, and rebroadcasts of Russian-language programming from neighboring countries. Grant recipient will also work with television stations that air the content to implement industry best practices for marketing, scheduling, and monetizing the content. The grant will consist of one major component: Russian-language Television Series Pilots: two-year funding for entertainment and fiction programs on Moldovan television, prioritizing co-productions with private-sector and foreign media. The grant recipient must solicit applications from emerging or established Moldovan and/or regional filmmakers, and creative studios based on an open competition, and select participants based on merit, potential and proposed project goals and outcome. Grant recipient will offer mentorship and oversight to the successful applicants through the entire cycle of the project: planning, script writing, and pitching. Introduce Russian-language Content from Regional Nations: work to identify, obtain rights to, and air on Moldovan TV Russian-language content from independent producers in the region. Priority will be given to projects that involve collaboration with Russian-language TV production firms in regional countries. A complete application must contain the following mandatory elements: Application Format in MS Word format (available for download) Detailed Budget in MS Excel format (available for download) Monitoring and Evaluation Plan (including indicators, baselines, targets). For more details see attached Related Documents.
Link to Additional Information:	–
Grantor Contact Information:	If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact: Grants Program Staff Email:Moldovagrants@state.gov

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