Closed · ND-NOFO-18-110 · CFDA 19.040 · Discretionary

Let’s Get Serious: Comic Videos to Promote Study in the U.S.

Federal grant opportunity posted by U.S. Mission to India, cataloged on Grants.gov.

$60K-$75K
Award range
Closed
Status
June 11, 2018
Close date
1
Expected awards

The verdict

Let’s Get Serious: Comic Videos to Promote Study in the U.S. is a closed discretionary listing from U.S. Mission to India that offered $60,000 -- $75,000 across 1 expected award. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 329 other opportunities from U.S. Mission to India.

$60K-$75K
award range
Closed
application status
1
expected award
19.040
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

Let’s Get Serious: Comic Videos to Promote St… is closed (last close June 11, 2018). The parent program page for CFDA 19.040 is the reliable place to catch re-announcements. U.S. Mission to India still indexes 329 other opportunities here.

According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.

Deadline tracker

Application window closed

Closed June 11, 2018

Posted Apr 10 Closes Jun 11

Est. Total Funding

$75,000

Expected Awards

1

Instrument

Grant

Description

The Public Affairs Section of the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi (PAS New Delhi) seeks proposals for a project entitled “Let’s Get Serious: Comic Videos to Promote Study in the U.S.” Under this project, a grantee will partner with a well-known Indian comedian(s) to create a series of short videos responding to frequently asked questions about higher education opportunities in the United States, the application process and student life in the United States. The grantee will be responsible for identifying and securing a comedian (or comic personality), drafting and editing scripts, hiring supplementary actors if needed, arranging all A/V and filming support, shooting the footage, editing and obtaining all copyrights/permissions for dissemination. The grantee will create a minimum of 10 short videos, lasting between 30 seconds and 2 minutes, edited for best viewing on a smartphone screen (vertical). All videos will be in English and subtitled in English, with a Department of State and EducationUSA watermark. PAS New Delhi will disseminate the videos on EducationUSA India and Mission India’s official Facebook and YouTube pages. The target audience will be Indian students, aged 17-35, who speak English and have aspirations to study abroad. (Please refer to the full announcement available under 'related documents' tab.)

Campus–civic applicant bridge · 3 doors

Let’s Get Serious: Comic Videos to Promote St… bridges educational institutions with civic applicant types (3 doors: Public / state-controlled institutions of higher education; Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs); Private institutions of higher education). Expect campus and public/nonprofit operators in the same printed set. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Grant. Funding-activity code maps to Education (ED). This eligibility-code string dominates the U.S. Mission to India book (241 peers, 73% of 330).

Code 06
Public / state-controlled institutions of higher education
Code 12
Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs)
Code 20
Private institutions of higher education

Codes are Grants.gov eligibility category values from the extract vintage 2026-08-10. Confirm the full eligibility statement on the official listing or the Grants.gov eligibility reference.

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Parent Grant Program

CFDA 19.040

USAID International Development Grants

U.S. Department of State

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Agency Contact

Grant Applications Manager, U.S. Embassy, New Delhi

What to do next

Let’s Get Serious: Comic Videos to Promote St… is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.

  • Parent CFDA 19.040 may publish future NOFOs under the same assistance listing. Open program
  • USAID International Development Grants indexes 47 Grants.gov listings in this extract. Program profile
  • U.S. Mission to India lists 329 other indexed opportunities on PlainGrants. Agency catalog

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