U.S. Embassy in Brasilia invites proposals that promote understanding of U.S. foreign policy priorities, shared democratic values, the benefits of innovation and entrepreneurship, and the value of future job skills. All proposals must include an American 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.

Priority Program Areas

The Embassy seeks project proposals in the following Priority Program Areas:

• U.S. Foreign Policy: Programs that help Brazilian audiences analyze, debate, and understand U.S. foreign policy.
• Democratic Values: Programs that strengthen civil society and promote human rights, women’s empowerment, diversity, racial equity, rule of law, freedom of the press, and other democratic values. Also, programs that counter misinformation or disinformation.
• Innovation and Enterpreneurship: Programs that aim to build capacity in both areas and focus on inclusion of under-represented groups.
• Steam Learning: Programs that help underrepresented communities learn, adopt, and thrive from Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) education and activities, including programs that help young people learn future job skills, such as coding, IoT, creative thinking, as well as connecting it all to the importance of learning English.
• Education: Programs related to promoting study in the United States, the internationalization of Brazilian universities, and/or capacity the building of linkages between American and Brazilian institutions of higher learning. Also, programs that promote English-language teaching and/or learning.
• The Amazon and Environment: Programs that promote forests and biodiversity while improving the prosperity and well-being of indigenous peoples and local communities in the Amazon. Also, programs that promote the sustainable use of biodiversity, through the development of the bioeconomy.

Activities that may be funded include, but are not limited to:

• Public-facing programs that include subject matter experts explaining aspects of U.S. foreign policy to Brazilian audiences
• Skills building and education programs that promote democratic processes, civil engagement, media literacy, etc.
• Programs that teach entrepreneurship and promote social and economic inclusion for underserved communities
• Activities and programs that help young people learn technology-based job skills.

Funding Information                              

• Estimated Total Funding (including all application deadlines): US$80,000.00
• Floor of Individual Award Amounts: US$5,000.00
• Planned Ceiling of Individual Award Amounts: US$20,000.00
• Expected Number of Awards: The U.S. Embassy expects to fund up to six proposals in total under this Annual Program Statement subject to funding availability.
• Project and Budget Periods: Proposed projects should cover a period of no more than 12 months

Eligibility Criteria

The U.S. Embassy encourages applications from committed and organized civil-society organizations, local representatives of civil society, think tanks, nongovernmental organizations, academic institutions, and individuals. For-profit, commercial firms, employees of the U.S. Embassy and Consulates in Brazil, and family members of employees are not eligible to apply.

For more information, visit Grants.gov.