The U.S. Embassy in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania announces an open competition for 2021 Public Diplomacy Small Grants Program that promotes educational and cultural engagement and foster mutual understanding between the United States and Tanzania.

The Embassy seeks projects designed to further the development of Tanzania’s future leaders, build the capacity of Tanzanian institutions, and promote awareness and understanding of shared U.S. and Tanzanian values.

The U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam strives to ensure that its efforts reflect the diversity of U.S. society and societies abroad. The Embassy seeks and encourages the involvement of people from traditionally underrepresented audiences in all its grants, programs and other activities and in its workforce and workplace.

Program Goals

• Strengthen and Promote Democracy and Human Rights
• Improve Health and Education of Tanzanians
• Inclusive, Broad-Based Economic Growth
• Advance Peace and Regional Security

Funding Information

• Total available funding: $49,000
• Award amounts: awards may range from a minimum of $2,000 to a maximum of $24,500
• Number of awards anticipated: 2-4 awards (dependent on amounts)
• Anticipated program start date: February-September 2021
• Length of Performance Period: Six to 12 months.

Activities not Funded

• Support for individual or group research projects;
• Support to help defray the costs of study abroad;
• Construction projects;
• Social welfare projects;
• Individual travel to conferences;
• Completion of projects begun with other funds;
• Projects that are inherently political in nature or that contain the appearance of partisanship/support to individual or single party electoral campaigns;
• Political party activities; and,
• Projects that support specific religious activities.

Eligibility Criteria

• Eligible Applicants: applicants may be individuals or representatives of civil society and nongovernmental organizations, cultural organizations, or research and academic institutions.
• Cost Sharing: Inclusion of cost share is not a requirement of this opportunity.
• All project activities must take place outside of the United States and its territories
• All federal award recipients must maintain current registrations in the SAM database.
• All applicants except individuals must complete the following registrations:
  • Register for a Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number
  • Obtain necessary codes: for non-U.S. organizations, an NCAGE code
• Organizations must have a commitment to equal opportunity employment practices and to nondiscrimination practices with regard to beneficiaries, without regard to race, religion, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, or political affiliation.

For more information, visit U.S. Mission to Tanzania.