Deadline: 19 June 2020

The U.S. Embassy Nouakchott Public Affairs Section (PAS) of the U.S. Department of State has announced a Request for Statements of Interest (RSOI) from organizations interested in applying for funding for program proposals that strengthen cultural ties between the U.S. and Mauritania through cultural and exchange programming that highlights shared values and promotes bilateral cooperation.

PAS Nouakchott invites Statement of Interest (SOI) for programs that strengthen cultural ties between the U.S. and Mauritania through cultural programming that highlights shared values and promotes bilateral cooperation. All programs must include an American cultural element, or connection with American expert/s, organization/s, or institution/s in a specific field that will promote increased understanding of U.S. policy and perspectives.

Examples of PAS-funded programs include, but are not limited to:

• Academic and professional lectures, seminars and speaker programs;
• Artistic and cultural workshops, joint performances and exhibitions;
• Cultural heritage conservation and preservation programs;
• Professional and academic programs; and
• American spaces programming outside of Nouakchott

Priority Program Areas

Proposals should be related to one or more of the following U.S. Embassy priority program areas:

• Strengthened Security for Americans and Mauritanians
  • Example projects under this program area could focus on:
    • Crime and safety awareness
    • Countering Violent Extremism
• Increased Opportunity and Reduced Poverty
  • Example projects under this program area could focus on:
    • Entrepreneurship
    • Science, Technology, Engineering, Math (STEM)
    • Environmental protection
• Promoting an Inclusive Society
  • Example projects under this program area could focus on:
    • Promoting social inclusion
    • Reducing discrimination in all its forms
    • Advocacy for inclusive national identity
    • Cross-Cultural dialogue and understanding
    • Human rights
    • Cultural and ethnic diversity

Funding Information

• Award Ceiling: $70,000
• Award Floor: $10,000

Eligibility Criteria

• Private institutions of higher education
• Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
• Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
• Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education

For more information, visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=323280